The Kentucky Republican wants to use the committee to bond two at-odds factions of the GOP.
"The Financial Services Committee has always been and always should be, especially for Republicans, the guardian of free market capitalism," Rep. Andy Barr said. | AP Photo/Andrew Harnikinstead. Barr said that he has since received “enough positive feedback” from House leadership, GOP steering committee members and Financial Services colleagues throw his hat into the ring.
“My objective would be to use the House Financial Services Committee chairmanship to end the battle between these two wings: Unite them and forge a lasting, durable, permanent center-right majority in the country that binds these two groups together in unified opposition to socialism, and unified opposition to big government liberalism,” Barr added. “Everything we do in the committee should be about promoting free market capitalism as America First.
— “not just when I’m running for chairman,” he said. He also shut down rumors that he could abandon the bid to run for Senate if Majority Leader“If my colleagues in the House want me to lead the Financial Services Committee, that’s my priority,” he said. “There’s so much damage that Gensler has done: We need to undo that damage and then go on offense, and start democratizing investing,” he said.
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