Richard Briggs (R)

TN Senate - 11 years

Cariothoracic Surgeon

Keep Taxes Low
- Business friendly orientation

Education
- Increase teacher salary
- Standardized test (TnReady) reform
- Teacher Evaluation reform

Opiate Epidemic
- “His legislation two years ago closed over half the “pill mills” in Tennessee by requiring strict pain medicine specialty certification for medical directors. In the 2018 legislative session, Senator Briggs’ Organized Retail Crime Bill anticipates removing over $200 million from the illicit drug trade and will return $14 million to the state treasury in stolen sales tax. Other legislation he supported will decrease the number of unused pain pills in medicine cabinets and will provide more funding for rehabilitation.”

Health Care
- Access for the uninsured
- Keep rural Hospitals open

Conservative Values
- Balance the Budget
- Cut Taxes
- Reduce Regulations
- Pro life for the whole life
>No Euthanasia
>No Physician Assisted Suicide
- Gun Rights
- Family values