Hal Rogers

Rogers was born in Barrier, Kentucky. After attending Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green, he earned a Bachelor of Arts and Bachelor of Laws from the University of Kentucky.{{Cite web|title=Hal Rogers|url=https://ballotpedia.org/Hal_Rogers|access-date=December 8, 2021|website=Ballotpedia|language=en}} Rogers served in the Kentucky Army National Guard and North Carolina Army National Guard.{{cite news |title=A-5th Selects Rogers As Soldier of the Year |work=The Kentucky Guardsman |date=January 1961 |page=6 |url=http://kynghistory.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6FC5400B-5907-483E-BAE2-E0D38772586E/0/kgjan61.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090411092049/http://kynghistory.ky.gov/NR/rdonlyres/6FC5400B-5907-483E-BAE2-E0D38772586E/0/kgjan61.pdf |archive-date=April 11, 2009 }}

As a lawyer Rogers was in private practice and was elected to serve as commonwealth's attorney for Pulaski and Rockcastle counties in Kentucky, an office he held from 1969 to his election to Congress in 1980.{{Cite web|last=|title=Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Ky|url=https://media.cq.com/members/200?rel=memberLink|website=Roll Call}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/375798232/|title=16 Sep 1969, 9 - Messenger-Inquirer at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.newspapers.com/image/426302749/|title=14 Jun 1981, 7 - The Paducah Sun at Newspapers.com|website=Newspapers.com}}

Rogers was the Republican nominee for lieutenant governor of Kentucky in 1979. He was on the ballot with former Governor Louie B. Nunn. He lost to Democratic nominee John Y. Brown Jr. 59%–41%.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=364388 |title=KY Lt. Governor Race – Nov 06, 1979 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=March 8, 2012}} The following year, Rogers won election to Congress.

In 1980, incumbent Republican U.S. Congressman Tim Lee Carter of Kentucky's 5th congressional district decided to retire. Rogers won the Republican primary with a plurality of 23 percent. The losing candidates included the 1971 gubernatorial nominee, Tom Emberton.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=371735 |title=KY District 5 – R Primary Race – May 27, 1980 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=March 8, 2012}} He won the general election with 67% of the vote.{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=49548 |title=KY District 5 Race – Nov 04, 1980 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=March 8, 2012}} He has won reelection with at least 65% of the vote since then, except in 1992, when he defeated Democratic candidate John Doug Hays, a former member of the Kentucky State Senate with 55% of the vote to Hays' 45% of the vote.{{cite news|last=Breed|first=Allen G.|title=Pikeville lawyer trounces Carol Hubbard in 5th|date=May 27, 1992|page=3|newspaper=The Paducah Sun|access-date=February 16, 2024|url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/the-paducah-sun-carol-hubbard/39737974/|via=Newspapers.com}}{{cite web|url=http://www.ourcampaigns.com/RaceDetail.html?RaceID=27994 |title=KY District 5 Race – Nov 03, 1992 |publisher=Our Campaigns |access-date=March 8, 2012}}

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Rogers is the longest-serving Kentucky Republican ever elected to federal office. He represents one of the few ancestrally Republican districts south of the Ohio River. South-central Kentucky, historically the heart of the district, is very similar demographically to East Tennessee. Its voters identified with the Republicans after the Civil War and have supported the GOP ever since. Rogers served as a delegate to nine Republican National Conventions from 1976 to 2008.{{cite web |title=ROGERS, Harold Dallas (Hal) (1937-) |url=https://bioguideretro.congress.gov/Home/MemberDetails?memIndex=r000395 |website=bioguideretro.Congress.gov |access-date=December 9, 2021}}

The Center for Rural Development––a 501c(3) nonprofit organization established in Somerset, Kentucky, in March 1996{{Cite web|url=https://account.kentucky.com/paywall/subscriber-only?resume=122916584&intcid=ab_archive|title=Lexington Herald Leader|website=account.kentucky.com}}{{Cite web|url=https://centertech.com/about/|title=About|publisher=Center for Rural Development}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.lanereport.com/12402/2012/10/center-for-rural-development/|title=Center for Rural Development expands service area; Includes Boyd, Carter and Elliott counties|work=The Lane Report|date=October 10, 2012}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/restricted/?return=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/politics/2020/07/09/center-rural-development-among-kentucky-ppp-loan-recipients/5401608002/|title=Center for Rural Development Among Kentucky PPP Loan Recipients|website=The Courier-Journal}}––was Rogers's idea.Diane Vinokur-Kaplan, Ram A. Cnaan (2014). [https://books.google.com/books?id=oXpZDwAAQBAJ&dq=%22center+for+rural+development%22+kentucky&pg=PT255 Cases in Innovative Nonprofits; Organizations That Make a Difference], SAGE Publications.

