Barry Loudermilk

Loudermilk was born in Riverdale, Georgia. After graduating from high school, Loudermilk enlisted in the United States Air Force from 1984 to 1992. He served as a communications operations specialist in Texas, Hawaii, and Alaska. According to Loudermilk's campaign website, he received awards for his roles in "the 1986 Philippine Crisis, the 1986 Air Raid on Libya, Operation Just Cause in Panama, Operation Desert Shield and Operation Desert Storm."[1][2]

After his military service ended in 1992, Loudermilk earned a B.S. from Wayland Baptist University.[3] He went on to become a small business owner in Georgia, founding a company called Innovative Network Systems, Inc., and becoming a co-owner of a flight training school called the Freedom Flight Center.[1] He served as chairman of the Bartow County Republican Party from 2001-2004 and was elected to the Georgia House of Representatives in 2005, serving District 14 until 2010. He was then elected as a senator to the Georgia State Senate and served from 2011 to 2013.[3]

During his time in the legislature, Loudermilk received various awards, including the Advocates for Children’s Public Servant of the Year award (2007), the Civil Air Patrol's National Legislator of the Year award (2006), the Blue Ridge Women's Center's Sanctity of Life Award (2010), the Technology Association of Georgia's Legislator of the Year award (2011) and the American Conservative Union's Defender of Liberty Award (2012)."[1]

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Campaign website

The following issues were listed on Loudermilk's campaign website. For a full list of campaign themes, click here.

Controlling Debt and Cutting Government Spending: In just his first term in Congress, Barry has aggressively taken on the task of cutting the scope and size of government and reigning in government spending. After working with members of both the US House and Senate, Barry introduced an amendment to the US Constitution requiring Congress to Balance the Budget. The Loudermilk Balanced Budget Amendment (HJ Res 85) requires Congress to balance the federal budget, limits spending to 18% GDP and rolls all federal revenues under Congressional Control.

Work to Repeal and Replace Obama Care: The Affordable Health Care Act is not affordable, nor does it improve our health care. It must be replaced with a free market, patient-centered plan. That’s why Barry voted to send a repeal of Obamacare to the President’s desk in January of 2016. Barry will continue the fight to replace this disastrous legislation at every opportunity.

Making America Safe: As a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Barry has tirelessly worked to combat the threat of terrorism against Americans. Upon being selected to serve on a special Counter-terrorism Task Force, Barry traveled to the Middle East, Israel, France, and Turkey to meet with officials in those countries to study various methods being employed to combat ISIS and other terrorist organizations.

Reforming Washington D.C.: As a member of the Article I Project with Senator Mike Lee and seven other House and Senate members, Barry is working to restore the Article I power of the purse to Congress, and rein in runaway agencies. By working to pass laser focused reforms aimed at truly shrinking government, and gaining control of the federal budget, Barry and the members of A1P, are putting conservative ideas to work in Washington.

Government Oversight: As the Chairman of the Oversight sub-committee of Science, Space, and Technology, Barry has gone toe to toe with agency heads, employees, and expert witnesses, over waste, fraud, and worse yet, criminal activity within numerous federal agencies.

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—Barry Loudermilk's campaign website, http://loudermilkforcongress.com/issues/

Loudermilk's website highlighted the following campaign themes:[22]

Work to Defund and Fully Repeal Obama Care

Excerpt: "The Affordable Health Care Act is not affordable, nor does it improve our health care. This poorly written, but strategically planned, government takeover of the private healthcare industry is an albatross on the neck of our economy. It has not yet taken full effect, but both large and small businesses are already feeling the financial weight this law is putting on their business. If it isn’t stopped, this program could be the final straw that breaks the back of our already fragile national economy."

Immigration

Excerpt: "Immigration must be controlled and sustainable. It should benefit America while protecting American workers and wages. Barry believes that the heart of our immigration problem is that we do not control our own borders and we do not enforce the laws that are already on the books."

Fight to abolish the IRS and Implement a Fair or Flat Tax

Excerpt: "The recent IRS scandal testifies to how out of control the federal government has become. This abuse of power is perpetuated by a convoluted tax code that redistributes wealth, punishes individual achievement and represses economic growth. True tax reform can only be achieved by abolishing both the IRS and the current tax code and replacing both with a simpler and equitable tax system such as the Flat Tax, Fair Tax or Simple Tax."

Fight to Balance the Budget and Reduce our National Debt

Excerpt: "For decades Congress has continued to expand government programs, agencies and bureaucracies, without any consideration of the costs. As Jefferson warned, allowing limitless borrowing will result in an overexpansion of government. Imposing a balanced budget requirement on Congress, will not only bring economic and fiscal stability, but will naturally constrain the growth of government."

Protect Our Right to Keep and Bear Arms

Excerpt: "Our Founding Fathers believed that the right to keep and bear arms was a natural right given to all men by God. The Second Amendment upholds this truth by restricting the federal government from passing any legislation that in any way infringes upon that natural right."

Work to Restore a Reverence for the Constitution

Excerpt: "Our nation was designed to operate under a federal government with limited powers which are clearly defined in our Constitution. We must return to a strict adherence to the original intent of the Constitution, not squeeze out of each clause whatever meaning best benefits the powerbrokers in Washington."