Barry Loudermilk

In February 2017, Loudermilk co-sponsored H.R. 861, which would eliminate the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency by 2018.[10]

In September 2017, the Georgia-based credit bureau Equifax revealed a data breach that affected 143 million Americans and was characterized by technology journalists as "very possibly the worst leak of personal info ever to have happened".[11] Four months earlier, Loudermilk, who had received $2,000 in campaign contributions from Equifax as part of an extensive lobbying effort,[12][13] introduced a bill that would reduce consumer protections in relation to the nation's credit bureaus, including capping potential damages in a class action suit to $500,000 regardless of class size or amount of loss.[14][15] The bill would also eliminate all punitive damages.[14][15] Following criticism by consumer advocates, Loudermilk agreed to delay consideration of the bill "pending a full and complete investigation into the Equifax breach."[14]

• Committee on Financial Services
  • Subcommittee on Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit
  • Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations
• Committee on Science, Space, and Technology
  • Subcommittee on Environment
  • Subcommittee on Oversight
• Committee on House Administration

• Republican Study Committee[16]
• U.S.-Japan Caucus[17]

Loudermilk supports reforming Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security. He wants to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act ("Obamacare"). He compared the 2017 efforts by the Republicans to repeal the health care act to the American Revolutionary War and World War II.[19]

Loudermilk did not vaccinate his children against the mumps or measles. He believes that it is up to parents, not the government, to decide if children receive vaccines.[20]

Loudermilk said he considers the presidency of Donald Trump a "movement" and has praised the concept of "Make America Great Again." Loudermilk has credited Paul Ryan, rather than Trump, with Republican success in Congress.[19] In 2017, Loudermilk called Ryan a "revolutionary thinker."[19]

In December 2019, amid the impeachment inquiry into President Trump, Loudermilk likened the impeachment of Trump to the crucifixion of Jesus. Loudermilk stated, on the Congressional record, "When Jesus was falsely accused of treason, Pontius Pilate gave Jesus the opportunity to face his accusers. ... During that sham trial, Pontius Pilate afforded more rights to Jesus than the Democrats have afforded this President in this process."

PolitiFact noted that experts on religion said that Jesus did not have the right to face his accusers. Trump, on the other hand, did have an opportunity to present a defense.[21]

In December 2020, Loudermilk was one of 126 Republican members of the House of Representatives who signed an amicus brief in support of Texas v. Pennsylvania, a lawsuit filed at the United States Supreme Court contesting the results of the 2020 presidential election, in which Joe Biden prevailed[22] over incumbent Donald Trump. The Supreme Court declined to hear the case on the basis that Texas lacked standing under Article III of the Constitution to challenge the results of the election held by another state.[23][24][25]

House Speaker Nancy Pelosi issued a statement that called signing the amicus brief an act of "election subversion." Additionally, Pelosi reprimanded Loudermilk and the other House members who supported the lawsuit: "The 126 Republican Members that signed onto this lawsuit brought dishonor to the House. Instead of upholding their oath to support and defend the Constitution, they chose to subvert the Constitution and undermine public trust in our sacred democratic institutions."[26][27] New Jersey Representative Bill Pascrell, citing section three of the 14th Amendment, called for Pelosi to not seat Loudermilk and the other Republicans who signed the brief supporting the suit. Pascrell argued that "the text of the 14th Amendment expressly forbids Members of Congress from engaging in rebellion against the United States. Trying to overturn a democratic election and install a dictator seems like a pretty clear example of that."[28]

On January 5, 2021, Loudermilk joined 139 other House Republicans to vote against certification of votes in Arizona in Pennsylvania, despite no evidence of widespread election fraud. [29]

In 2016, Loudermilk was named a "defender of economic freedom" by the Club for Growth for his conservative voting record around the economy.[30]

Loudermilk supports a balanced budget amendment but does not consider it "politically viable."[19]

Loudermilk supports tax reform and voted in favor of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.[31] He called the legislature a "big Christmas present" for his constituents. He claims the bill will reduce deficit and improve the lives of all Americans. He believes that more companies will hire due to increased revenues. He says, "I could understand it if all we were doing was just giving a corporate tax break—you could make that argument, But the bulk of the tax reform is giving middle-income Americans a significant tax cut."[19]

He supports dismantling the IRS and establishing a flat tax system.[19]

Loudermilk is anti-abortion and believes that life starts at conception. He supports the right to life movement and states that "Life is the ultimate right endowed by God and it is the responsibility of governments to protect that right not to destroy it."[32]

Loudermilk opposed same-sex marriage up to and upon its legalization, believing it should be decided by states. He has supported the First Amendment Defense Act.[33]