In 2001 the City of Williamsburg, Kentucky named their new water park and miniature golf facility the Hal Rogers Family Entertainment Center{{cite web|url=http://www.kentuckysplash.com |title=Kentucky Splash Waterpark – Hal Rogers Entertainment Center |publisher=Kentuckysplash.com |access-date=November 9, 2012}} as a "thank-you for the federal money he has brought back to Whitley County, the City of Williamsburg, and the other 40 counties he represents".{{cite web |url=http://www.kentuckysplash.com/index.php?page=parkhistory |title=Kentucky Splash Waterpark – Hal Rogers Entertainment Center |publisher=Kentuckysplash.com |access-date=November 9, 2012 |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303201938/http://www.kentuckysplash.com/index.php?page=parkhistory |url-status=dead }}

On the House/Senate conference decision to bolster the Department of Commerce and support the Clinton Administration priorities, President Clinton remarked, "I commend the congressional leadership, Senator Ernest Hollings, Senator Pete Domenici, Congressman Neal Smith, and Congressman Harold Rogers, for their foresight and support in revitalizing this country through these programs. It is a dramatic step forward for the United States toward a solid economic future."{{cite web |author=Clinton, William J |url=http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=47230 |title=Statement on Congressional Action on Department of Commerce Appropriations |date=October 19, 1993 |publisher=The American Presidency Project |access-date=October 9, 2008 |archive-date=February 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170222230303/http://www.presidency.ucsb.edu/ws/?pid=47230 |url-status=dead }}

Kentucky state biographer Amy Witherbee commented: "Rogers's multiple roles on the Appropriations Committee have honed his skills as a bipartisan negotiator, and his economically challenged district often prompts him to stray from hard-line conservative stances. Although voting with his party against raising environmental standards on sports utility vehicles and against a controversial amendment that would have prohibited oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge, Rogers has been the creator and leading proponent of large environmental protection and clean-up programs throughout the Appalachian region.{{spaces}}... [His] reluctance to involve the federal government in local issues has not deterred him from supporting a multitude of economic development programs aimed at creating new job bases in economically disadvantaged areas, and particularly in Appalachia. In 1993, Rogers was one of only three Republicans to vote for then-President Bill Clinton's economic stimulus package. In March 2003, Rogers's ability to work through the bipartisan tangles of the Appropriations Committee won him the chairmanship on the subcommittee designated to control funding for the new Department of Homeland Security."{{cite news |last=Witherbee |first=Amy |title=Hal Rogers |publisher=Our States: Kentucky |year=2007 |url=http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1033509831.html;jsessionid=7FEDA5785E9B1E9DB2B2EBA42AC7914B }}{{dead link|date=November 2020|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}

Ready evidence is found on March 20, 2008, when the invitation to testify in support of environmental legislation by Democratic House Majority Leader Rocky Adkins,{{cite web |work=Pol Watchers |title=GOP Congressman backs House Dems' stream bill |date=March 20, 2008 |first=Ryan |last=Alessi |archive-date=March 25, 2008 |url=http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/03/gop-congressman.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080325053003/http://polwatchers.typepad.com/pol_watchers/2008/03/gop-congressman.html }} and, on the same day, a rare invitation to speak from the Senate floor was afforded by Republican Senate Majority Leader Senator David L. Williams of Cumberland County as part of the Senate's unanimously passed bipartisan resolution honoring Rogers for his service.{{cite web |title=Kentucky Senate honors Congressman Rogers |work=KYPolitics.org |date=March 20, 2008 |url=http://www.kypolitics.org/kypolitics/hal_rogers/index.html |archive-date=May 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080508020342/http://www.kypolitics.org/kypolitics/hal_rogers/index.html }}

Rogers called a bill to reduce funding for law enforcement "the result of this new Republican majority's commitment to bring about real change in the way Washington spends the people's money".Faler, Brian. "[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-04-12/republicans-democrats-reach-agreement-on-38-billion-of-u-s-budget-cuts.html "Law Enforcement, Environment Funds Cut in Budget Deal]". Bloomberg, April 12, 2011.

