WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the Senate passed the bipartisan Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Extension Act of 2021, sending it to President Biden's desk to be signed into law. This bill was originally introduced by House Committee on Small Business Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07), Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-39), and Congresswoman… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) led a letter signed by the Missouri Republican Congressional delegation to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) urging the agency to reconsider its decision to list over forty bodies of water as “impaired,” including Lake of the Ozarks and Truman Reservoir.
“Unfortunately, the EPA used old and unverified… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today in a hearing entitled, “Oversight of the Treasury Department’s and Federal Reserve’s Pandemic Response” in the House Financial Services Committee, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) questioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell about the economic effects of the pandemic.
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On Tuesday, the House passed the first notable bipartisan piece of legislation of the year, and I was proud to be a part of it. Together, my colleagues, Congresswoman Young Kim, Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux, the Small Business Committee Chairwoman Nydia Velazquez, and I negotiated a bill to extend the Paycheck Protection Program beyond its current expiration date of March 31. Under the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) introduced the bipartisan Stopping Illicit Fentanyl Trafficking Act to permanently schedule all illicit fentanyl. This legislation would permanently codify the Drug Enforcement Administration’s (DEA) emergency scheduling of illicit fentanyl which is set to expire in May 2021. It would create a long-term solution for… Read more »
Defunding the police, taxpayer-funded elections, restricting Second Amendment rights, and a massive partisan spending package disguised as coronavirus relief. These are the bills the House of Representatives have prioritized this year. The one thing they all have in common is throughout the drafting of the bills or debate on the floor, not a single Republican idea or amendment was… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) introduced legislation to increase access to health care for rural and underserved communities by correcting reimbursement rates for Rural Health Clinics (RHCs).
“Rural Health Clinics play a vital role in providing quality, accessible healthcare in rural communities across America. Missouri is actually home to the highest… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, House Committee on Small Business Ranking Member Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Chairwoman Nydia M. Velázquez (NY-07), Congresswoman Young Kim (CA-39), and Congresswoman Carolyn Bourdeaux (GA-07) introduced the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Extension Act. This critical bipartisan legislation will provide a commonsense extension to the Paycheck Protection… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) released a statement following the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau’s (CFPB) announcement that it has rescinded a January 24, 2020 policy statement put in place by former Director Kathy Kraninger to provide clarity around what qualifies as an “abusive” act or practice.
“Director Kraninger’s policy statement gave the… Read more »
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) voted against Congressional Democrats’ $1.9 trillion partisan agenda disguised as a coronavirus “rescue package.”
“As I’ve said before, the ‘American Rescue Plan’ is nothing of the sort. It remains a partisan power grab and the American people are footing the bill. Mismanaged states are being rewarded for unnecessarily… Read more »
