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.
Jan 7, 2009
Coal is going to be part of America's future in this century. There is no doubt about it.
Jan 7, 2009
At what point do bailed-out liabilities like Freddie and Fannie need to be brought--when do they need to be brought onto the Federal books of the Government?
Jan 7, 2009
If we are going to have a global cap and trade, and we are going to exclude China and India from the global cap, we could clean up to zero in the United States, and we still would not get to the point where you and I both want to get to.
Jan 7, 2009
We have skirted nationalization of the banks under you and the amount of money that we have been putting in banks all over the country.
May 20, 2007
No matter what you call it, x, Y, or Z visas, this bill will grant amnesty to millions of illegal immigrants all over this country.
Sep 21, 2004
What steps has the Department taken to ensure that all claims approved by the Department of Energy's physician panels for illnesses suffered at the Paducah plant will be paid?
Sep 21, 2004
Mr. Shaw, DOE has still not identified a payor for as many as half of all the claimants who may be ill from their DOE work.
Sep 21, 2004
Mr. Shaw, prior to your being nominated, the Department of Energy indicated that the early lung screening program that I fought to establish at the gaseous diffusion plant was a bad idea and should be stopped.
Sep 21, 2004
I, along with bipartisan supporters of more than 20 Senators, drafted the Bunning-Bingaman amendment to the defense authorization bill.