[Congressional Record Volume 170, Number 16 (Monday, January 29, 2024)]
[House]
[Page H267]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




               HONORING TENNESSEE STATE SENATOR ART SWANN

  (Mr. BURCHETT asked and was given permission to address the House for 
1 minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. BURCHETT. Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor my dear friend, 
State Senator Art Swann, who served in the Tennessee State Senate since 
2017.
  Senator Swann is a seventh-generation Tennessean who was born and 
raised in Blount County, where he now represents. He graduated from 
Maryville High School, pronounced Maryville if you are from there, and 
got his bachelor's degree at the University of Tennessee at Martin in 
1975.
  Senator Swann was serving the Tennessee General Assembly on the house 
side when State Senator Doug Overbey, another good friend of mine, was 
appointed by President Donald Trump to be the U.S. attorney for east 
Tennessee. The Blount County Commission appointed Art to fill the 
vacancy, appropriately, and he has been in the role ever since. He 
recently announced, though, that he won't run for reelection.
  Senator Swann is an outstanding public servant who has served the 
folks in Blount and Sevier Counties very well. He has proudly stood for 
the conservative principles that make east Tennessee so wonderful and 
that make our country the best in the world.
  It is not in my notes, but I would be remiss without saying that the 
State of Tennessee has zero debt, Mr. Speaker--zero debt.
  I wish him and his wife, Janet, the very best in his retirement.

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