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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

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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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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Feb 28, 2023

I don't know if my colleagues on the other side of the aisle don't understand the existing law and what this resolution does and what the Department of Labor's new rule is, or whether they are just trying to confuse the listeners and…

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Feb 28, 2023

I thank the gentlewoman, the chairwoman of the committee, for her leadership in fighting the politicization of capital allocation and the politicization of retirement savings. Mr. Speaker, today House Republicans stand on the side of…

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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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Jan 26, 2023

I would respectfully argue that the amendment is core to the proper functioning of the underlying bill. The amendment's purpose is the same purpose as the underlying bill: it is to facilitate the replenishment of the SPR for the exact…

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Jan 26, 2023

I have amendment No. 48 at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Add at the end the following: SEC. 3. TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL REGULATIONS. (a) In…

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Jan 26, 2023

I support the underlying legislation to increase domestic energy production to replenish the Strategic Petroleum Reserve that has been recklessly and dangerously drawn down by the Biden administration in a cynically political move to try…

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Jan 10, 2023

The Chinese Communist Party is intent on replacing the United States as the world's preeminent economic, military, and technological power. They have a sophisticated plan to challenge American hegemony and leverage every possible avenue to…

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Dec 13, 2022

You are changing the law without Congress.

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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

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

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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 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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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

I thank my colleagues for their support of this legislation. I rise today in support of an issue obviously that is very near and dear to my heart, our legislation, the Cardiovascular Advances in Research and Opportunities Legacy Act, or…

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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

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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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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