It is an honor to be sworn in today to represent Tennessee in the United States Senate by Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh alongside @SenAlexander and @SenBobCorker. pic.twitter.com/ei71osonI1
— Marsha Blackburn (@MarshaBlackburn) January 3, 2019
Tennessee’s Marsha Blackburn was sworn in Thursday as Tennessee’s newest U.S. senator, and was one of the first two female Republicans named to the Senate Judiciary Committee.
Blackburn tweeted a photo of her swearing-in, flanked by her husband and current Sens. Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, whose seat she was elected to fill.
Corker tweeted afterward: “Serving the people of the Volunteer State in the Senate has been the greatest privilege of my life. I thank Tennesseans for the opportunity and am happy to congratulate Senator @MarshaBlackburn on being sworn in today. I will be cheering her on each step of the way.”
Sen. Lamar Alexander, R-Tenn., said in a tweet, “Marsha and I were elected to the United States Congress at the same time in 2002, and we have worked well together since then. I look forward to an even closer relationship with her as she joins the Senate.”