BARR, GARLAND ANDY

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: Experience: House: District 6, 2013-Present; Home State: Kentucky; Running: President, United States, 2016; Total Raised: $1,891,629Coverage End: Thursday, June 30, 2016; Winning: Won with 0.00%; Write a Review

Personal

Full Name: Garland 'Andy' Barr

Gender: Male

Family: Wife: Carol; 2 Children: Eleanor, Mary Clay

Birth Date: 07/24/1973

Birth Place: Lexington, KY

Home City: Lexington, KY

Education

Graduated, Leadership Lexington, 2007

JD, University of Kentucky College of Law, 2001

BA, Government, University of Virginia, 1996

BA, Philosophy, University of Virginia, 1996

Political Experience

Representative, United States House of Representatives, 2012-present

Candidate, United States House of Representatives, District 6, 2010

Current Legislative Committees

Financial Services, Member

Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit, Member

Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, Member

Professional Experience

Part-Time Instructor, Constitutional Law/Administrative Law, University of Kentucky, present

Attorney, Kinkead and Stilz, Professional Limited Liability Company, present

Former Deputy General Counsel, Governor Ernie Fletcher, 2004-2007

Legislative Assistant, Congressman Jim Talent, 1996-1998

Religious, Civic, and other Memberships

Member, Board of Directors, Friends of the Isaac Murphy Memorial Art Garden, present

Member, Board of Directors, Prevent Child Abuse Kentucky, present

Member, American Bar Association

Member, Christ Church Cathedral

Member, Fayette County Bar Association

Member, Kentucky Bar Association

Member, Board of Directors, Leadership Lexington Steering Committee

Member, Leadership Lexington, Class of 2007

General Survey

Issue Title	Candidate's Answers
1. Abortion is a woman's unrestricted right	Strongly Oppose Abortion is immoral and should be absolutely restricted, because it kills a human being. And abortion clinics are illegal.
2. Stricter punishment reduces crime	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
3. Marijuana is a gateway drug
4. Higher taxes on the wealthy	Strongly Oppose The income tax and the IRS should be both abolished. Lower and flatter taxes are the good first step.
5. Stimulus better than market-led recovery	Oppose Cutting taxes and reducing regulation is the means to recuperate from the Great Recession.
6. Vouchers for school choice	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
7. Make voter registration easier	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
8. Prioritize green energy	Strongly Oppose There's no global warming - it's just natural climatic variation. And if there is a problem, we won't be affacted much.
9. Avoid foreign entanglements
10. Expand the military	Strongly Support U.S. needs to keep expanding the military. Increase defense spending is also to meet global responsibilities.
11. Support & expand free trade	Strongly Oppose We should restrict trade with any country which costs us jobs or which creates a trade deficit. And International trade just ships jobs overseas.
12. Support American Exceptionalism
13. Absolute right to gun ownership	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
14. Expand ObamaCare	Strongly Oppose Government should not be involved with providing healthcare, because it would make the government takeover of a large portion of the economy and undue intrusions into personal medical histories.
15. Pathway to citizenship for illegal aliens	No Opinion This question is not counted in the answers for any candidate.
16. EPA regulations are too restrictive	Support Human needs come first, but it's ok to use natural resource for sustainable development.
17. Keep God in the public sphere	Strongly Support Belief in God is what America was founded upon, so religious organizations, or praying in school, does not violate the separation of church and state. Religious institutions should be involved in welfare or education.
18. Legally require hiring more women & minorities	Support Benefits of diversity should be considered. The government should prosecute companies that discriminate against women and minorities.
19. Comfortable with same-sex marriage	Strongly Oppose Homosexuality is immoral. We must eradicate so that homosexual values are not imposed upon our children.
20. Privatize Social Security	Strongly Support Americans should self-determine their retirement funding instead of entrust to the government.

