In an effort to allow businesses who have been targeted by Operation Choke Point to come forward with their story, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) created a platform to share how they were affected. Read more »

After visiting with countless families and individuals across Missouri’s 3rd Congressional District, I have found that hard-working individuals, those living on a fixed income, and small businesses understand their pocketbooks are lighter and their economic future is not as bright. This is an issue that starts and ends with the policies and rhetoric of this administration, enabled by the Federal Reserve. Read more »

Dealing with the current administration can feel sometimes, even as a member of Congress, like banging your head against a bureaucratic wall standing in the way of good government. So, you can imagine that I was very pleased when I recently learned that a recent effort by me to keep the government from inappropriately interfering in the private sector has moved a step in the right direction. Read more »

I’m sure you recognize the many difficulties of being a parent and understand how expensive it is to care for our young ones. Unfortunately for parents, things have only gotten worse thanks to the misguided economic policies of this administration. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) today voted in favor of an approprations bill that makes significant cuts in funding for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), provides no funding for the IRS to implement the president’s health-care law and implements a series of restrictions on IRS activities in response to the agency’s targeting of conservative groups and other questionable activities. Read more »

U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3), a former bank examiner, today called Executive Branch attempts to shut down entire portions of the private sector based on what it deems to be morally unacceptable under the auspices of Operation Choke Point “an indefensible and irresponsible approach to regulation.” Read more »

Last week I had the opportunity to go around the 3rd Congressional District and talk to many of you about what’s on your mind and the number one question I’ve been getting from folks is “Where are the jobs?” And the response I have is quite simple: House Republicans have passed over 40 different bills that seek to get government out of the way of the free market and create conditions for economic growth and job creation. All that we need now is for the Senate and president to join us. Read more »

Seeking to put an end to government attempts to shut down entire portions of the private sector based on what it deems to be morally unacceptable, U.S. Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) today filed legislation to restore the balance between financial institutions and regulators and protect private industry from the organized bureaucratic intimidation and regulation underway by the Obama Administration. Read more »

When many of us were younger, we were taught the familiar tale that when George Washington’s father confronted him about a felled cherry tree, the future Father of Our Country responded: “I cannot tell a lie.” While historians agree that this story was quite fictional and was part of the folklore surrounding our first president, it shows the significance of honesty in American life and American government. Read more »

It is bad enough when the heavy hand of government uses its regulatory authority to stymie private industry, but these days, the federal government is going even further and using its enforcement authority to threaten an entire sector of our economy. This week I’ll take a look at one such government action, one that is so nefarious, it requires a code name. Read more »