Andy Barr is Getting Results

• Andy is the lead Republican on the Build for Future Disasters Act, which would take meaningful steps to align flood insurance rates with actual risk, better protect policyholders, put the National Flood Insurance Program on a sustainable fiscal footing and protect taxpayers.
• Andy supported H.R. 3, the Spending Cuts to Expired and Unnecessary Programs Act, which cuts wasteful spending and restores fiscal responsibility with the federal government’s use of hard-earned taxpayer dollars.
• Andy supported reforms to the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) that would place the program on a sustainable financial path for the future while ensuring it still offers affordable insurance to Kentuckians in flood prone areas. Some of the reforms that Andy supported included greater use of LIDAR for better flood maps, enhanced flood prevention resources to reduce the number and cost of claims, and changes to increase private sector participation. Today the program is $20.5 billion in debt and that is after a $16 billion bailout in 2017.
• Andy supported reforms to government sponsored enterprises (GSEs) Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac that would increase access to mortgages for qualified, credit-worthy borrowers and minimize the risk of future taxpayer bailouts, similar to those that occurred during the 2008 financial crisis.  
• Andy voted for the Balanced Budget Amendment to the U.S. Constitution. The amendment would prohibit total outlays for each fiscal year form exceeding total receipts for that fiscal year unless Congress authorizes the excess by a three-fifths roll call vote of each chamber. This measure failed as it did not receive two-thirds support.
• Andy supported the American Health Care Act, which would have been the largest reform to mandatory spending in our nation’s history.
• Andy introduced the Saving Lives, Saving Costs Act, which would reduce wasteful spending in health care by up to $66 billion over ten years through comprehensive tort reform.
• Andy supported the House Republican “Building a Better America” Budget that would balance the budget in 10 years without raising taxes.
• Voted in favor for the Farm Bill, including reforms to SNAP that introduce work requirements for able-bodied, working age adults.
• Andy has supported regular order for appropriations, which includes all 12 FY17 appropriations bills the House passed and Senate failed to consider. These appropriation bills contained numerous reforms to restore fiscal responsibility.
• Co-Chaired the Republican Study Committee’s Empowerment working group, which aims to promote upward mobility and importance of work within our nation’s welfare programs to move individuals off government assistance and help them lead independent lives.