"Next year voters will have a very simple choice to make: whether to protect and save Social Security and Medicare, or to end them. Even though so many hardworking Kentuckians depend on Medicare and Medicaid, Andy Barr admitted this week that he supports ending them. Our 2010 campaign focused on protecting these programs, and I am prepared to continue that fight. Andy Barr is back with the same radical agenda, and I will do everything I can to stop it.”

CONG. BEN CHANDLER CALLED “CHAMPION FOR AMERICAN VETERANS”

KY-6th Congressman Gains Backing of Influential Veterans Paper

     Falls Church, Virginia — The Electoral Board of the VETERANS’ VISION publication announced their endorsement of Congressman Ben Chandler, of Kentucky’s 6th Congressional District, earlier today.  Chandler was cited for his support of returning troops from Iraq and Afghanistan and initiatives to end the national tragedy of veterans’ homelessness.

Posted on Sun, Oct. 17, 2010
Re-elect Chandler to U.S. House
Independent lawmaker has state at heart

Coming from a state where the coal industry remains a political kingmaker even as the number of jobs it provides continues to dwindle away, U.S. Rep. Ben Chandler had to "man up" to support an energy bill that included a cap-and-trade approach to reducing carbon emissions' contribution to global warming and the extreme weather conditions it has produced.

Chandler cast the difficult vote because, in his words, "I thought of my children, their future ..."