{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=5C7E78AB-334B-4019-8D1E-6D7F69FB2476", "Congressman Barr, Kentucky Stakeholders Praise House Passage of USMCA", "2019-12-19", "2019", "2019-12", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Andy Barr", "B001282", "barr.house.gov", "barr", "https://barr.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "WASHINGTON, D.C. \u2013 Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) today voted to approve the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), the trade deal negotiated by President Trump that is expected to provide a major boost to our economy and add more than 176,000 new jobs for American workers.\n\nAfter months of advocating that House Democrats schedule a vote on the deal, Congressman Barr was pleased with the bipartisan support for the agreement. Kentucky stakeholders praised the vote and Congressman Barr\u2019s continued support for the trade deal, which will help Kentucky\u2019s workers, businesses and families.\n\n\u201cToday is a monumental day for Kentucky's workers, farmers, and businesses. The USMCA will modernize North American trade, boosting an already historically strong U.S. economy,\u201d said Congressman Barr. \u201cIn addition to strengthening our automotive, agriculture and bourbon industries, this trade deal will give us much better leverage as we negotiate better, freer, and fairer trade deals with countries like Japan, the United Kingdom, the European Union and China. My only regret is that it took Speaker Pelosi more than six months to bring this critical, bipartisan legislation to the House floor for a vote.\u201d\n\nWhat others in Kentucky are saying:\n\n\u201cWe believe free trade is always beneficial to the Bourbon industry. The Bourbon market has room to grow in Canada and Mexico. We hope, when passed, The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) will lead to other positive trade discussions which may ultimately lead to removal of recently imposed tariffs and retaliatory tariffs.\u201d \u2013 Kentucky Distillers Association President Eric Gregory\n\n\u201cHouse passage of the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Trade Agreement is welcome news for Kentucky farm families. Trade is so important to the sustainability of our farms across this state and throughout the nation. Mexico and Canada are two of our largest trading partners, and the agricultural exports that are going from this state to those countries are worth millions to our Commonwealth\u2019s farm economy. We thank our Congressional delegation who have worked diligently to get this bill passed through the House.\u201d \u2013 Kentucky Farm Bureau President Mark Haney\n\n\u201cOn behalf of Kentucky\u2019s business community, we are pleased to see that progress has been made to ensure the USMCA becomes a reality. Kentucky is a top state for trade and many of our signature industries including bourbon, automotive, aerospace, and agriculture have been negatively affected by recent tariffs. This bipartisan agreement shows that trade is important for economic growth and protecting businesses and consumers. Thank you to Congressman Barr who is a loud and clear voice representing the businesses of Kentucky in urging passage of this agreement.\u201d \u2013 Kentucky Chamber President & CEO Ashli Watts\n\n\u201cToyota is pleased a deal has been reached to move forward with a vote on the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). We urge Congress to swiftly ratify the agreement so that we and our 8,000 team members can plan for the future.\u201d \u2013 Toyota Georgetown Plant President Susan Elkington\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-06-27T23:45:33Z"]], "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=5C7E78AB-334B-4019-8D1E-6D7F69FB2476"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 2.232226077467203, "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"}