CORKER HITS MILESTONE IN POLK COUNTY: VISITS ALL 95 TENNESSEE COUNTIES TWICE SINCE TAKING OFFICE
November 24, 2009
BENTON, TN – Since being sworn into office in January 2007, U.S. Senator Bob Corker, R-Tenn., has been to each of Tennessee’s 95 counties at least twice and made more than 470 visits throughout the state. Corker marked the milestone with a town hall meeting in Polk County, his 41st town hall of the year. Polk is Corker’s 70th county to visit in 2009 and 157th visit in state this year. “It has been a priority for me and my staff to be ‘on the ground’ as much as possible so we bring the perspective of a broad range of Tennesseans to the work we do in W... [continue]Featured Videos
On cnbcs Squawk Box, Senator Corker comments on the health care bill introduced by Senator Reid.
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Senator Corker speaks at Belmont University, highlighting Tennessee-based efforts to give millions around the world access to clean water. Corker was joined at the event at Belmont’s Inman Center by Dr. Bob Fisher, President of Belmont University; Jars of Clay, the Grammy award winning band; Dave Barnes, a Nashville singer/songwriter; and Bill Hearn, the President and CEO of EMI Christian Music Group. Corker and Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., are lead sponsors of the Water for the World Act, S. 624, which sets a goal of reaching 100 million people with first-time, sustainable access to safe drinking water and sanitation by 2015. (Photo Courtesy of J. Michael Krouskop/Belmont University)
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