Total: 41

Introduced Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Last Action
04/14/2015	H.R.1259	Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act	04/14/2015 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions)
04/08/2015	H.R.1389	American Jobs and Community Revitalization Act of 2015	04/08/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit. (All Actions)
02/26/2015	H.R.1113	Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act	02/26/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
02/11/2015	H.R.867	Aged Distilled Spirits Competitiveness Act	02/11/2015 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
01/22/2015	H.J.Res.11	Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of the United States to limit the number of consecutive terms that a Member of Congress may serve.	01/22/2015 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
09/17/2014	H.R.5461	To clarify the application of certain leverage and risk-based requirements under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act, to improve upon the definitions provided for points and fees in connection with a mortgage transaction, and for other purposes.	09/17/2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions)
09/16/2014	H.R.2673	Portfolio Lending and Mortgage Access Act	09/16/2014 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. (All Actions)
09/16/2014	H.R.2672	Helping Expand Lending Practices in Rural Communities Act	09/16/2014 Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. Hearings held. (All Actions)
04/30/2014	H.R.4167	Restoring Proven Financing for American Employers Act	04/30/2014 Received in the Senate and Read twice and referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs. (All Actions)
03/20/2014	H.R.4106	Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act	03/20/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on the Constitution and Civil Justice. (All Actions)
02/10/2014	H.R.4021	Debt Limit Reform and Congressional Pay for Performance Act of 2014	02/10/2014 Referred to House Oversight and Government Reform (All Actions)
01/24/2014	H.R.3775	Military SAVE Act	01/24/2014 Referred to the Subcommittee on Military Personnel. (All Actions)
08/02/2013	H.R.3002	No Bailouts for State and local Governments Act	08/02/2013 Referred to House Financial Services (All Actions)
06/28/2013	H.R.2570	Valley View Ferry Preservation Act of 2013	06/28/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation. (All Actions)
06/27/2013	H.R.2535	American Liberty Coinage and Deficit Reduction Act of 2013	06/27/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Financial Services. (All Actions)
06/14/2013	H.R.2312	Aged Distilled Spirits Competitiveness Act	06/14/2013 Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (All Actions)
05/24/2013	H.R.2212	Race Horse Cost Recovery Act of 2013	05/24/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)
05/22/2013	H.R.1789	Creating Crop Insurance Certainty for Farmers Act	05/22/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on General Farm Commodities and Risk Management. (All Actions)
05/17/2013	H.R.2010	Live by the Laws You Write Act	05/17/2013 Referred to the Subcommittee on Health. (All Actions)
03/06/2013	H.R.998	To amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 to reduce the holding period used to determine whether horses are section 1231 assets to 12 months.	03/06/2013 Referred to the House Committee on Ways and Means. (All Actions)

Total: 643

Date	Bill Number	Bill Title	Result	Vote
06/13/2017	H.R.10	Financial CHOICE Act of 2017
05/22/2017	H.R.695	Child Protection Improvements Act of 2017
05/18/2017	H.Con.Res.55	Expressing the sense of Congress that the United States should withdraw from the Paris Agreement, adopted in December 2015.
05/18/2017	H.Res.256	Expressing support for the countries of Eastern Europe and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
05/18/2017	H.R.1677	Caesar Syria Civilian Protection Act of 2017
05/17/2017	H.R.510	Rapid DNA Act of 2017
05/05/2017	H.R.244	Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2017	Passed	Yea
04/11/2017	H.R.1811	HOPS Act
05/04/2017	H.R.1644	Korean Interdiction and Modernization of Sanctions Act	Passed	Yea
05/01/2017	H.R.2024	End Discriminatory State Taxes for Automobile Renters Act of 2017
05/01/2017	H.R.2004	Strengthen Employment And Seasonal Opportunities Now (SEASON) Act
04/28/2017	H.R.2224	Repeal of the Obamacare Bay State Boondoggle Act
04/27/2017	H.R.2204	Homeowner Information Privacy Protection Act
04/27/2017	H.R.613	Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Correctional Officer Self-Protection Act of 2017
04/24/2017	H.R.2053	Mining School Enhancement Act
04/13/2017	H.J.Res.43	Providing for congressional disapproval under chapter 8 of title 5, United States Code, of the final rule submitted by Secretary of Health and Human Services relating to compliance with title X requirements by project recipients in selecting subrecipients.	Passed	Aye
04/05/2017	H.R.1955	Rural Hospital Access Act of 2017
04/03/2017	H.Res.92	Condemning North Korea's development of multiple intercontinental ballistic missiles, and for other purposes.	Passed	Yea
03/29/2017	H.R.1698	Iran Ballistic Missiles and International Sanctions Enforcement Act
03/29/2017	H.R.26	Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny Act of 2017	Passed	Aye

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