Today, U.S. Representatives Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO) and Emmanuel Cleaver II (D-MO) introduced the H.R. 6785, the Rural Housing Service Reform Act. The bipartisan bill would enable the most significant modernization of U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) rural housing programs in years, helping to improve programs, cut red tape, and create and preserve affordable housing… Read more »
Today, Congressman Luetkemeyer (MO-3) introduced the No Tax Dollars for the United Nations Climate Agenda Act. This legislation would prohibit President Biden from sending more U.S. tax dollars to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), and the Green Climate Fund (GCF), which advise governments around the… Read more »
Today, Chairman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) led the House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions in a hearing entitled “Restricting Rogue-State Revenue: Strengthening Energy Sanctions on Russia, Iran, and Venezuela.”
Watch Chairman Luetkemeyer’s opening… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) pressed industry experts on the role government rules and regulations play in inflating housing costs across the U.S.
Watch the full clip HERE.
Dr. Emily Hamilton, Senior Research Fellow, George Mason University: “One estimate, that’s now about 20 years old, finds that in the most expensive metros in the U.S., about half the cost of… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions and a member of the House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, released a formal address calling on the SEC to apply maximum scrutiny in its review of Shein’s IPO application.
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Last night, during a House Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) discussed the influence TikTok and the Chinese government have had on fueling antisemitism and terrorism support across U.S. universities.
Watch the full clip HERE.
Rep. Luetkemeyer: “Is TikTok having an… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) supported S.J. Resolution 32 which overturns the Consumer Financial Protect Bureau’s (CFPB) disastrous small business data collection rule.
Section 1071–a remnant of the Dodd-Frank Act enacted more than a decade ago–is an attempt by the CFPB to collect and publish information on small businesses and small business lenders,… Read more »
This week, Congressmen Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) and 19 other Republicans on the House Select Committee on the Strategic Competition Between the United States and the Chinese Communist Party requested a formal investigation into all Chinese Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) companies.
LiDAR is a critical technology used in drones but does not currently fall under U.S. export controls… Read more »
Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) questioned Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) Director Rohit Chopra on his mismanagement of the agency and attempts to expand his power as a regulator.
Watch the full clip HERE.
Rep. Luetkemeyer: “Taken together, we’re looking at massive losses of revenue coupled with very large… Read more »
Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, Illicit Finance, and International Financial Institutions, released the following statement regarding Binance founder Changpeng "CZ" Zhao pleading guilty to breaking sanctions and money-transmitting laws.
"While I believe a harsher punishment is required, these are exactly the… Read more »