Jim Bunning
The Public Record
Jim Bunning is a former United States Senator from Kentucky, serving from 1999 to 2011. A member of the Republican Party, Bunning was known for his strong conservative positions and advocacy for fiscal responsibility. Before his political career, he was a professional baseball player, notably a pitcher in Major League Baseball, where he was inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame in 1987. Bunning's tenure in the Senate included a focus on issues such as energy policy and workers' compensation reform, often criticizing the Department of Energy's handling of compensation programs for workers.
Oct 27, 2009
I think this will be an educational hearing about several complex topics that have been in the news lately.
Oct 20, 2009
We can lead, but we need followers, and we need a global agreement on carbon emissions if we're going to be successful.
Oct 20, 2009
Doug Elmendorf, Dr. Elmendorf, has made it perfectly clear that we injure our economy to a certain degree.
Oct 20, 2009
my biggest problem is singling out individual States that will be so disadvantaged--Utah, Kentucky, South Dakota, and many others--if in fact the Waxman-Markey bill is passed as presently constructed.
Oct 20, 2009
In the meantime, the dollar is worth 74 cents and our economy is not turning the corner, no matter what the stock market says.
Oct 20, 2009
You could just do a carbon tax and that would hit everybody in every State equally, I would hope.
Oct 20, 2009
Instead of expanding government welfare and taxing energy consumers, Congress should focus on providing pro growth policies.
Oct 20, 2009
We happen in Kentucky to think it's not the right number, and I can tell you people from Wyoming and my good friend from South Dakota and Illinois and Indiana and Ohio think that that's the wrong number.
Oct 20, 2009
Ultimately, this will decide who will bear the greatest costs of paying for this bill.
Oct 20, 2009
Kentucky families will have to pay more than their fair share under this bill.