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Representative Jim Clark – Original Sponsor of the Health Freedom Act and Idaho’s ALEC State Chairman – Endorses Mae Beavers for Senate
Posted by Staff in Health Care, Health Freedom, Legislation, News on June 16, 2010
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – June 16, 2010
MT. JULIET, TN – Senator Mae Beavers is proud today to receive the endorsement of one of the country’s state sovereignty champions, Representative Jim Clark of Idaho. Representative Clark is the current Idaho House of Representatives Judiciary Chairman, as well as being Idaho’s state chairman to the [...]
Tenn. Senate approves Health Freedom Act
Posted by Staff in Legislation, News on February 19, 2010
Story from WKRN:
NASHVILLE, Tenn. – The state Senate is sending a message to Washington that Tennesseans should have the right to say no to potential federal health care coverage.
National health care reform may be on hold, but Tennessee is on the verge of a new law that says, ‘We don’t want it.’”
The Tennessee Senate overwhelmingly [...]
Senator Mae Beavers Passes Tennessee Health Freedom Act through the Senate Commerce Committee
NASHVILLE, TN – The Tennessee Health Freedom Act, a bill that mirrors legislation currently moving through the Virginia and Idaho legislatures and being considered in over thirty other state legislatures, cleared its first hurdle on Tuesday by passing through the Senate Commerce Committee by a vote of 8-0, with one abstention. The legislation’s sponsor, Senator [...]
FOX17: Reaction is Strong to Changes in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings
Reaction is Strong to Changes in Breast and Cervical Cancer Screenings – Cindy Carter
[click on the link to go to the FOX17 website and watch the video]
It’s something State Senator Mae Beavers takes very personally.
Senator Mae Beavers says, “You shouldn’t wait until you’re 50 years old to have a mammogram. That’s just absolutely ridiculous.”
Beavers, a [...]
It Just Doesn’t Add Up” – Op-Ed by Senator Mae Beavers
It Just Doesn’t Add Up”
Op-Ed by Senator Mae Beavers
A recent press release submitted to area newspapers stated that the state budget that was passed for 2009-2010 had no tax increases, was a balanced budget and even cut state workers.
While it is true that the budget was cut, there were as a matter of fact several [...]
Mae Beavers Pushes Back Against Federal Government’s Newly Suggested Guidelines Regarding Breast Cancer Screening
State Senator and Cancer Survivor Mae Beavers Pushes Back Against Federal Government’s Newly Suggested Guidelines Regarding Breast Cancer Screening
(NASHVILLE, TN) – State Senator Mae Beavers (R-Mt. Juliet), who was diagnosed with breast cancer five years ago, is outraged at the federal government’s newly suggested guidelines regarding breast cancer screening and testing. The new study [...]