(MARYVILLE, TN)  United States Senator Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) released a statement regarding President Trump's nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to fill the U.S. Supreme Court vacancy created by the passing of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg:

Senator Alexander said, "I have voted to confirm Justices Roberts, Alito, Sotomayor, Gorsuch and Kavanaugh based upon their intelligence, character and temperament. I will apply the same standard when I consider Judge Barrett's nomination to replace Justice Ginsburg."

Senator Alexander supported Judge Barrett's nomination to the Seventh Circuit.