In 2011 Rogers voted for the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2012, which included a controversial provision that allowed the government and the military to indefinitely detain American citizens and others without trial.{{cite web|url=http://www.ibtimes.com/ndaa-bill-how-did-your-congress-member-vote-384362 |title=NDAA Bill: How Did Your Congress Member Vote? |date=December 16, 2011 |publisher=Ibtimes.com |access-date=November 9, 2012}}

In December 2017 Rogers voted for the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.{{cite web|last1=Almukhtar|first1=Sarah|title=How Each House Member Voted on the Tax Bill|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/12/19/us/politics/tax-bill-house-live-vote.html?_r=1|website=The New York Times|access-date=December 31, 2017|date=December 19, 2017}}

Rogers, along with all other congressional Republicans, voted against the American Rescue Plan Act of 2021.{{cite news|author=Carl Hulse|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/06/us/politics/stimulus-senate-bipartisanship-biden.html|date=March 6, 2021|title=After Stimulus Victory in Senate, Reality Sinks in: Bipartisanship Is Dead|newspaper=New York Times}}

Following Grace Napolitano's retirement in 2024, Rogers became the oldest voting member of the House (Washington, D.C. Delegate Eleanor Holmes Norton, who cannot vote on the House floor, is older).

Rogers has been widely criticized by both liberal and conservative pundits for his priorities when it comes to national security. National Review called him "a national disgrace"{{cite news|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/hal-rogers-a-congressional-disgrace/ | work=CBS News | title=Hal Rogers: A Congressional Disgrace | date=May 17, 2006}} and Rolling Stone named him one of America's "Ten Worst Congressmen", calling him "Bin Laden's Best Friend" for steering federal homeland security money away from large cities to his home district, which critics claim is one of the least likely terrorist targets in America because of its lack of any notable monuments or population centers.{{cite magazine |first=Time |last=Dickinson |title=The 10 Worst Congressmen |magazine=Rolling Stone |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/9 | date=October 17, 2006 |url-status=dead | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080503084434/http://www.rollingstone.com/politics/story/12054520/the_10_worst_congressmen/9 | archive-date=May 3, 2008 }} In 2007 Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington named Rogers to its list of the Most Corrupt Members of Congress.{{cite web|author=Ronica Shannon |url=http://richmondregister.com/localnews/x155232819/McConnell-Rogers-on-Most-Corrupt-list |title=McConnell, Rogers on 'Most Corrupt' list » Local News |date=September 19, 2007 |publisher=The Richmond Register |access-date=March 8, 2012}}

On May 14, 2006, the New York Times reported that Rogers had used his legislative position, as chair of the House subcommittee that controls the Homeland Security budget, to create "jobs in his home district and profits for companies that are donors to his political causes".{{cite news |title=In Kentucky Hills, a Homeland Security Bonanza |work=The New York Times |first=Eric |last=Lipton |date=May 14, 2006 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/washington/14rogers.html }}

The Lexington Herald-Leader in 2005 called Rogers the "Prince of Pork".{{cite news |last=Cheves |first=John |title=Prince of Pork: Hal Rogers Hauls Home Tax Dollars By The Billions |work=Lexington Herald-Leader |date=February 6, 2005 }} The Times article reported that Rogers had inserted language ("existing government card issuance centers") into appropriations bills that effectively pushed the federal government into testing{{snd}}at a cost of $4{{spaces}}million{{snd}}older, inappropriate technology for a new fraud-resistant green card for permanent legal immigrants, at a production plant in Corbin, Kentucky, within Rogers's district. The study concluded that the smart card approach was far superior. The New York Times found that Rogers had received about $100,000 in contributions from parties with at least some ties to the identification card effort.{{cite news |first=Eric |last=Lipton |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2006/05/14/washington/14rogers.html?ex=1305259200&en=dad1e84a10163acc&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland&emc=rss |title=In Kentucky Hills, a Homeland Security Bonanza |work=The New York Times |date=May 14, 2006 }}

In response to these critics, Rogers said, "It should surprise no one that this article from Rolling Stone regarding my activity in connection with the Transportation Worker Identity Card (TWIC) is grossly incorrect, and highly slanderous ... A true and honest analysis would reveal that my sole interest in TWIC is simply to protect America's seaports, airports, and other transportation facilities from terrorist penetration. To purport that my actions have compromised national security in an effort to bring jobs to Kentucky or for personal gain is an absolute lie."{{cite news |last=Neal |first=Jeff |title=Rogers: Is he one of nation's 10 worst congressmen? |work=Commonwealth Journal |date=November 1, 2006 }}

