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This week is the 54th annual National Small Business Week, a time to celebrate the contributions of small businesses to the American economy. North Missouri, like the rest of the country, relies on small businesses to spur growth, put people to work, and put food on our tables.

I've said it over and over again – about 7 of every 10 new jobs in this country come from our small businesses. But the federal government's policies haven't always reflected their value.

Agriculture is one of the few sectors in which America has a trade surplus with other nations. It's even more important to North Missouri - where the economies of so many of our rural communities are driven by farming.

We live in a dangerous world. That's undeniable. But it doesn't mean there aren't steps the United States of America can take to make the world a safer place.

Last week more than 80 people were murdered in a horrific chemical weapons attack on the northern Syrian town of Khan Sheikhoun. On Thursday night, the United States launched a targeted strike on the airfield in Syria from where that chemical attack was launched.

It's hard to believe, but 2017 is already one quarter of the way over.

That means winter's gone (hopefully), baseball's here, and tax day is coming. With April 15 now less than two weeks away, I've been working to fulfill House Republicans' goal of reinventing our tax system by lowering rates, simplifying the tax code, and ensuring we have the money we need to invest in America's transportation infrastructure.

On March 20, 1854, a group of former Whig Party loyalists came together in the small central Wisconsin town of Ripon. Their objective was to replace the failing Whig Party - plotting a new path forward during a perilous and uncertain time in American history.

What emerged from that meeting was the modern-day Republican Party.

Today, the party of small government, free market economics, personal responsibility, and military might is tasked with leading both the legislative and executive branches of government in Washington, D.C.

The federal government was never meant to control our nation’s healthcare system. To no one’s surprise, it’s completely failing at the job.

Plain and simple, Obamacare is collapsing. It’s a broken law built on broken promises, bad policies, and distorted realities.

Most agree that all Americans should be able to get affordable coverage without going bankrupt. But we can do that without destroying the healthcare system for everybody else. Unfortunately, destroying the system is exactly what Obamacare is doing.

President Obama’s EPA had a radical agenda. And bureaucrats at the agency were willing to do whatever they could to force that agenda on the American people.

Fortunately for rural America, a new President means a new EPA. It also means we have the chance to wipe away some of the most outrageous regulations of the Obama era.

During their last days in power, the Obama administration desperately issued a flurry of rules, regulations, and executive actions. Their intentions were obvious – get as much done as quickly as possible – with no time for congressional oversight or opportunity to evaluate those decisions.