This week was packed with meetings with constituents, continued discussions on the House’s tax reform proposal, committee work, and votes on the House floor. Read more »

Today, the House Financial Services Committee passed two pieces of legislation authored by U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer. Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) issued the following statement after questiong the former Equifax CEO and Chairman Richard Smith at the House Financial Services Committee. Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) issued the following statement after the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) finalized the short-term lending rule. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) issued the following statement following the Treasury Department’s announcement of the covered agreement deal: Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) issued the following statement after the Financial Institutions and Consumer Credit Subcommittee and the Monetary Policy and Trade Subcommmittee joint hearing entitled “Examining the Relationship Between Prudential Regulation and Monetary Policy at the Federal Reserve.” Read more »

Some of the most important work I conduct in Washington is in the two committees on which I serve. It is in these committees where ideas become legislation and where that legislation is fine-tuned before it goes to the full House of Representatives for consideration. Read more »

For several years, I have discussed an Obama Administration program called Operation Choke Point in this bulletin. Today, I am incredibly pleased to report that the Department of Justice (DOJ) has informed me that this program will come to an end once and for all. Read more »

Following a letter sent by U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), along with House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, and Judiciary Subcommittee Chairmen Tom Marino and Darrel Issa, sent to multiple federal agencies, the Department of Justice announced it will end Operation Choke Point. Read more »

Today, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), along with House Financial Services Committee Chairman Jeb Hensarling, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte, and Judiciary Subcommittee Chairmen Tom Marino and Darrell Issa, sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Federal Reserve Board of Governors Chair Janet Yellen, and Acting Comptroller of the Currency Keith Noreika regarding Operation Choke Point. Read more »