{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://barr.house.gov/press-releases?ID=B8EE95EA-D73C-481C-8F5C-DD3DB84F3A41", "Barr to Champion House GOP \u201cCommitment to America\u201d", "2022-09-23", "2022", "2022-09", "Republican", "House", "KY", "Andy Barr", "B001282", "barr.house.gov", "barr", "https://barr.house.gov/press-releases", "scraper", "The platform includes a nod to Barr\u2019s Ensuring Sound Guidance (ESG) Act, which requires that the financial interests of hardworking Americans be put ahead of politics.\n\nWashington, D.C.\u2014 Today, U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (KY-06) pledged to champion the House Republican Commitment to America (CTA) ahead of the 118th Congress. The House Republican CTA promises to deliver:\n\n\u2022 An Economy That\u2019s Strong\n\n\u2022 A Nation That\u2019s Safe\n\n\u2022 A Future That\u2019s Built on Freedom\n\n\u2022 A Government That\u2019s Accountable\n\n\u201cIt\u2019s not enough to oppose D.C. Democrats\u2019 disastrous one-party reign that created the worst inflation crisis in 40 years, chaos at the border, and crime in our streets. Republicans need to put forward a vision for our country that every American can unite behind. That is what this Commitment to America is about,\u201d said Congressman Barr. \u201cI want to commend Leader McCarthy for crafting CTA, which includes an important promise to combat the politicization of access to capital that helped send energy costs soaring and the environmental, social, governance (ESG) investing scheme which sacrifices financial returns for retail investors \u2013such as pensioners and retirees\u2013 so that financial firms can pursue a political agenda.\u201d\n\n\u201cAndy Barr is a fighter and a proven leader for Central and Eastern Kentuckians in Congress. He is working tirelessly as a leader on the Financial Services Committee to ensure corporations are putting the people they serve over politics. Andy will help our Conference tackle the inflation crisis and stop the deadly flow of fentanyl coming into our communities by supporting policies that will secure our border,\u201d said House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy (CA-23).\n\nCTA is modeled after the Contract with America created by former U.S. Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich in 1994. Under the \u201cA Future That\u2019s Built on Freedom\u201d pillar of CTA, House Republicans promise to \u201cstop companies from putting politics ahead of people.\u201d Congressman Barr\u2019s Ensuring Sound Guidance (ESG) Act would require investment advisors and ERISA retirement plan sponsors to prioritize financial returns over non-monetary factors when making investment decisions on behalf of their clients.\n\n###", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T03:08:33Z"]], "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=B8EE95EA-D73C-481C-8F5C-DD3DB84F3A41"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.598387025296688, "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"}