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I think we do better as a country when we go step by step toward a goal, and the goal in this case should be reducing health care costs.
— Lamar Alexander
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Lamar Alexander
politician, lobbyist, lawyer, academic administrator
1940
Andrew Lamar Alexander Jr. is an American politician, academic administrator, and attorney who served as a U.S. senator from Tennessee from 2003 to 2021. A member of the Republican Party, he was previously the 45th governor of Tennessee from 1979 to 1987 and the 5th United States Secretary of Education under President George H. W. Bush, serving from 1991 to 1993. During his tenure at the Department of Education, he supported the implementation of the "America 2000" education reform initiative.