Press Releases

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) has issued the following statement on today’s attack that killed four U.S. Marines in Chattanooga, Tennessee: “I am deeply saddened and enraged by the attacks on our U.S. servicemen in Chattanooga. My family and I are praying for the families of these brave Marines who lost their lives serving our nation. Initial intelligence reports indicate that ISIS may… Read more »

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) released the following statement on his decision to vote against a short-term funding patch for the Federal Highway Trust Fund: “Georgia cannot properly address its transportation challenges in the unstable environment of short-term extensions. This temporary fix will be the 34th time Congress has failed to provide a serious solution to transportation… Read more »

 “Under no circumstances should the U.S. negotiate with terrorists who have repeatedly shown they cannot be trusted. It’s time to put the interests of the American people and our allies first and stop catering to rogue states that support terrorism and continually call for our destruction. If this deal is not 100 percent in the best interest of the U.S. and our allies, especially… Read more »

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) has issued the following statement on yesterday’s Science, Space, and Technology Committee hearing, which questioned the Environmental Protection Agency’s Administrator Gina McCarthy on the agency’s overreaching regulatory agenda: “Federal Bureaucracies under this administration have consistently ignored Congress, the law and the American people. Yesterday,… Read more »

Recently, Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) signed on as a co-sponsor of H.R. 2802, the First Amendment Defense Act. This legislation will protect the First Amendment rights of all Americans – especially individuals of faith. The First Amendment Defense Act would prohibit the federal government from intruding on the individuals' right of conscience and safeguard churches, businesses, and… Read more »

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) has issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s decision on Michigan v. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), a legal challenge to the EPA’s damaging 2011 regulations that have closed power plants and destroyed jobs. “For far too long, the Obama Administration has been using the EPA to bypass the Constitutional role of Congress as the sole… Read more »

Washington D.C. (June 26, 2015) | Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) has issued the following statement on the Supreme Court’s Obergefell v. Hodges ruling: “Twice this week the Supreme Court has ignored the foundational intentions of the Constitution. Marriage has always been recognized in this nation as a religious institution, which the founders recognized is outside the realm of the… Read more »

Rep. Loudermilk (R-GA) has issued the following statement on today’s Supreme Court ruling in King v. Burwell and his plans to launch an investigation into the collection of personally identifiable information through healthcare.gov: “With the Supreme Court’s ruling to uphold Obamacare’s health care subsidies, it is now more important than ever to push for a full repeal of the law. In… Read more »

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), has issued this statement on the passage of H.R. 2042 – the Ratepayer Protection Act of 2015: “Last year, the EPA proposed a new set of regulations on existing power plants, which would dramatically affect our economy if implemented. The Obama Administration has been doing its best to convince the American people that these new standards would achieve… Read more »

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA), has issued the following statement on the passage of his first bill, H.R. 1633 – the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Paid Administrative Leave Accountability Act of 2015: “The Department of Homeland Security has roughly 240,000 employees who work around the clock to protect the lives and liberties of Americans, and I am grateful for their dedicated… Read more »