After Iran objected to the interim deployment of an Afloat Forward Staging Base to counter their threats to close the Persian Gulf, Rogers cut the funding for the project.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/12/world/middleeast/the-navy-ship-ponce-reflects-the-new-united-states-way-of-war.html|title=Floating Base Gives U.S. New Footing in the Persian Gulf|date=July 12, 2012|work=The New York Times}}{{cite web|url=http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121209/DEFREG02/312090001/Funding-Spat-Could-Sink-USN-Virginia-Class-Sub|archive-url=https://archive.today/20130121110813/http://www.defensenews.com/article/20121209/DEFREG02/312090001/Funding-Spat-Could-Sink-USN-Virginia-Class-Sub|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 21, 2013|title=Funding Spat Could Sink USN Virginia-Class Sub|work=Defense News}}

Rogers faced some criticism after he reportedly poked his colleague and Congressional Black Caucus Chair Joyce Beatty in the back and told her to "kiss my ass" after she asked him to put on a mask, as required on the United States Capitol subway system where the incident occurred.{{Cite web|author=Paul LeBlanc, Manu Raju and Morgan Rimmer|title=Rep. Joyce Beatty says Rep. Hal Rogers poked her and said 'kiss my a**' after she asked him to put on a mask|url=https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/08/politics/joyce-beatty-hal-rogers-poke-mask-dispute/index.html|access-date=February 15, 2022|website=CNN|date=February 8, 2022 }} Rogers soon issued an apology to Beatty.{{Cite web|author=Quint Forgey|title=Beatty: Rogers' public apology for crude comment followed maskless, 'mumbled' floor exchange|url=https://www.politico.com/news/2022/02/09/beatty-rogers-apology-comment-floor-exchange-00007198|access-date=February 9, 2022|website=Politico|date=February 9, 2022 }}

On June 12, 2013, the White House threatened to veto the MilCon/VA spending bill because Republicans did not agree with the Senate's number of $1.058{{spaces}}trillion intended for military operations and research, after the MilCon/VA bill received 421 bipartisan votes in House. "We're marking up to $967{{spaces}}billion, the top line under current law," said Rogers, as chair of United States House Committee on Appropriations.{{cite web |url=http://www.riponsociety.org/news_6-12-13.htm |title=Rogers: Make my day |date=June 13, 2013 |publisher=The Ripon Society |access-date=June 15, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140514210757/http://www.riponsociety.org/news_6-12-13.htm |archive-date=May 14, 2014 }}

On January 15, 2013, Rogers introduced H.R. 298, officially titled "To direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield located in Pulaski and Wayne Counties, Kentucky, and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System, and for other purposes".{{cite web|title=H.R. 298 – Summary|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/298|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=April 28, 2014}} The bill would direct the Secretary of the Interior to conduct a special resource study to evaluate the significance of the Mill Springs Battlefield in Kentucky (relating to the Battle of Mill Springs fought on January 19, 1862, in Pulaski and Wayne Counties during the Civil War) and the feasibility of its inclusion in the National Park System (NPS).{{cite news|last=Marcos|first=Cristina|title=House votes to allow more DC penthouses|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/204618-house-votes-to-allow-more-dc-penthouses/|access-date=April 29, 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=April 28, 2014}} Rogers said, "the Battle of Mill Springs is a source of great pride and interest to the people I serve."{{cite web|last=Smoot|first=Danielle|title=Rogers' Mill Springs Battlefield Bill Moves Forward|url=http://halrogers.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=377703|publisher=Office of Hal Rogers|access-date=April 29, 2014|date=April 28, 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140430013118/http://halrogers.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=377703|archive-date=April 30, 2014}} Rogers argued that the Battlefield was a "jewel" and would be "an excellent addition to the National Park Service".

On March 5, 2014, Rogers introduced the To provide for the costs of loan guarantees for Ukraine (H.R. 4152; 113th Congress) into the House. The bill would provide loan guarantees to Ukraine of up to $1{{spaces}}billion, part of the American response to the 2014 Russian military intervention in Ukraine.{{cite news|last=Cox|first=Ramsey|title=Reid sets up Ukraine vote for Thursday|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/senate/201730-reid-sets-up-ukraine-vote-for-thursday/|access-date=March 26, 2014|newspaper=The Hill|date=March 25, 2014}} The bill passed in the House on March 6, 2014.{{cite web|title=H.R. 4152 – All Actions|url=http://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/4152/all-actions/|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=March 26, 2014}}

