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.
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 [...]
My campaign is funded by people, not PACs
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 [...]
We all deserve affordable healthcare
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 [...]