Meet Renee
A BRAVE VOICE FOR EAST TENNESSEE
Whether it was riding up steep hills on her bike as a girl or watching her Mom work long hours, Renee learned early in her life what it means to be brave and fight hard for what’s important.
For the last 14 years of her career, she took those lessons to the Tennessee Clean Water Network, where she fought powerful special interests and polluters, ensuring they gave relief back to the communities they damaged.
Meet Renee
A BRAVE VOICE FOR EAST TENNESSEE
Whether it was riding up steep hills on her bike as a girl or watching her Mom work long hours, Renee learned early in her life what it means to be brave and fight hard for what’s important.
For the last 14 years of her career, she took those lessons to the Tennessee Clean Water Network, where she fought powerful special interests and polluters, ensuring they gave relief back to the communities they damaged.
East Tennessee can be flipped
My district, the U.S. House of Representatives Second Congressional District in Tennessee, ranges from the edge of the Great Smoky Mountains National Park to the coalfields near Kentucky. My district contains the cities of Knoxville, Maryville, [...]
I’m running for Congress
When I decided to run for Congress as a Democrat in Tennessee's Second Congressional District in 2018, I planned on working hard to earn the votes of people from all across my district. And I [...]
I’m not accepting a dime from corporations
I was employed at the Clean Water Network during the 2008 coal ash disaster at the Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) Fossil Plant in Kingston, Tennessee. A pond storing coal ash collapsed, releasing 4.2 million cubic yards of [...]
I got cancer when I was 22
I was 22 when I was diagnosed with skin cancer. I didn't have insurance, and couldn't find affordable insurance anywhere. That was over 30 years ago, yet little has changed. Close to 430,000 Tennesseans are without health [...]