In 2014 Rogers's committee called for cuts in the National Nuclear Security Administration budget that cast doubt on the Navy's ability to provide an Ohio Replacement Submarine class.{{cite news |url=http://news.usni.org/2014/07/09/navy-leaders-dept-energy-budget-cuts-threaten-navys-nuclear-fleet |title=Navy Leaders: Dept. of Energy Budget Cuts Threaten Navy's Nuclear Fleet |last1=LaGrone |first1=Sam |date=July 9, 2014 |website=news.usni.org |publisher=U.S. NAVAL INSTITUTE |access-date=July 9, 2014}}

On July 29, 2014, Rogers introduced the Making supplemental appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2014 (H.R. 5230; 113th Congress), a bill that would provide supplemental FY2014 appropriations to several federal agencies for expenses related to the rise in unaccompanied alien children and alien adults accompanied by an alien minor at the southwest border.{{cite web|title=H.R. 5230 – Summary|url=https://beta.congress.gov/bill/113th-congress/house-bill/5230|publisher=United States Congress|access-date=July 31, 2014}} The bill would also change the procedures for screening and processing unaccompanied alien children who arrive at the border from certain countries. The bill would provide $659{{spaces}}million in supplemental funding.{{cite news|last1=Marcos|first1=Cristina|title=House cancels border vote|url=https://thehill.com/blogs/floor-action/house/213948-house-gop-delays-border-bill-vote/|access-date=July 31, 2014|work=The Hill|date=July 31, 2014}} Rogers urged members to pass the bill, arguing that "more and more immigrants will continue to flood across the border if you fail to act" because resources were running out.

For the 118th Congress:{{cite web |title=Harold Rogers |url=https://clerk.house.gov/members/R000395 |publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives |access-date=June 27, 2023}}

• Committee on Appropriations
• Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies (Chair)
• Subcommittee on Defense
• Subcommittee on State, Foreign Operations, and Related Programs

• Congressional Coal Caucus
• Congressional Prescription Drug Abuse Caucus (co-chair)
• United States Congressional International Conservation Caucus{{cite web|title=Our Members|url=https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|publisher=U.S. House of Representatives International Conservation Caucus|access-date=August 5, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180801155201/https://royce.house.gov/internationalconservation/members.html|archive-date=August 1, 2018|url-status=dead}}
• Sportsmen's Caucus
• Tennessee Valley Authority Caucus
• House Republican Steering Committee

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Throughout his congressional tenure, Rogers has sometimes been regarded as a bipartisan negotiator, although his views are staunchly conservative. He is anti-abortion, scoring a 100 percent rating from the National Right to Life Committee, opposes LGBT rights, and supports a balanced budget amendment for the United States. Nonetheless, a FiveThirtyEight analysis of the voting records of members of the 118th Congress deemed him a moderate Republican, indicating unusually high support for bipartisan spending legislation and unusually low support for Republican "messaging" amendments.[https://web.archive.org/web/20240501203653/https://projects.fivethirtyeight.com/types-democrats-republicans-house-2024/ FiveThirtyEight] Currently in his 22nd term in Congress, Rogers is the longest-serving Republican from Kentucky ever elected to federal office.

Rogers voted for the Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981.{{Cite web |title=TO PASS H.R. 4242, TAX INCENTIVE ACT OF 1981. (MOTION … -- House Vote #167 -- July 29, 1981 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/97-1981/h167 |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}} The Act aimed to stimulate economic growth by significantly reducing income tax rates. It passed the House of Representatives in a 323–107 vote, the Senate via a voice vote, and it was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan on August 13, 1981.{{Cite web |last=Rep. Rostenkowski |first=Dan [D-IL-8 |date=1981-08-13 |title=H.R.4242 - 97th Congress (1981-1982): Economic Recovery Tax Act of 1981 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/4242#:~:text=Economic%20Recovery%20Tax%20Act%20of%201981%20-%20Title%20I:%20Individual%20Income,,%201983,%201984%20and%20thereafter. |access-date=2025-04-01 |website=www.congress.gov}} Rogers also voted for the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981.{{Cite web |title=TO PASS H.R. 3982, TO PROVIDE FOR THE BUDGET RECONCILIATION … -- House Vote #104 -- June 26, 1981 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/97-1981/h104 |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}} The Act decreased federal spending and increased millitary funding. It passed the House of Representatives in a 232–193 vote, the Senate via a voice vote, and it was signed into law by President Ronald Reagan the same day.{{Cite web |last=Rep. Jones |first=James R. [D-OK-1 |date=1981-08-13 |title=H.R.3982 - 97th Congress (1981-1982): Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1981 |url=https://www.congress.gov/bill/97th-congress/house-bill/3982 |access-date=2025-04-05 |website=www.congress.gov}}

