Especially with President Biden’s election in 2020, I will continue to fight alongside Kentucky coal miners, farmers, and manufacturers for their jobs and livelihoods, and for our nation’s energy security.
Continue fighting alongside Kentucky coal miners, farmers, and manufacturers for their jobs and livelihoods, and for the nation's energy security.
Occurrences
Evidence
Apr. 22, 2026: the House passed H. Res. 1182, which expresses support for rural communities across the United States as stewards of the environment, major suppliers of U.S. energy resources, critical providers of food production and manufacturing capacity, and drivers of national economic stability. Harold Rogers voted yea.
Apr. 23, 2026: Rogers said he voted for the Improving Care in Rural America Reauthorization Act and House Resolution 1182. The press release says H.Res. 1182 recognizes rural America as major suppliers of U.S. energy resources and critical providers of food production and manufacturing capacity, and Rogers said rural America has been at the top of his priority list.
Assessments
Rogers took same-term federal actions consistent with the promise by voting for H.Res. 1182, which expressly supported rural communities as suppliers of energy resources and providers of food production and manufacturing capacity, and by publicly tying that vote to expanded federal support for rural America. However, the evidence shows advocacy and symbolic/supportive legislative action rather than a concrete delivered outcome securing coal, farming, manufacturing jobs, livelihoods, or national energy security. This supports partial credit for continued effort, not full delivery.