With grave concerns about the staggering debt burden being placed on our children and grandchildren because of out-of-control government spending, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today opposed raising the nation's debt limit by an additional $290 billion. Read more »

As part of his commitment to both job creation and our veterans, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) announced today that he is co-sponsoring legislation to put the growing number of unemployed veterans back to work through better training incentives and enhanced small business opportunities. Read more »

Disturbed both by an increased role of government in our economy and the lack of accountability of leading officials, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today voted against creating a permanent TARP-like bailout authority for the federal government contained in the Democrats' massive financial regulation bill that also includes the creation of a so-called credit czar. Read more »

With successful efforts to pass small business legislation in the House, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) and six other members from his freshman class in Congress today sent a letter to President Obama outlining their common sense economic solutions and calling for a bi-partisan effort to create jobs for American families. Read more »

In an effort to preserve pro-life provisions in any final health care legislation, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, along with many of his House colleagues, sent a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi asking that those provisions be preserved if a final health care bill emerges from negotiations between the House and Senate. Read more »

Today all Americans should take a moment to remember the sacrifice and bravery shown by our fighting men and women whose lives changed forever on the morning of December 7, 1941, when Imperial Japan attacked our naval base at Pearl Harbor. Read more »

Contrary to its advertising, H.R. 4154 will actually cause a massive tax increase on families, farmers, and small businesses at a time when our economy is struggling and unemployment is high. Read more »

Four months after first raising concerns about the dubious science being used by a United Nations climate panel, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today formally called for an investigation into recently revealed emails showing that scientists for the same UN group suppressed scientific evidence and manipulated data in order to silence opposing views. Read more »

After the large-scale failure of the taxpayer-financed so-called stimulus package, a disastrous proposal to force a national energy tax and an attempt to cut Medicare, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer questioned the credibility of today's job summit held by the same administration that pledged just a few months ago that their proposal would keep unemployment below 8 percent. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) and colleagues on the House Agriculture Subcommittee on Conservation, Credit, Energy, and Research heard testimony today about the impact on agriculture that will be caused by the disastrous cap-and-tax legislation being pushed by the liberal majority in Congress. Read more »