WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on April 10, 2024: * * * Today, the U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics released the March 2024 Inflation Report, revealing that the Consumer Price Index (CPI) has increased by 3.5% over the past year and 19.4% since President Biden took office. This marks the third consecutive month of inflation increases, demonstrating that the Biden Administration's claim that Bidenomics is effective in "tam  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Health Subcommittee Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening remarks at today's subcommittee hearing on ensuring patients continue to have the choice whether to go to a doctor in person or use telehealth when appropriate and more convenient for them. "Today we're here to examine l  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a hearing titled "Defending America from the Chinese Communist Party's Political Warfare, Part I." This first hearing will examine how the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) is waging war against the U.S. by targeting, infiltrating, and influencing every sector and   more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding national security priorities and NATO: "Last week, the strongest and most successful military alliance in the history of the world marked an impressive milestone. Seventy-five years ago, at the dawn of the Cold War, with decades of superpower competition on the ho  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today on the Senate floor regarding Congressional Review Act resolutions : "I've spoken before about the effort led by our colleagues, Senator Capito and Senator Cramer, to block a coercive, one-size-fits-all mandate from the Federal Highway Administration that would force states and localities to b  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, U.S. Representatives Andy Barr (R-KY), Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA), Mario Diaz-Balart (R-FL), and Gerald E. Connolly (D-VA), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Taiwan Caucus, introduced a bipartisan resolution reaffirming the United States' commitment to Taiwan and commemorating the 45th anniversary of the enactment of the Taiwan Relations Act (TRA). The resolution is cosponsored by a bipartisa  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Morgan McGarvey, D-Kentucky, issued the following news release on April 10, 2024: Today, Congressman McGarvey (KY-03) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to honor Jim Tutt, Tommy Elliott, Deana Eckert, Juliana Farmer, and Josh Barrick, who were killed in the mass shooting at Old National Bank, and Chea'von Moore, who was killed in a shooting outside Jefferson Community and Technical College. A transcript of Congressman McGarvey's remarks is belo  more