WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Bill Hagerty, D-Tennessee, issued the following news release on June 16, 2021: United States Senator Bill Hagerty (R-TN), a member of the Senate Appropriations Committee, today discussed with U.S. Department of the Interior Secretary Deb Haaland two issues that are very important to Tennessee: resources to reduce the maintenance backlog in the Great Smoky Mountains and efforts to combat the issue of Asian carp within waterway systems. Hagerty noted that our national  more