Rogers is in favor of dismantling the Home Affordable Modification Program. He opposed the GM and Chrysler bailout in 2009. He opposes regulating the subprime mortgage industry. He supports a balanced budget amendment.{{cite web|title=Hal Rogers on Budget & Economy|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Hal_Rogers_Budget_+_Economy.htm|website=On The Issues|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

In 2018, Rogers co-sponsored a bill to "strengthen school safety and security", which required a two-thirds vote for passage, given it was brought up under an expedited process. The House voted 407–10 to approve the bill, which would "provide $50{{spaces}}million a year for a new federal grant program to train students, teachers and law enforcement on how to spot and report signs of gun violence". Named STOP (Students, Teachers, and Officers Preventing) School Violence Act, it would "develop anonymous telephone and online systems where people could report threats of violence". At the same time, it would authorize $25 million for schools to improve and harden their security, such as installing new locks, lights, metal detectors and panic buttons. A separate spending bill would be required to provide money for the grant program.{{cite web|last1=Zanona|first1=Melanie|title=House passes school safety bill amid gun protests|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/house/378415-house-passes-school-safety-bill-amid-gun-protests/|website=The Hill|date=March 14, 2018|access-date=March 16, 2018}}

Rogers supports expanding the juvenile justice system, including renovating and hiring additional prosecutors. Rogers supports the death penalty.{{cite web|title=Hal Rogers on Crime|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Hal_Rogers_Crime.htm|website=On The Issues|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

Rogers has a 13 percent rating from the Humane Society for his anti-animal welfare voting record.{{cite web|title=Hal Rogers on Environment|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Hal_Rogers_Environment.htm|website=On The Issues|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

Rogers is in favor of ending federal funding for National Public Radio. He opposes net neutrality.{{cite web|title=Hal Rogers on Technology|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Hal_Rogers_Technology.htm|website=On The Issues|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

Rogers supports efforts to make the English language the official language of the US. He supports building a fence along the Mexico-US border.{{cite web|title=Hal Rogers on Immigration|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Hal_Rogers_Immigration.htm|website=On The Issues|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

In July 2018, while serving temporarily as chair of the House Rules committee, Rogers rejected requests to increase federal funding for election security. The U.S. intelligence community had concluded that Russia interfered in the 2016 election and that it was continuing to interfere in election systems as of July 2018.{{Cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/business/economy/house-gop-refuses-to-renew-election-security-funding-as-democrats-fume-over-russian-meddling/2018/07/18/20761f88-8abb-11e8-8aea-86e88ae760d8_story.html|title=House GOP refuses to renew election security funding as Democrats fume over Russian interference|newspaper=Washington Post|language=en|access-date=July 19, 2018}}

Rogers is anti-abortion. He has a 100 percent rating from the National Right to Life Committee and a zero percent rating from NARAL Pro-Choice America for his abortion-related voting record. He is in favor of banning federal funding from supporting organizations that provide abortions, as well as federal health insurance covering abortions, unless the pregnancy is the result of rape, incest, or threatens the mother's life. He opposes embryonic stem cell research. He opposes human cloning.{{cite web|title=Hal Rogers on Abortion|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Hal_Rogers_Abortion.htm|website=On The Issues|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

Rogers has a "D" rating from NORML for his voting history regarding cannabis-related causes. Rogers opposes veterans having access to medical marijuana if recommended by their Veterans Health Administration doctor and if it is legal for medicinal purposes in their state of residence.{{cite web|title=Kentucky Scorecard|url=http://norml.org/congressional-scorecard/kentucky|website=NORML|access-date=December 31, 2017|language=en-us}}

Rogers has a 28 percent rating from the NAACP for his civil rights voting record. He opposes affirmative action.{{cite web|title=Hal Rogers on Civil Rights|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Hal_Rogers_Civil_Rights.htm|website=On The Issues|access-date=December 31, 2017}}

Rogers has a 92 percent rating from the Christian Coalition for his socially conservative voting record.{{cite web|title=Hal Rogers on Families & Children|url=http://www.ontheissues.org/House/Hal_Rogers_Families_+_Children.htm|website=On The Issues|access-date=December 31, 2017}} He has a zero percent rating from the Human Rights Campaign regarding his voting record on LGBT rights.{{Cite web |last=Journal |first=JANIE SLAVEN Commonwealth |title=Local officials weigh in on historic same-sex marriage ruling |url=https://www.somerset-kentucky.com/news/local-officials-weigh-in-on-historic-same-sex-marriage-ruling/article_224a4560-1c54-11e5-9295-c755c74be22e.html |access-date=April 12, 2022 |website=Commonwealth Journal |date=June 27, 2015 |language=en}} Rogers opposes same-sex marriage. He opposes prohibiting job discrimination based on sexual orientation. He opposes single people and same-sex couples being allowed to adopt children. Rogers opposes classifying crimes motivated by the victim's sexual orientation as hate crimes.

