U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) and his House colleagues sent a letter to President Obama about the urgent need to secure our nation's borders and encouraged the president to provide the funding needed to support border agents, who are instrumental in securing our nation's borders. Read more »

Marking the end of the federal budget's fiscal year, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today expressed his concern about a national debt that grew by a historic $3.1 trillion since the Democrats took over Congress in January 2007, while the national debt now stands at $11.8 trillion. Read more »

For Missouri families, this national energy tax contained in the Senate bill is just as devastating as the dangerously flawed bill that was rammed through the House this summer by Speaker Nancy Pelosi. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today honored Mary L. Nirmaier of Columbia and Rose Ross of Moberly for their service as two of the only remaining 300 survivors of the Women Airforce Service Pilots (WASP) who were recently honored with the Congressional Gold Medal. Read more »

Frustrated by a federal government making decisions to spend taxpayer dollars without allowing people to review those decisions first, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today signed a measure requiring major bills to be available for public review three days before the House of Representatives votes on them. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) and two Small Business Committee colleagues are expressing their concerns about the impact on the pork industry of the slang term being used to describe the H1N1 influenza virus in a letter to Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius and Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today voted against the deceivingly named Student Aid and Fiscal Responsibility Act, which amounts to nothing more than a government takeover of student loan lending that will hurt students and their families. Read more »

On this Constitution Day, Americans must be wary of the expanding reach of government and remember that the Constitution begins with the three most powerful words in our democracy: ‘We The People.' It is just as important today, as it was during the drafting of our Constitution, that we also remember that government belongs to the people and not to the individual politicians chosen to represent them. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) today went to bat for rural auto dealers at a hearing to evaluate decisions by General Motors and Chrysler to close nearly 40 percent of their independently owned dealers and the impact these closures will have on rural communities. Read more »

The U.S. House of Representatives today passed legislation co-sponsored by U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-9) that recognizes the region from Manhattan, Kansas, to Columbia as the Kansas City Animal Health Corridor and will benefit animal health education efforts throughout Missouri. Read more »