Tommy Tuberville is the senior United States Senator from Alabama, having served in the Senate since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he was born in Camden, Arkansas, in 1954 and played college football at Southern Arkansas University. Before entering politics, Tuberville had a decades-long career as a college football coach, most notably serving as head coach at Auburn University from 1999 to 2008, where he led the team to a 13-0 season in 2004. He was elected to the Senate in 2020, defeating incumbent Democratic Senator Doug Jones.
In the Senate, Tuberville has focused on agricultural issues, veterans' affairs, and military policy. He sits on the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee. He gained significant national attention in 2023 and 2024 for placing a prolonged hold on military promotions over a dispute with the Pentagon regarding its policy on service member travel for abortion-related medical care.
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry
- Subcommittee on Commodities, Derivatives, Risk Management, and Trade
- Subcommittee on Food and Nutrition, Specialty Crops, Organics, and Research
- Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit
- Senate Committee on Armed Services
- Subcommittee on Personnel — Chairman
- Subcommittee on Seapower
- Subcommittee on Strategic Forces
- Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions
- Subcommittee on Education and the American Family — Chairman
- Subcommittee on Employment and Workplace Safety
- Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs
- Senate Special Committee on Aging
- S. 4546: A bill to amend the Immigration and Nationality Act to establish a national-interest standard for immigration, end certain family-sponsored immigration categories, revise standards relating to good moral character, eliminate the diversity immigrant category, revise public-charge and sponsor-support rules, revise naturalization requirements, reform employment-based immigration and H-1B visas, eliminate Optional Practical Training absent express statutory authorization, revise asylum procedures, require employment eligibility verification, establish additional penalties relating to unlawful presence and visa overstays, revise parole authority, and for other purposes. — Introduced
- S. 4365: FAFSA Verification Efficiency Act — Introduced
- S. 4177: Student Athlete Act of 2026 — Introduced
- S. 3936: USDA Loan Modernization Act — Introduced
- SRES. 524: A resolution recognizing the 90th anniversary of the Alabama Highway Patrol and commemorating its history of excellence. — Introduced