ISSUES

Issues

Healthcare

As Chairman of the Senate Health and Welfare Committee, Senator Crowe has spent decades fighting to improve the health and dignity of every Tennessean. He is largely responsible for establishing home and community-based care in our state, and has authored many of Tennessee's elder abuse and human trafficking laws. He co-sponsored landmark legislation to end secret billing, ensuring no patient ever receives a bill they weren't warned about. When the health of our seniors, our families, and our most vulnerable citizens is on the line, Rusty Crowe has a record of getting results.

Pro Life

The sanctity of life is non-negotiable for Rusty Crowe. He voted in favor of the Fetal Heartbeat Bill, the most comprehensive pro-life legislation Tennessee has ever passed, and will continue to be an unwavering defender of the unborn.

Senator Rusty Crowe believes protecting Tennessee’s children goes far beyond classroom safety. It means ensuring they are protected in what they are taught, what they are fed, and guaranteeing that parents—not government—have the final say in their children’s upbringing.

Education

On the Senate Education Committee, Rusty has championed parental rights in the classroom, from ensuring books and curriculum are age-appropriate, to banning the teaching of inherently divisive concepts. He supports phonics-based reading instruction and the return of cursive writing. "If our kids can't read, they can't learn."

Property Taxes

Rusty has stood strong against Property Taxes and passed a Constitutional Amendment that would ban a state property tax from every being implemented in Tennessee.

He also sponsored and passed legislation that eased the property tax burden for our state's veterans and seniors.

Protecting our Farmland

Senator Rusty Crowe sponsored and passed legislation that put a stop to China, and our nation's enemies, from buying any land in Tennessee.

Keeping Men out of Women's Sports

While others caved to the woke agenda, Senator Rusty Crowe stood firm. He sponsored and passed the Women’s Safety and Protection Act to keep biological men out of women’s sports and protect equal competition.

Fiscal Responsibility

Senator Crowe is directly responsible for Tennessee having NO state income tax, a distinction that makes our state one of the most competitive economies in the nation. His consistent support for balanced budgets, no new taxes, and responsible spending has helped earn Tennessee a AAA bond rating and the title of one of America's most fiscally responsible states. That didn't happen by accident. It happened because Rusty Crowe showed up and held the line, year after year.

Veterans

Rusty Crowe served his country in the U.S. Army Security Agency, intercepting enemy communications in Southeast Asia during the Vietnam War. That experience never left him.

As Chair of the Joint Select Committee on Veterans Affairs and now a member of the Governor's Armed Forces and Veterans Committee, Rusty has been the "go-to" senator for Tennessee veterans. He has received the AMVETS Legislative Silver Bayonet Award; one of the highest honors Tennessee veterans give to a sitting legislator.

Protecting Children

hat is why he has led efforts to remove harmful food dyes from school nutrition programs, aligning Tennessee with the broader Make America Healthy Again movement and putting children’s health first.

Crowe has also been a leading voice in demanding accountability around the rise in violent mass attacks, pushing for a closer examination of the role powerful psychotropic medications may play and ensuring critical questions are no longer ignored. Tennessee is helping lead that national conversation.

And throughout his career, he has consistently fought to protect the most vulnerable, championing strong laws to crack down on human trafficking and defend children across the state.

Second Amendment

Rusty believes the Constitution means exactly what it says: "the right of the people to keep and bear arms shall not be infringed." He has consistently fought to protect Second Amendment rights throughout his career and will never waver on that commitment.