U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) has fired off an angry letter to the head of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) after the agency failed to meet demands by members of the Missouri Congressional Delegation to respond to reports of taxpayer funding abuses at the Serco facility in Wentzville located inside the congressman’s district. Read more »

In response to today’s announcement of the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) regulation on coal-fired power plants, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) shared his deep concerns with the latest overreach by this agency: Read more »

In an effort to examine the latest overreaching proposal by the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) and U.S. Army Corps of Engineers that would broaden the scope of waters subject to federal scrutiny under the Clean Water Act, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) and the House Small Business Committee held a hearing to discuss the ‘Waters of the United States.’ Read more »

Deeply troubled by allegations that Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) staff were manipulating waiting times for veterans who needed urgent care, which ultimately led to some deaths, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) today voted for bipartisan legislation that would force the administration to finally address problems within the VA. Read more »

U.S. Reps. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) and Sam Graves (MO-06) applaud House passage of the bicameral agreement to the Water Resources Reform and Development Act (WRRDA) that updates our nation’s water infrastructure which is critical to states like Missouri where waterways and ports help support nearly 25,000 jobs and contributes $4 billion to the state’s economy. Read more »

Acting on serious allegations that an Obamacare Processing Center in his congressional district is abusing taxpayer dollars, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) has enlisted other member of the Missouri Delegation to send a letter to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) at the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) seeking answers about the situation. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) issued the following statement after he voted with the majority in the House of Representatives to hold former Internal Revenue Service official Lois Lerner in contempt for failing to cooperate with lawmakers investigating the agency’s targeting of conservative groups: Read more »

In an effort to continue the ongoing battle against meth while at the same time ensuring that consumers have access to the medications they need, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) has sponsored legislation that would increase the availability of medications that make it more difficult to extract a key meth-producing ingredient. Read more »

WASHINGTON, D.C. _ U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) today expressed his continued support for creation of a Select Committee to investigate the September 11, 2012, attack on Benghazi that killed four Americans. Earlier today, House Speaker John Boehner issued a statement that the House will soon take a vote to establish a new Select Committee to investigate the attacks. Luetkemeyer was one of the co-sponsors of House Resolution 36 that would authorize a Select Committee on Benghazi: Read more »

A pencil drawing titled “Wary of My Future Self” featuring a young girl’s color portrait contrasted with a black and white portrait created by Kelsey Libbert of Westphalia has been chosen as the winner from the 3rd Congressional District in the Annual Congressional Art Competition. Read more »