Op-Eds

  • The Right CHOICE
    May 23, 2017 - 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 labo... More
  • Reining in a Runaway Agency
    May 16, 2017 - 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 peopl... More
  • Is the Executive Order in Order?
    Feb 8, 2017 - 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 ... More
  • Article 1 Project - Reining in Government
    Feb 29, 2016 - 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 agenda. Whether through his extensive use of executive orders and directives, or the myriad of ne... More
  • The President’s Gun Plan Puts Radical Ideology Over National Security
    Jan 7, 2016 - 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 presid... More
  • OP-ED: The Death of Outrage
    Aug 19, 2015 - 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 dar... More
  • OP-ED: Taking the Hill - A Freshman’s Perspective on Changing the Culture in Congress
    Apr 2, 2015 - 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... More