By Catherine Austin Fitts

2023 was an inspiring year, with many heroes to celebrate. However, when it came time to select the Solari Report’s 2023 Hero of the Year, it was a “no-brainer” to name two Tennessee state legislators as our year’s heroes: Senator Frank Niceley and Representative Bud Hulsey. During their years of legislative service, both have consistently demonstrated that protecting liberty and sovereignty is their top priority—a moral position reaffirmed with the uptick in federal tyranny since 2020.

As Senator, Niceley, from Strawberry Plains, has represented Tennessee’s District 8 since 2012, after previously serving in the Tennessee House (1988–1992 and 2004–2012). Hulsey has represented District 2 in the House since 2014. A retired Kingsport police lieutenant, Hulsey currently chairs the Criminal Justice Committee, and both are active on other important committees, including Agriculture. The two leaders have a highly productive working relationship. Hulsey remarks that legislators (even when they are from the same political party) “can look at the same thing and not see the same thing,” but he adds, “Frank and I see the same thing most of the time.”

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