{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=154CA1C0-7679-4199-821F-39A4831AE70D", "Barr, Braun Introduce Measure to Tank Biden\u2019s ESG Rule", "2022-12-16", "2022", "2022-12", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Andy Barr", "B001282", "barr.house.gov", "barr", "https://barr.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "Washington, D.C.\u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY) introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) measure to nullify the Department of Labor\u2019s recent rule proposal to greenlight environmental, social, governance (ESG) investing in federal pension plans. U.S. Senator Mike Braun (R-IN) is leading the companion measure in the U.S. Senate. Axios\u2019 Alayna Treene scooped the introduction.\n\n\u201cBy finalizing rulemaking allowing plan fiduciaries to consider ESG factors, Biden\u2019s Department of Labor is not only steering capital away from the American energy sector and driving up prices at the pump, but is also threatening the returns and financial security of unwitting federal employees whose retirement funds will likely be invested in higher fee, less diversified, and lower performing ESG-tethered instruments in the name of woke politics. This Congressional Review Act measure will reject the DOL\u2019s outrageous politicization of federal pension plans and protect investors by doing so,\u201d said Congressman Barr.\n\n\u201cWhen American workers invest in their retirement, they should be able to trust their financial advisors to be investing with their best interests in mind, not the interests of liberal activists. American retirement funds have already taken such a hit from Joe Biden\u2019s failed economic policies, they should not be politicized. I am proud to lead my colleagues in this effort to overturn the Biden administration\u2019s woke 401k rule and protect Americans\u2019 retirement funds,\u201d said Senator Braun.\n\nReps Rick Allen (R-GA), Bill Huizenga (R-MI), Greg Murphy (R-NC), Bryan Steil (R-WI), French Hill (R-AR), and Brad Finstad (R-MN) are cosponsors of Congressman Barr\u2019s CRA.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:32:05Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=154CA1C0-7679-4199-821F-39A4831AE70D"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.5924728941172361, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}