WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) and the House Small Business Committee held a hearing entitled, “Saluting Service: Supporting Veteran Owned Small Businesses.” The committee hosted veteran small business owners from across the country including Boone County, MO-native, Navy Lieutenant Commander Taylor Burks, President and General Manager of Rost… Read more »
As you’ve heard me say time and time again, small businesses are the heart and soul of towns here in Missouri and across America. They’re started by people who bet on themselves and put faith in their friends, neighbors and community to support them and help keep their doors open. During the pandemic, these treasured local spots were some of the first to feel the effects of the shutdowns,… Read more »
Now that Republicans are in the majority, my colleagues and I are also in control of scheduling committee hearings and choosing the topics that are covered. This was a busy week with the Small Business Committee and Select Committee on China both holding their inaugural hearings of this Congress, along with a Financial Services Committee markup. On the same day, I attended a committee… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Vice Chairman of the House Small Business Committee welcomed Drew Davis, a 17-year-old Hillsboro, MO native and small business owner to the committee for a hearing entitled, “From Nothing to Something: The Story of the American Dream.”
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“A native of Hillsboro in Missouri’s Third District, Drew… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) released the following statement regarding House passage of the Family and Small Business Taxpayer Protection Act. This legislation will take away the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) ability to target law-abiding Americans and remove funding for the Biden Administration’s proposed army of 87,000 IRS agents.
“The Biden… Read more »
I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving. We were fortunate to have a great day filled with a lot of family time and too much food. Now that we have given thanks, Christmas will be here before we know it. It seems that everyone is getting into the Christmas spirit a little bit earlier than usual this year which is just fine with me. After all, it is the most wonderful time of the year. If… Read more »
Last week, House Republicans under Leader Kevin McCarthy’s leadership unveiled our “Commitment to America” initiative. Should Republicans regain control of the House, this is the roadmap for what we plan to do to get our country back on track and thriving.
“A nation that’s safe” is one of the most important tenants of our Commitment to America. This is the greatest country in the world,… Read more »
As the Third District has known for quite some time now, the pandemic is in our rear-view mirror. Businesses are serving their customers, children aren’t being forced to learn through a computer, and life has gone back to as normal as it can be with the economic headwinds we’re facing. Even President Biden admitted “the pandemic is over” in his 60 Minutes interview last week – much to the… Read more »
The August district work period is in full swing, and over the last couple of weeks I’ve had a lot of productive visits around the Third District. This is important time I get to spend meeting with constituents and businesses to check in and hear how things are going. Here are just a few highlights.
Due to our abundance of farms and ranches and with one of our top commodities being… Read more »
Nobody of sane mind would throw gasoline on a burning house. You hopefully wouldn’t drive past a drowning swimmer in your boat. And you probably wouldn’t pour salt on a paper cut. That is true for pretty much everyone in Missouri. The same can’t be said for Washington, D.C.
Today, the House will vote on the so-called Inflation Reduction Act which is the bill the Senate passed on… Read more »