Rogers voted against the Abandoned Shipwrecks Act of 1987.{{Cite web |title=TO SUSPEND THE RULES AND PASS S 858, ABANDONED SHIPWRECK … -- House Vote #532 -- March 29, 1988 |url=https://www.govtrack.us/congress/votes/100-1988/h532 |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=GovTrack.us |language=en}} The Act asserts United States title to certain abandoned shipwrecks located on or embedded in submerged lands under state jurisdiction, and transfers title to the respective state, thereby empowering states to manage these cultural and historical resources more efficiently, with the goal of preventing treasure hunters and salvagers from damaging them. Despite his vote against it, President Ronald Reagan signed it into law on April 28, 1988.{{Cite web |title=Laws - Division of Historical Resources - Florida Department of State |url=https://dos.fl.gov/historical/archaeology/underwater/laws/#:~:text=On%2028%20April%201988,%20President,authority%20over%20those%20abandoned%20shipwrecks. |access-date=2025-03-28 |website=dos.fl.gov}}

Rogers had three children with his first wife, Shirley Rogers. She died of cancer in 1995.{{cite web|title=Shirley Rogers, 55, the wife of Republican Rep. Harold ...|url=http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-05-09/news/1995129012_1_diagnosed-with-cancer-shirley-rogers-somerset|website=tribunedigital-baltimoresun|date=May 9, 1995|access-date=December 31, 2017|language=en|archive-date=December 31, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171231103443/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/1995-05-09/news/1995129012_1_diagnosed-with-cancer-shirley-rogers-somerset|url-status=dead}} Rogers remarried. His current wife is Cynthia Doyle.{{cite web|last1=Mardis|first1=Bill|title=Long-serving Hal Rogers pauses to be honored|url=http://www.somerset-kentucky.com/news/long-serving-hal-rogers-pauses-to-be-honored/article_575915c4-8431-11e6-98e0-5f00b3cc50bc.html|website=Commonwealth Journal|date=September 27, 2016|access-date=December 31, 2017|language=en}}

In January 2024, Rogers was involved in a car crash in the Washington, D.C., area. According to a statement released by his office, he was in "good condition” after he was admitted to a nearby hospital.{{cite web|url=https://www.cnn.com/2024/01/13/politics/kentucky-rep-hal-rogers-dc-car-accident/index.html|title=Kentucky Rep. Hal Rogers in 'good condition' after DC car accident|date=January 13, 2024|access-date=February 3, 2024|last=Millman|first=Andrew|website=CNN}}{{cite web|url=https://www.courier-journal.com/story/news/2024/01/13/kentucky-us-representative-hal-rogers-car-accident-condition-john-calipari/72215372007/|title=U.S. Representative Hal Rogers 'in good condition' after Wednesday evening car accident|date=January 13, 2024|access-date=February 3, 2024|last=Bríñez|first=Ana Rocío Álvarez|website=Courier Journal}} By the next month, Rogers was expected to return to Capitol Hill and resume his duties.{{cite web|url=https://www.wymt.com/2024/02/01/rep-hal-rogers-will-return-capitol-hill-following-car-crash/|title=Rep. Hal Rogers will return to Capitol Hill following car crash|date=February 1, 2024|access-date=February 3, 2024|last=Aaron|first=Cameron|website=WYMT-TV}}

