Congressman Kevin McCarthy proudly serves California’s 23rd district and is currently the Republican Leader in the U.S. House of Representatives. Kevin was first elected to Congress in 2006 and is a native of Bakersfield and a fourth-generation Kern County resident. The grandson of a cattle rancher and the son of a firefighter, Kevin grew up a working-class family and is committed to preserving and promoting the American dream for hardworking Americans.
American families, businesses, and economy have reached unsurpassed levels of prosperity through ingenuity and innovation. However, Washington continues to operate under the faulty policy of expanding the scope and power of government and throwing more taxpayer money at inefficient programs. We must continue to push Washington for more accountability, transparency, and leadership to ensure that taxpayer dollars are being spent wisely and our children and grandchildren do not carry the burden of having to pay our national debt. Specifically, with trillions of dollars being spent to help Americans through this pandemic and through lockdowns, we must ensure that those taxpayer dollars are spent correctly and that any mismanagement is dealt with swiftly to protect fiscal accountability and integrity.