Op-Eds

By Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) Op-ed run exclusively in the Atlanta Business Chronicle Growing up as the son of a construction superintendent meant my summer breaks were spent on a job site carrying lumber, pushing wheelbarrows full of concrete, or one of the many other tasks of a construction laborer. When my father decided to leave the company where he worked for many years and… Read more »

By Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) Op-ed run exclusively in The Atlanta Journal Constitution Thomas Jefferson stated, “When the government fears the people, there is liberty; when the people fear the government, there is tyranny.” Since serving in Congress, I have spent a lot of time meeting with people throughout my district, listening to their concerns, and I have heard so many… Read more »

On a bronze plaque at the base of the Statue of Liberty is inscribed a poem entitled "The New Colossus." A line in this poem states, "Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses yearning to breathe free..." These words proclaim the American ideal that we are a people welcoming anyone seeking opportunity, freedom, safety, and protection under the rule of law. Since our founding,… Read more »

By Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R - GA) Run exclusively in the Marietta Daily Journal The legacy of the Obama administration may very well be his successful use of executive action to advance his progressive… Read more »

Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) The administration of President Barack Obama may well go down in history as one of the greatest failures of anyone who ever occupied the oval office; however, history will not claim him as a political novice. In a statement on the official White House website, the president acknowledged that he will do whatever it takes to advance his anti-Second… Read more »

By: Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) It’s a story line so horrific and unbelievable that major Hollywood studios would likely discard the script as too offensive and unrealistic. No one could believe such events could happen in a post dark-ages world, especially in America. To our astonishment, this dark tale is not Hollywood fiction, but is actually taking place in our own nation, where… Read more »

OP-ED: Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-GA) | Chaotic would be a mild description of what the first few weeks were like for new members of Congress. As Americans celebrated the New Year, newly-elected members from Maine to American Samoa descended on Washington D.C. to begin the overwhelming task of setting up their offices. Since the previous Congress didn’t officially end until January 3,… Read more »