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Congressman Andy Barr

Representing All the People of Kentucky's Sixth District

Spending and Debt

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Barr Rallies for American Energy Jobs

On Tuesday, October 29, Congressman Barr was honored to add his voice to those of the thousands of hardworking coal miners and their families who visited Washington as part of the “Rally for American Energy Jobs.”

Barr Votes to Protect Kentucky Jobs and Competitiveness

Waterway infrastructure is critical to Kentucky trade and competitiveness. Here in the Commonwealth, our waterways and ports support 15,640 Kentucky jobs and directly contribute $2.5 billion to our local economy while our $22 billion international export industry supports hundreds of thousands of jobs.

Barr: Limit Debt Before Raising Debt Limit

WASHINGTON – Congressman Andy Barr released the following statement:

“I ran for Congress to stop the Washington spending spree and put the nation’s fiscal house in order.  Unfortunately, this legislation does not accomplish what the people of the Sixth Congressional District elected me to do: reform government, reduce spending and hold Washington accountable to the American people. 

Barr: It is important that Members of Congress do what they were elected to do

On October 14, Congressman Andy Barr spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives about the need to stop business as usual in Washington and address runaway government spending.

Barr, Whitfield, and Guthrie Call on Speaker Boehner to Assign Farm Bill Conferees

Congressman Andy Barr today was joined by fellow Kentucky Representatives Brett Guthrie and Ed Whitfield to call on House Speaker John Boehner to assign farm bill conferees from the House of Representatives to meet with Senate conferees so a bi-cameral agreement on a new long-term farm bill can be reached.

Barr Votes to Protect American Veterans

Congressman Andy Barr released the below statement regarding his support for the Honoring our Promise to America’s Veterans Act:

Barr Votes Again to Avert Government Shutdown, Ensure No Special Treatment

Congressman Andy Barr spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives after voting for  the House Amendment to the CR, which would keep the government open, while delaying Obamacare's individual mandate and canceling health-insurance subsidies for members of Congress, their staff and the White House.

Mr. Barr:

The House has voted multiple times to fund the government and to prevent a shutdown.

War on Coal Puts Hardworking, Middle Class American Families into Economic Distress

I was proud to join Congressman Ed Whitfield, Senator Mitch McConnell, Senator Rand Paul and the other Friends of Coal in the Kentucky congressional delegation to denounce the EPA’s New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for electric utilities. This destructive policy has one goal: to kill the coal industry.

Barr Votes to Shut Down Obamacare, not the Government

WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Congressman Andy Barr released the following statement today after voting for H.J.Res. 59, the Fiscal Year 2014 Continuing Appropriations Resolution, which passed the House by a vote of 230-189:

Barr Urges the President to Abandon Anti-Coal Policies, Put the American People Back to Work and Protect the Environment

On Tuesday, September 17, Congressman Andy Barr (KY-6) spoke on the floor of the United States House of Representatives about the Obama Administration's radical energy-rationing agenda that threatens Kentucky families, workers, and entire industries across the Commonwealth and the country.

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