Andy Barr

I am sure we will be revisiting this issue and exploring this topic further in the future.

Thank you for your questions and thank you for yielding back your time.

An extended trade war would not only harm that iconic industry but also Kentucky's farm family suppliers, tourism, and ultimately consumers through higher prices and limited availability.

I appreciate that this Administration is not making the same mistake as the JCPOA in the upfront sanctions relief.

That bill passed the House 415 to 2 and it's over in the Senate and that represents the toughest economic sanctions ever directed at North Korea.

I thank my friend, the gentleman from New York (Mr. Zeldin), for his important leadership and his voice on this very critical issue and for being a stalwart defender of the rock-solid alliance between the American people and the State of…

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and I especially thank the gentleman for his cooperative, constructive, and bipartisan approach to the legislation, and improving the legislation. We are in agreement on this point, that such involvement…

This effort has been a success because we are balancing the imperatives of national security with maintaining an important open investment climate in the United States. Why that balance is so important is because preserving benign foreign…

We hear this refrain from many of our colleagues on the other side of the aisle that the tax bill was tax cuts for the rich.

We need to unleash manufactured housing not just in rural areas, but all across this country, as an opportunity.

A national, uniform medication program is not about creating more bureaucracy or more regulation.

H.R. 2651 would remedy these problems by authorizing the creation of a nongovernmental anti-doping authority.

Finally, USADA's involvement through the HADA would bring the sport independence, expertise, and credibility.

With the privilege of representing the Horse Capital of the World comes the responsibility of fighting for its future.

This would bring U.S. regulation in line with other horseracing counterparts in places like Europe, Dubai, and Hong Kong.

HUD Secretary Ben Carson visited several of these transitional nonprofits in my district in Kentucky earlier this year, and he witnessed firsthand the success of these evidence-based models of recovery. I would like to especially recognize…

In conclusion, I accept and support the gentlewoman's amendment. I will just remind all Members, and especially Members who might be considering whether or not they want to vote for the legislation, if you are concerned about additional…

I want to make an observation that, in the course of this debate, not one of the Members speaking in opposition to this legislation has made the argument that these evidence-based transitional housing models won't work. None of the…

Just to respond briefly to some of those claims, our efforts to work in a bipartisan way, an overture to the ranking member to actually meet her halfway, should be actually welcomed. It shouldn't be rejected. And if she is concerned about…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 1, line 7, strike ``and transitional''. Page 1, line 15, strike ``and transitional''. Page 2, line 11…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 131, line 7, after the dollar amount, insert ``(increased by $5,000,000)''. Page 132, line 10, after…

They believed in checks and balances. That is the nature of our system here.

We want to find that sweet spot, and we appreciate what you have done today as witnesses.

Why would we allow the director of the CFPB to be that independent? I struggle with that.

If the lack of legal authority and deeply flawed methodology were not enough, the real-world consequences of the guidance could have been far worse if auto dealers didn't do everything they could to fight against the guidance. That is…