Bill Hagerty is the junior United States Senator from Tennessee, having served in the Senate since 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he was born in Gallatin, Tennessee, in 1959 and earned degrees from Vanderbilt University and Vanderbilt Law School. Before entering the Senate, he had a distinguished career in business and public service, serving as Tennessee's Commissioner of Economic and Community Development under Governor Bill Haslam and as the United States Ambassador to Japan under President Donald Trump from 2017 to 2019.
In the Senate, Hagerty sits on the Senate Foreign Relations Committee and the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee, where he has drawn on his diplomatic and business background. He has focused on trade policy, national security, and economic competitiveness, particularly in relation to China. His ambassadorial experience in Tokyo has made him a prominent voice in the Senate on Indo-Pacific affairs and the U.S.-Japan alliance.
- Senate Committee on Appropriations
- Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on Energy and Water Development
- Subcommittee on Financial Services and General Government — Chairman
- Subcommittee on Department of Homeland Security
- Subcommittee on Military Construction, Veterans Affairs, and Related Agencies
- Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs
- Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs
- Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Protection
- Subcommittee on National Security and International Trade and Finance — Chairman
- Senate Committee on Foreign Relations
- Subcommittee on Multilateral International Development, Multilateral Institutions, and International Economic, Energy, and Environmental Policy
- Subcommittee on State Department and USAID Management, International Operations, and Bilateral International Development — Chairman
- Subcommittee on Western Hemisphere, Transnational Crime, Civilian Security, Democracy, Human Rights, and Global Women's Issues
- Senate Committee on Rules and Administration
- Joint Committee on Printing
- Subcommittee on Digital Assets
- S. 4265: Freedom to Build Act — Introduced
- S. 4198: Main Street Depositor Protection Act — Introduced
- SRES. 652: A resolution recognizing the importance of the United States-Japan Alliance and welcoming the visit of Prime Minister Takaichi Sanae to the United States. — Introduced
- S. 3290: Financial Services and General Government Appropriations Act, 2026 — Introduced
- S. 3129: Preventing Foreign Interference in American Elections Act — Introduced