Rep. Kevin McCarthy

Republican  •  22nd District, California  •  3rd Term  •  Sworn In 2007
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02/10/12
JEFF DENHAM, KEVIN MCCARTHY AND DEVIN NUNES: We stand against high-speed rail

[TAILMAIL] Rep. Jeff Denham, R-Turlock, represents the 19th Congressional District. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, represents the 22th Congressional District. Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Visalia, represents the 21st Congressional District.

Source: Fresno Bee
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02/10/12
Rep. Kevin McCarthy is wrong on taxes

Re "Economy burdened by weight of government" (Viewpoints, Feb. 10): Rep. Kevin McCarthy verges on the dishonest when he states America will soon have the highest corporate tax rate at 39.2 percent. From the Congressional Budget Office ...

Source: Sacramento Bee
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02/10/12
Kevin McCarthy overlooked facts about U.S. competitors

Re "Economy burdened by weight of government" (Viewpoints, Feb. 10): Rep. Kevin McCarthy points out that the U.S. fell from first to is fifth in competitiveness, and blames big government. Countries ahead of us include Switzerland, Singapore ...

Source: Sacramento Bee
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02/10/12
Outdoors groups blast effort to scrap wilderness protections

Top officials of three California-based outdoors equipment or apparel makers say an effort by Bakersfield Congressman Kevin McCarthy to strip the nation’s federal wilderness areas of protections against development could devastate a $46 billion industry

Source: Central Valley Business Times
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02/10/12
Germany Delays ACTA Ratification

...reports. GO Via Politico's Mike Allen, the House Republicans are out with a video — this one attributed to Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy — getting the drop on President Barack Obama's next federal budget, expected Monday. GO What would it take for Mi

Source: techPresident
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02/10/12
Barack Obama's "Story of Us," Told Through a Computer Screen

...reports. GO Via Politico's Mike Allen, the House Republicans are out with a video — this one attributed to Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy — getting the drop on President Barack Obama's next federal budget, expected Monday. GO A new study released on T

Source: techPresident
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02/09/12
Annual business outlook shows path Ridgecrest should go in 2012, hope for an economic recovery

Whether it is where the Indian Wells Valley shops or where it goes to get well, the message is clear: Locals need to start spending their money here. Through tax leakage, a service gap or perceived bad service, there’s plenty to work on in Ridgecrest. It

Source: Ridgecrest Daily Independent
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02/09/12
"Power Politics in the Age of Google"

...Politico's Mike Allen, the House Republicans are out with a video — this one attributed to Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy — getting the drop on President Barack Obama's next federal budget, expected Monday. GO A new study released on Tuesday by the Pe

Source: techPresident
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02/09/12
House Republicans Get a Jump on the Budget

...Politico's Mike Allen, the House Republicans are out with a video — this one attributed to Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy — getting the drop on President Barack Obama's next federal budget, expected Monday. GO A new study released on Tuesday by the Pe

Source: techPresident
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02/08/12
Sandstrom gets national party notice

Washington • State Rep. Stephen Sandstrom is “on the radar” of national ... The Young Guns program was created by Reps. Eric Cantor, Kevin McCarthy and Paul Ryan, a trio of leaders in the House. While Sandstrom and Wimmer are now in ...

Source: Salt Lake Tribune
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02/08/12
Firefighters of Year lauded

representing both Senator Shannon Grove and Congressman Kevin McCarthy. Then Supervisor McQuiston came back up, sans the flight suit and gear, and presented the honorees and Sutton’s stand-ins with a Board of Supervisors Award. The evening ...

Source: Kern Valley Sun
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02/08/12
McCarthy mobile office hours

... Representative for Congressman Kevin McCarthy will hold office hours in Lake Isabella. Office hours will be held Feb. 16 at 1:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. at the Kern Administration Building located at 7050 Lake Isabella Blvd., in Lake Isabella.

Source: Kern Valley Sun
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02/07/12
Election notebook: Valadao advances toward party support

Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, and two other Republican congressmen created the "Young Guns" program to elect Republicans to the House of Representatives. Last fall, the committee promoted Valadao to "On the Radar" status in the program.

Source: Bakersfield Californian
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02/07/12
Election notebook: Valadao advances toward party support

...a step in the National Republican Congressional Campaign Committee's "Young Guns" program, the committee said Tuesday. Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, and two other Republican congressmen created the "Young Guns" program to elect Republicans to the

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02/06/12
Commercial Spaceflight Federation Welcomes Passage of Legislation to Provide Regulatory Stability to Growing Industry

"The commercial space flight industry is already having a profound economic impact, and this action ensures that it can keep on innovating and creating jobs," said Congressman Kevin McCarthy. "This industry has boomed over the past several years ...

