Andy Barr

I thank the gentleman for yielding, and to continue the reading of the Declaration of Independence: He has excited domestic insurrections amongst us, and has endeavoured to bring on the inhabitants of our frontiers, the merciless Indian…

We have lost over 7,000 coal jobs in eastern Kentucky over the last 2 years as a direct result of the regulatory assault of this Administration.

Why on earth, if you are about creating jobs--why are you aligning yourself with a job-killing agenda?

if the Administration is concerned about the environmental impacts, then what you are doing by discriminating against coal-fired power projects is you are excluding U.S. technology from the opportunity that these projects will be funded…

But the first appeal is to FSOC itself, an appeal that seems useless, given that the institution is not appealing to an independent arbiter.

Given the substantial flaws in the appeals process, both the original, initial administrative appeal and then the judicial appeal, does the designation process really give institutions a meaningful opportunity to challenge their…

Recently, some politicians in Washington and even back in my home State of Kentucky have held out Kentucky's online exchange, or Kentucky Kynect, as a model for how the Affordable Care Act, or ObamaCare, can be implemented successfully…

Since we are on the topic of the proposed legislation that I have offered relating to defining abusive practices...

I want to thank the chairman of the Financial Institutions Subcommittee for her leadership on this important legislation. I want to thank also my colleagues on the other side of the aisle who have joined us in a bipartisan way to advance…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, my friend who has, himself, shown a considerable amount of leadership on this issue in making sure that American companies on Main Street and all across this country have access to reliable…

I thank the gentleman from New Jersey, and I thank the gentleman from Massachusetts for his contribution to the debate. It gives us an opportunity to actually analyze what exactly we are talking about here. We are not talking about the…

I thank the chairman, and I would like to thank the gentleman from my home State, Mr. Rogers, for his advocacy of this important issue, and I appreciate Mr. Young yielding me some time to talk about this legislation that I am proud to…

I thank the gentleman. As the Confederate lines fell back, Brigadier General Zollicoffer was separated and mistakenly approached the 4th Kentucky Infantry and, believing them to be his own troops, was cut down. The result of the battle of…

I come before you in support of our Active Duty, Guard, and Reserve components, as well as our veterans, to help ensure they receive the equipment and support they deserve.

I thank the gentleman. I would like to note a point that the President made in his State of the Union address and, really, why Congressman Young's bill should be a point of agreement for all of us--for the President, for Members of the…

I thank my friend, the gentleman from Indiana, Congressman Young, for his leadership on this very important issue. Mr. Speaker, it is an important issue because ObamaCare is hurting American families. It is hurting American employers. It…

Absolutely. I totally agree. You are absolutely right. I would commend the gentleman for being one of those leaders in our country who is standing up for the working people of this country. I would just note the president of the Teamsters…

Absolutely. This is commonsense reform. Again, I commend Congressman Young and other colleagues who have sponsored the Save American Workers Act. This is a simple piece of legislation. It would simply repeal the 30-hour definition of…

When it comes to college basketball, there is simply no place like my old Kentucky home. I rise with the distinct honor of congratulating my hometown University of Kentucky Wildcats men's basketball team on moving on to the Sweet 16 in the…

the tax rate of the highest bracket would have to be raised from 35 percent to 88 percent.

Like you, I reject the premise that concern about the debt is fading.

the tax rate for the lowest tax bracket would have to be increased from 10 percent to 25 percent.

the tax rate on incomes in the current 25 percent bracket would have to be increased to 63 percent.

relying on taxes alone to hold long-term deficits at 3 percent of GDP would require phasing in a 60 percent tax increase on median-income families.

We cannot create that job creation and growth if we are in a debt crisis that automatically imposes austerity on the American people.