E-Newsletters
Every week since the health care bill passed, the public has been treated to new information demonstrating how this bill costs more than advertised, how it is going to drive up premiums, and how it is going to force them out of the health plans the President and his allies in Congress promised they could keep.
In the current highway bill, states are required to spend a minimum of 15 percent of the federal funds they receive on "off-system" or local bridges. Some in Washington are pushing to eliminate this program in the next highway bill.
In the last five years, Missouri has received about $20 million per year to fix bridges. That dedicated federal funding is necessary to repair and rehabilitate bridges that are not safe.
On Thursday, the House and Senate began its conference on H.R. 4173, the Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act. I was named as a member of the Conference Committee that will hash out differences in the House and Senate versions of the bill. The American people deserve transparency, and I am hopeful we will continue to shed light on critical legislative debates like this one in the future.
Broadband internet service can, as they say, bring the world to your fingertips. A student in Chillicothe can watch breaking news stories in Japan. Or a business in St. Joseph can sell its goods to a buyer in Great Britain.
However, we need to make sure all areas of the country have access to high-speed internet, not just heavily populated urban centers.
In the fall of 1777, Thomas Paine wrote of the then two and a half year long War for American Independence, "Those who expect to reap the blessings of freedom, must, like men, undergo the fatigues of supporting it."
Like many of you, I've been appalled by the high-priced, ill-conceived pieces of legislation coming out of Washington. Most have been hashed out in closed door negotiations and passed though back room deals against the will of the American people.
I have voted against bailouts and government takeovers whenever they've been offered in the House of Representatives and I will continue to do so. However, the time has come for America to head in a different direction.
Like many of you, I've been appalled by the high-priced, ill-conceived pieces of legislation coming out of Washington. Most have been hashed out in closed door negotiations and passed though back room deals against the will of the American people.
I have voted against bailouts and government takeovers whenever they've been offered in the House of Representatives and I will continue to do so. However, the time has come for America to head in a different direction.
Earlier this week, I signed on as a co-sponsor of H.R. 5299, the "European Bailout Protection Act." This bill prohibits U.S. contributions to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) from being used to loan money to irresponsible European Union (EU) nations until they can bring their debt-to-GDP ratio to 60 percent.
Like many of you, I've been following the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. This tragic environmental disaster is partly the result of America's unworkable energy plan. We wouldn't need to drill hundreds of miles off the coast, in thousands of feet of water if we had access to fossil fuel deposits located onshore in the United States.