Source: SpaceRef
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02/06/12
House GOP Seeks Right Combo on Transit Bill

With virtually the entire Democratic Caucus expected to vote against the five-year, $260 billion bill, Speaker John Boehner (Ohio) is leaning heavily on Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (Calif ... session from last year. Rep. Bill Shuster (R-Pa.),

Source: Roll Call Online
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02/06/12
McCarthy representative in Taft on Wednesday

A field representative for Congressman Kevin McCarthy will hold office hours in Taft on Wednesday from 10 a.m. to 11 a.m. in the Taft College Library  “Mobile office hours provide a great opportunity for people to interact directly with my staff to ...

Source: Daily Midway Driller
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02/06/12
Eric Cantor: ‘Not Washington’s Role to Somehow Pick Another Way to Jack Up the Economy’

...was the first event of the YG Network, sharing its name with the Young Guns Program helmed by Cantor, Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), and Budget Committee Chairman Paul Ryan (R-Wisc.) that helped propel Republicans back to a House majority in 2

Source: Pajamas Media
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02/04/12
KEVIN MCCARTHY: We must support business and job creation

If we make the tough decisions, I know our small businesses and entrepreneurs will bring our economy back. -- Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, represents the 22nd Congressional District. He is one of five local lawmakers writing about their ...

Source: Bakersfield Californian
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02/04/12
Analysts: Fundraising pace suggests Dreier retirement

Others, like Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, suggested Dreier should pursue statewide office. Dreier's name as a U.S. Senate candidate for California has come up before, but Hoffenblum doubts the likelihood of that happening. "I doubt he's ...

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune
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02/04/12
Analysts: Fundraising pace suggests Dreier retirement

...district along the Nevada border runs south and east from Bridgeport to Needles and the Colorado River. Others, like Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, suggested Dreier should pursue statewide office. Dreier's name as a U.S. Senate candidate for Califo

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02/03/12
GOP Whip Kevin McCarthy Can’t Handle The Truth: U.S. Corporate Taxes Are Very Low

Today, House Republican Whip Kevin McCarthy (R-CA) was asked about the new CBO numbers ... America is the second highest where they go”: Q: Congressman, do you think that perhaps Obama’s lower taxes are working here? The Journal reports ...

Source: Think Progress
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02/03/12
House Majority Whip Kevin McCarthy discusses January's unemployment numbers

The House Majority Whip, California Republican Congressman Kevin McCarthy, joins the show to discuss the recent and surprising drop in unemployment. The unemployment numbers for January released Friday show the national rate dropped to 8.3 ...

Source: 89.3 KPCC
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02/03/12
Experts: Fund-raising pace suggests Dreier retirement

...Needles and the Colorado River, where Republican voters make up a substantial majority of the electorate. Others, like Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, suggested Dreier should pursue statewide office. Dreier's name as a U.S. Senate candidate for Cali

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02/03/12
Experts: Fund-raising pace suggests Dreier retirement

...Needles and the Colorado River, where Republican voters make up a substantial majority of the electorate. Others, like Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, suggested Dreier should pursue statewide office. Dreier's name as a U.S. Senate candidate for Cali

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02/03/12
McCarthy would lose to 'none of the above'

... cheek" column about Kevin McCarthy running for president ("Kevin McCarthy has more than the requisite hair," Jan. 29). However humorous, Price omitted some very interesting facts about Rep. McCarthy. First, despite the best efforts of congressional ...

Source: Bakersfield Californian
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02/02/12
Experts: Fund-raising pace suggests Dreier retirement

Others, like Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, suggested Dreier should pursue statewide office. Dreier's name as a U.S. Senate candidate for California has come up before, but Hoffenblum doubts the likelihood of that happening. "I doubt he's ...

Source: San Gabriel Valley Tribune
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02/02/12
Reed is GOP 'rising star'

He has been labeled a "rising star" among his class of freshman Republicans by National Journal and has drawn the likes of Majority Whip Rep. Kevin McCarthy to visit his district. Reed's recent comments at the medical society, in which he ...

Source: Star-Gazette
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02/02/12
Analysts: Fundraising pace suggests Dreier retirement

Others, like Rep. Kevin McCarthy, R-Bakersfield, suggested Dreier should pursue statewide office. Dreier's name as a U.S. Senate candidate for California has come up before, but Hoffenblum doubts the likelihood of that happening. "I doubt he's ...

Source: Pasadena Star-News
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02/02/12
Legislature weighs amendment to guarantee right to bear arms

Rep. Deborah Berry, D-Waterloo ... by proposing "the strongest language possible" to preserve those rights. House Democratic Leader Kevin McCarthy of Des Moines said Thursday's subcommittee action was part of a some "disturbing signs" he's noticed that ...

Source: Sioux City Journal
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Official website: http://kevinmccarthy.house.gov/
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326 Cannon House Office Building
Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-2915
Fax: 202-225-2908

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