WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, pressed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Administration's response to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloons and their support for Russia during the ongoing war in Ukraine. The full transcript of Barr's questioning is below. You can watch the full clip of his questioning here (htt  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), who serves as the Chair of the Energy and Commerce Committee Subcommittee on Health, helped introduce the Ensuring Patient Access to Critical Breakthrough Products Act. "Breakthrough medical devices can give patients a better quality of life and even save lives. That's why it's important to ensure seniors can more quickly access FDA-approved breakth  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. S. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Congressman Brett Guthrie (KY-02), a senior member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, questioned TikTok CEO Shou Chew on illicit drug trafficking content on TikTok and an apparent threat to House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers on TikTok. Rep. Guthrie asking about the difference in amplification and availability of content related to illicit drugs   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: The Oversight Committee's Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs and the Judiciary Committee's Subcommittee on Crime and Federal Government Surveillance held a joint hearing titled, "ATF's Assault on the Second Amendment: When is Enough Enough?" Subcommittee members discussed with expert witnesses how the ATF under  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator and physician Rand Paul (R-KY) and U.S. Representative Chip Roy. (R-TX-21) introduced the NIH Reform Act to eliminate Dr. Anthony Fauci's National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and replace it with three separate national research institutes that would be led by directors subject to Senate confirmation and limited to no more than two 5-year terms. "We've learned a lot over   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, stressed the urgent need to fix the government's classification processes at a committee hearing titled "Modernizing the Government's Classification System." The hearing examined the government's excessive classific  more