Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) and experts, including Shark Tank star Kevin “Mr. Wonderful” O’Leary and American Action Forum President Doug Holtz-Eakin, discussed the negative impact of the Federal Reserve’s Basel III Endgame proposal on small businesses and community banks.
“Vice Chairman [Michael] Barr, whose proposal is basically this Basel proposal, has responded… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), chair of the Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, led the hearing entitled, “International Financing of Nuclear Energy.”
“Clean nuclear power, such as that produced back in my district at Ameren’s Callaway nuclear plant, accounts for over a quarter of the world’s… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), during a Financial Services Committee hearing entitled: “Oversight of the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) and the Federal Housing Administration,” called on HUD Secretary Marcia Fudge to advocate for the removal of unnecessary regulations driving up the cost of homes.
Rep. Luetkemeyer: “You said that the main impediment to… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) questioned U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) Secretary Marcia Fudge on the present housing crisis in the United States and the Biden administration’s failure to slow or reverse the trend.
Rep. Luetkemeyer: “Secretary Fudge, are you aware of the FHFA’s decision to allow lenders to move from a tri-merge credit report to two… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer spoke in favor of three bills supporting Taiwan’s admission to the International Monetary Fund (IMF), forcing the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to be transparent about its exchange rate manipulation, and protecting Taiwan against CCP aggression, respectively.
Rep. Luetkemeyer: “Before us today are a number of bills that originated from in the… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, released the following statement in response to China placing sanctions on five U.S. defense companies.
“The Chinese Communist Party will punish any company that falls out of line with its extreme, anti-democratic agenda. U.S. shareholders are exposed to potentially… Read more »
Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) released the following statement today regarding his decision to retire at the conclusion of 2024.
“It has been an honor to serve the great people of the Third Congressional District and State of Missouri these past several years. However, after a lot of thoughtful discussion with my family, I have decided to not file for re-election and… Read more »
Today, Representatives Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) and Mark Alford (MO-4) held a public forum focused on the nationwide fentanyl crisis and shared remarks as members of the panel of dignitaries.
“I’m focused on cutting off the cartels’ access to the substances – often called precursors – they need to make fentanyl. You probably won’t be surprised to learn that those precursors are… Read more »
Last night, in a Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party hearing, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) asked expert witnesses for their thoughts on protecting people against retaliation from the Chinese government within the United States.
The hearing, entitled, "CCP Transnational Repression: The Party's Effort to Silence and Coerce Critics Overseas," featured Ms. Anna Kwok, the… Read more »
This week, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) introduced the Responsible Accounting Standards Act of 2023, directing the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) to report annually to Congress and abide by the same rulemaking guidelines in place for every federal financial regulator.
“My bill would require FASB and its overseer, FAF, to consider the impact their accounting… Read more »
