Phil Bredesen
Phil Bredesen
Philip Norman "Phil" Bredesen, Jr.is an American politician who served as the 48th Governor of Tennessee from 2003 to 2011. A member of the Democratic Party, he was first elected Governor in 2002, and was re-elected in 2006. He previously served as the fourth mayor of Nashville and Davidson County, from 1991 to 1999. Bredesen is the founder of the HealthAmerica Corporation, which he sold in 1986...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth21 November 1943
CountryUnited States of America
The grant is essential to help Trane workers look to the future and begin the process of training for a new product line in their plant, ... This grant will keep the company competitive and increase the skills of talented employees.
We're going to start getting very tough and very aggressive on people trying to take advantage of this situation,
Until you sit down and talk with someone who's been through this, it's hard to imagine ... the type of disruption this has placed in people's lives,
We don't go to war on narrow, partisan votes.
Tennessee is full of families - rich and poor - who manage to achieve balance. They use the resources they have, and add faith in God, love and commitment to each other, hard work and a focus on their children.These are the real families, the families that work, the families that shine. And that balance is the lesson for us.
Washington, D.C. is full of think tanks, theoreticians and advocacy groups. Governors are the ones whose feet are on the ground.
We did not even have a 30-day notice to prepare ourselves so that we could at least have a supply of medications while we tried to figure out what to do next, ... How can you in all good consciousness tolerate this kind of a practice?
We anticipate these evacuees' funds to be depleted by Sept. 2,
Our recent legislative sessions had everything a good reporter could wish for: A willful governor, an angry and divided legislature, citizens who know how to use their car horns. Plenty of conflict. Plenty of personalities. As journalists, I'm sure it was a fascinating scene to watch unfold.
designed to strengthen the standards of accountability and integrity in all areas of state government.
We have in Tennessee a number of wonderful faith-based clinics to serve the uninsured. It is an important principle with them that everyone pays something as they are able.
If the Southeast represents the new battlefield in the war on meth, then Tennessee clearly is at ground zero.
Continuing economic growth requires both recruitment of new companies and expansion of existing businesses.
Let's leave behind the predictable and stale debate between liberals and conservatives. Let's take the resources that we have, and prioritize, and manage, and focus our energy on just doing things that count - on real results.