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Rural North Missourians know that accessing healthcare can sometimes be a challenge. Longer wait times for an appointment, farther drives to deliver a baby, or getting immediate care after a heart attack are just some of the difficulties. Earlier this month, I told you about the Save America’s Rural Hospitals Act, which I introduced to ensure we keep our rural hospitals and clinics open. While they definitely need financial help and less burdensome regulations to keep operating, they also need one of the basics of medicine: doctors.
When an emergency happens, every second counts. Whether it’s a heart attack, a farm injury, or a child’s broken arm, the ability to get timely care close to home makes all the difference. Many times, it’s literally life and death. That’s why our rural hospitals couldn’t be more important.
If you've ever gotten on an airplane to travel, you've relied on our air traffic control system to get you safely to where you're going. Tragically, this year, we've all seen what happens when that system fails. Aviation remains a safe mode of travel, but we can’t afford to allow system failures to continue; we must have the most up-to-date system with the best controllers—period.
This week marked National Police Week, an opportunity to honor the men and women of law enforcement who have given their lives in the line of duty. It’s a stark reminder that anyone who puts on the badge may not come home at the end of their workday. Whether in large cities where crime is more prevalent or in small towns where everybody knows everybody, there is always the chance that an officer will end up losing their life doing their job.
This week, I led the House Transportation Committee in advancing legislation to enact our America First agenda to secure the border, strengthen national security, modernize our air traffic control system, and cut wasteful Green New Deal spending.
We were tasked with reducing the deficit by $10 billion in the budget reconciliation process. I’m proud to say we exceeded that while making meaningful investments in areas that desperately needed it. Frankly, it wasn’t hard to do.
Too many times when the Postal Service is confronted with their poor service standards, their response is that they don’t have the authority or ability make changes. Frankly, that’s a cop out, but I view it as a request—change the law so we can do better. Fair enough.
It’s the reason I introduced the Pony Up Act. They don’t have a mechanism to make customers whole when they cost them money in late fees. Sometimes those fees add up to thousands of dollars when tax payments don't get to their destination on time, or sometimes at all. It’s not right.
One of the greatest honors I have serving as your Congressman is the opportunity to nominate the best and brightest young students from North Missouri to attend four of our nation's five service academies—the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, and U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. While still highly competitive, the U.S. Coast Guard Academy has a different application process.
As we wrap up National Ag Week, I’m reminded of the tremendous impact that agriculture has on North Missouri and the importance of good policy so our farmers can feed our country. As both a 6th generation farmer and the Congressman for North Missouri, I’m honored to play a role in both.
President Trump’s historic speech to a Joint Session of Congress on Tuesday was one for the ages. Heralding the dawn of the “Golden Age of America,” I was honored to be in attendance as the President recounted his whirlwind first six weeks in office and laid out his vision for bringing common sense back to government.