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|+ {{ushr|Kentucky|5|}}: Results 1980–2024{{cite web|url=http://clerk.house.gov/member_info/electionInfo/index.html|title=Office of the House Clerk – Electoral Statistics|publisher=Clerk of the United States House of Representatives}}{{cite web|url=http://www.fec.gov/pubrec/electionresults.shtml|title=Election Results|publisher=Federal Election Commission }}{{cite web |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2012/2012genresults.pdf |title=Official 2012 General Election Results |publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky |access-date=July 1, 2013}}{{cite web |url=http://elect.ky.gov/SiteCollectionDocuments/Election%20Results/2010-2019/2014/2014%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf |title=Official 2014 General Election Results |publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky |access-date=January 14, 2015}}{{cite web |url=http://elect.ky.gov/results/2010-2019/Documents/2016%20General%20Election%20Results.pdf |title=Official 2016 General Election Results |publisher=Commonwealth of Kentucky |access-date=April 23, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/11/08/us/elections/results-kentucky-us-house-district-5.html |title=Election results Kentucky 2022 |work=The New York Times |date=November 8, 2022 |access-date=November 17, 2022}}{{cite web |title=November 5, 2024 Official 2024 General Election Results |url=https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2024%20General%20Election%20Certification%20as%20Amended%20on%20December%209th%202024.pdf |website=elect.ky.gov |publisher=Kentucky Secretary of State |access-date=January 25, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116091107/https://elect.ky.gov/results/2020-2029/Documents/2024%20General%20Election%20Certification%20as%20Amended%20on%20December%209th%202024.pdf |archive-date=January 16, 2025 |page=13 |url-status=live}}

! Year

!

! Republican

! Votes

! %

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! Democratic

! Votes

! %

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! Votes

! %

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|1980

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |112,093

|{{party shading/Republican}} |67%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Ted Marcum

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |54,027

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |33%

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|1982

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |52,928

|{{party shading/Republican}} |65%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Doye Davenport

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |28,285

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |35%

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|1984

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |125,164

|{{party shading/Republican}} |76%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Sherman McIntosh

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |39,783

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |24%

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|1986

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |56,760

|{{party shading/Republican}} |100%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |No candidate

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|1988

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |104,467

|{{party shading/Republican}} |100%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |No candidate

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |

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|1990

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |64,660

|{{party shading/Republican}} |100%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |No candidate

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|1992

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |115,255

|{{party shading/Republican}} |55%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |John Hays

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |95,760

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |45%

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|1994

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |82,291

|{{party shading/Republican}} |79%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Walter Blevins

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |21,318

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |21%

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|1996

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |117,842

|{{party shading/Republican}} |100%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |No candidate

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|1998

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |142,215

|{{party shading/Republican}} |78%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Sidney Jane Bailey

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |39,585

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |22%

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|2000

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |145,980

|{{party shading/Republican}} |74%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Sidney Jane Bailey

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |52,495

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |26%

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|2002

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |137,986

|{{party shading/Republican}} |78%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Sidney Jane Bailey

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |38,254

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |22%

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|2004

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |177,579

|{{party shading/Republican}} |100%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |No candidate

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |

|

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|2006

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |147,201

|{{party shading/Republican}} |74%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Kenneth Stepp

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |52,367

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |26%

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|2008

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |177,024

|{{party shading/Republican}} |84%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |No candidate

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |

|

|{{party shading/Independent}} |Jim Holbert

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Independent

|{{party shading/Independent}} |33,444

|{{party shading/Independent}} |16%

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|2010

||

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |151,019

|{{party shading/Republican}} |77%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Jim Holbert

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |44,034

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |23%

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|2012

||

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |195,408

|{{party shading/Republican}} |78%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Kenneth Stepp

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |55,447

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |22%

|

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|2014

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |171,350

|{{party shading/Republican}} |78%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Kenneth Stepp

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |47,617

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |22%

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|2016

||

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |221,242

|{{party shading/Republican}} |100%

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|{{party shading/Democratic}} |No candidate

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |

|

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|2018

||

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |172,093

|{{party shading/Republican}} |78%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Kenneth Stepp

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |45,890

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |21%

|

|{{Party shading/Independent}} |Billy Ray Wilson

|{{party shading/Independent}} |Independent

|{{party shading/Independent}} |34

|{{party shading/Independent}} |1%

|-

|2020

||

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |250,914

|{{party shading/Republican}} |84%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Matthew Best

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |47,056

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |16%

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|2022

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|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |177,714

|{{party shading/Republican}} |82%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |Conor Halbleib

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |38,549

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |18%

|-

|2024

||

|{{party shading/Republican}} |Hal Rogers

|{{party shading/Republican}} |261,407

|{{party shading/Republican}} |100%

|

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |No candidate

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |

|{{party shading/Democratic}} |

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• [http://halrogers.house.gov/ Congressman Hal Rogers] official U.S. House website
• {{CongLinks | congbio=r000395 | votesmart=26875 | fec=H0KY05015 | congress=harold-rogers/977 }}
• [http://connection.ebscohost.com/content/article/1033509831.html;jsessionid=7FEDA5785E9B1E9DB2B2EBA42AC7914B Biography]{{dead link|date=January 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} at Our States: Kentucky, 2007
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