WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following statement on May 10, 2024: * * * Congressman Barr released the following statement on the Federal Reserve's summary of its Climate Scenario Analysis (CSA) pilot project, which involved six of the largest banks in the country. The summary outlined how these banks employed climate scenario analysis to assess the resilience of their business models against climate-related financial risks. "Yesterday, the Federal Reserve Board  more

WASHINGTON, May 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.) and Oversight Committee Republicans are probing the Biden Administration over its political games and manipulative timing surrounding the decision to withhold critical military assistance to Israel. In a letter to Assistant to the President for National Security Affairs Ja  more

WASHINGTON, May 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: Today, House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) announced a markup will take place on Wednesday, May 15th at 10:00 am ET to consider a series of legislation. WHAT: Full Committee Markup * H.R. 8333, the BIOSECURE Act (Wenstrup-Krishnamoorthi): Prohibits a federal agency from procuring any biotec  more

WASHINGTON, May 10 (Sen.) -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) announced the U.S. Senate passed the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) Reauthorization Act of 2024, which contains significant resources to support Kentucky's airports and aviation operations. The Senate's legislation reauthorizes funding for the FAA and airports across the country. Senator McConnell helped shepherd this bill to  more

GEORGETOWN, Kentucky, May 11 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on May 10, 2024: Today, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) announced $1,750,000 in federal funding from the Fiscal Year 2024 Community Project Funding process to Scott County Fiscal Court. This funding is one step in a large, long-term project to improve the sanitary sewer capacity in Northern Scott County. Specifically, these funds will be used for pre-construction costs related to sewer improvements   more