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ICYMI: Luetkemeyer Discusses Secretary Yellen’s Neglect for Small Businesses with Charles Payne

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ranking Member on the House Small Business Committee joined Charles Payne on Fox Business’ ‘Making Money’ to discuss Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen’s continued failure to appear in front of the House Small Business Committee to discuss the Paycheck Protection Program despite a legal obligation to do…

Luetkemeyer Statement on Pro-Life Action in the Supreme Court

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) released the following statement regarding the Supreme Court’s consideration of Dobbs v. Jackson’s Women’s Health Organization. This case will decide the constitutionality of a 2018 law passed in the state of Mississippi that would limit abortions after 15 weeks of pregnancy, except to save the life and preserve the…

Luetkemeyer Questions Yellen and Powell in House Financial Services Committee

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, in a House Financial Services Committee hearing entitled, “Oversight of the Treasury Department's and Federal Reserve's Pandemic Response,” Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) questioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about her continued absence in the House Small Business Committee and Federal Reserve Chair Jay Powell regarding concerning American…

Luetkemeyer on Jay Powell’s Nomination to Chair the Federal Reserve

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) released the following statement regarding President Biden’s nomination of Jay Powell to be Chairman of the Federal Reserve. “Chairman Powell was tasked with the exceedingly difficult job of steering the Fed and our economy through the pandemic and subsequent economic shutdowns. He performed that task admirably and…

Luetkemeyer Statement on Democrats’ Socialist Spending Spree

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) released the following statement regarding House passage of Democrats’ massive tax-and-spree. “The same week 70% of Americans have described the state of the economy as ‘poor’ or ‘not so good’ and inflation sits at a 31-year high, Democrats have jammed through their enormous socialist spending bill that will only…

Luetkemeyer Statement on Omarova Senate Hearing

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ranking Member on the House Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee released a statement ahead of Professor Saule Omarova’s nomination hearing in the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee. “The fact that a USSR native who firmly believes in the virtue of communist rule, would like to…

Luetkemeyer Introduces Bill to Establish CFPB Inspector General

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ranking Member of the House Consumer Protection and Financial Institutions Subcommittee introduced a bill with 16 colleagues that would establish an independent Inspector General at the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) and require the Inspector General to testify in front of Congress on a semi-annual…

Luetkemeyer, Hill Urge SBA to Stop Its Ineffective Direct Lending Efforts

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ranking Member of the House Small Business Committee and Consumer Protections and Financial institutions Subcommittee along with Congressman French Hill (AR-02), sent a letter to Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Guzman urging the SBA to stop its direct lending efforts to allow the private sector…

Luetkemeyer Leads Letter to FERC Regarding Spire STL Pipeline

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Friday, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) was joined by Missouri House Republicans on a letter to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) requesting the temporary emergency certificate be extended from December 13th to April 1, 2022. The extension of this certificate would authorize continued operations of the Spire STL Pipeline Project (“STL…

Luetkemeyer Holds Roundtable on Democrats’ Outrageous IRS Reporting Regime Proposal

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WASHINGTON, D.C. –  Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ranking Member on the House Small Business Committee and Consumer Protection & Financial Institutions Subcommittee held a roundtable discussion with members of the House Financial Services Committee and House Small Business Committee on the Democrats’ IRS financial account reporting regime. Witnesses from the…