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Andy Barr

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Andy Hale Barr is a Republican member of the United States House of Representatives, representing Kentucky's 6th congressional district since 2013. Born on July 24, 1973, Barr has focused on various issues during his tenure, including agriculture, economic development, and regulatory reform. He has been an advocate for Kentucky's agricultural sector and has emphasized the need for legal workers in the hospitality industry. Barr has also been vocal about his opposition to certain diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives, reflecting a broader trend among some Republican lawmakers.

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Mar 8, 2023

The CFPB has become the most unchecked, unaccountable agency in the entire Federal Government.

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Mar 7, 2023

The Fed misjudged the inflationary impact of Democrats' overspending, kept interest rates too low for far too long.

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Mar 7, 2023

It is paramount that the Federal Reserve remain vigilant on reducing inflation, anchoring inflation expectations, and restoring price stability at the Fed's 2-percent target.

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Feb 27, 2023

Companies on the BIS entity list need to be included on Treasury's CMIC sanctions list.

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Feb 6, 2023

This is an issue that Congress needs to set the parameters for and direct the Executive Branch to implement.

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Feb 6, 2023

I would like to compliment the Trump Administration for the Executive Order that banned U.S. investments in certain Chinese military-industrial companies, and I would also compliment the Biden Administration for expanding on that Executive…

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Feb 6, 2023

I want to specifically compliment Mr. Feddo for his testimony that as we look at investment screening, outbound investment in this important dimension of our economic competition with the PRC, that this is an issue that Congress needs to…

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Dec 13, 2022

You are not. This is not interpretive guidance. You are trying to change the law.

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Dec 13, 2022

Your statement that the Bureau is focused on enforcement against only the largest firms is curious

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Dec 13, 2022

You are changing the law without Congress.

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Dec 13, 2022

The CFPB's funding statute indisputably establishes an appropriation under the long-accepted understanding of that term

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Dec 5, 2022

If we do not have transparency, the American taxpayers do not know whether or not their generosity is actually being delivered in a way that is delivering victory, then we're not doing our job.

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Dec 5, 2022

Isn't that what we want? Isn't that we want? We want the Ukrainians to succeed in repelling the Russian aggression and the Russian invasion.

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Dec 5, 2022

If you truly support the Ukrainian resistance, if you truly want to defeat the Russian aggression, then, why on earth would we not want a full accounting of how our assistance is actually being delivered;

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Dec 5, 2022

I appreciate the chairman's leadership on Ukraine. I appreciate the chairman and the ranking member's show of unity on Ukraine.

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Nov 30, 2022

It shows a lot of guts. And what it says about you and your character is that we know you and your husband can make it.

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Sep 20, 2022

I couldn't agree more, which is why I am so skeptical of ESG and the weaponization of financial regulation designed to discriminate against American energy companies.

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Sep 20, 2022

Mr. Dimon, in your April letter to shareholders, you called for a new Marshall Plan to ensure energy security for the United States and our European allies who are overly dependent on Russian energy.

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Aug 20, 2022

When Joe Biden and his campaign promised the American people that, 'Oh, taxes were not going to go up for people earning less than $400,000,' that was a lie. This bill is going to come at the expense of the American people.

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Aug 20, 2022

Republicans are going to win landslide elections not just because Joe Biden has done such a poor job and congressional Democrats have failed the American people on the economy, crime and the border, but because we have a positive agenda to…

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Aug 20, 2022

We are experiencing a crime wave -- 15% increase in homicides because of the defund police movement.

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Aug 20, 2022

We are experiencing the highest inflation, Chuck, in 40 years.

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Aug 20, 2022

There is a reason why the American people are angry and anxious, and that’s because they are worse off under the policies of congressional Democrats and Joe Biden.

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Aug 20, 2022

Democrats are advocating a dangerous policy of not only defunding the police, but eliminating cash bail, eliminating qualified immunity for law enforcement – and, and homicides are up 15% in this country. Americans want security and…

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Aug 20, 2022

That's what the American people care about. And politicians who obsess about the past are not in touch with the American people.

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