Update from Senator Bob Corker
April 6, 2013
In a series of events across Tennessee this week, Senator Corker discussed our country’s number one economic and national security issue: getting our fiscal house in order. Corker made stops in Davidson, Madison and Shelby counties.
On Tuesday, Senator Corker met with business and community leaders at an event hosted by the Economic Club of Nashville.
April 2, 2013 – Senator Corker addresses members of the Economic Club of Nashville. (Photo courtesy of AP Photo/Kristin M. Hall)
Later in the day, Senator Corker met with business and community leaders in Jackson at an event hosted by the Entrepreneur Development Center of Southwest Tennessee.
April 2, 2013 – Senator Corker meets with business and community leaders in Jackson. (Photo courtesy of MEGAN SMITH/The Jackson Sun)
On Wednesday, Senator Corker spoke to the East Memphis Rotary Club about the need for pro-growth tax reform and a long-term plan to restore solvency to Social Security and Medicare.
April 3, 2013 – Senator Corker answers a question from the audience at an event hosted by the East Memphis Rotary Club.
U.S. Needs Solution to Denuclearize North Korea
In an appearance on Fox News on Tuesday, Senator Corker said the U.S. needs a solution to denuclearize North Korea.
Senator Corker, ranking member of the Foreign Relations Committee, returned on Saturday, March 30, from a trip to Tokyo, Beijing and Seoul, where he met with political and business leaders to discuss ways to strengthen strategic partnerships in the region and create new opportunities for growth and jobs in the U.S. In Seoul, Corker met with General James Thurman, the commander of U.S. Forces Korea, and later held discussions focused on North Korea with South Korean President Park Gyun-hye and the ministers for foreign affairs and defense.
In the News
Knoxville News Sentinel: Corker, Warner honored for bipartisanship
“In a time when political partisanship in Washington has never seemed more divisive and vitriolic, two Senators have been honored for their willingness to work together. Sen. Bob Corker, the Republican from Tennessee, and Sen. Mark Warner, a Democrat from Virginia, were given the Publius Award late last month by the Center for the Study of the Presidency and Congress. A special video shown at the presentation about the two senators, the award and the center features some familiar faces to Tennesseans: Sen. Lamar Alexander, Gov. Bill Haslam and Pilot CEO Jimmy Haslam. The two senators were honored for leadership ‘defined by a willingness to cross party lines and to compromise in the interest of the country,’ the center said.” Read more: http://bit.ly/YY6bF0.
Jackson Sun: Corker visits business center
“If the Entrepreneur Development Center was looking for a shot in arm, it got one when Bob Corker, U.S. Senator from Tennessee, met with area business and civic leaders Tuesday. ‘The future is so much dependent on small and medium sized business start-ups,’ Corker said. ‘Small ideas turn into big ideas.’ Corker – who began his second term in January – said he was probably more optimistic than he has been since he was first elected in 2006.” Read more: http://bit.ly/16CjxsF.
News Channel 3 (WREG, Memphis): Senator Bob Corker’s Trip To South Korea
“Senator Bob Corker of Tennessee was just in South Korea last week. It was one stop on an Asian trip, to strengthen partnerships that would create new jobs here for U.S. workers.” Read more: http://bit.ly/10AKTgb.
Memphis Commercial Appeal: Corker: Cooperation is sequestration’s silver lining
“Sequestration has a silver lining, according to Sen. Bob Corker. Rolling back spending has created extreme circumstances in Washington, which in turn created a new atmosphere of cooperation between the White House and Congress, the Tennessee Republican said in Memphis on Wednesday.” Read more: http://bit.ly/16Cj2yK.
My Fox Memphis (WHBQ): Sen. Corker visits Memphis Rotary Club
“If there is an ‘in-crowd’ in Washington, D.C., these days, Sen. Bob Corker's (R-TN) name would be on the A-list. Now into his second term, Sen. Corker has become a fixture on Sunday television talk shows and radio. An audience of his constituents would not begin to rattle him as they might have seven years ago and unlike many of his colleagues in congress, Corker actually likes listening to more than himself talking… In recent weeks, Sen. Corker has emerged as a man becoming an influential figure at the nation's capital. He was one of a dozen Republican senators invited to dine with President Barack Obama as a testimony to his highly regarded grasp on finance and economics.” Read more: http://bit.ly/11y863R.
