E-Newsletters
Our law enforcement officers go above and beyond the call of duty every single day. They know that when they lace up their boots in the morning and kiss their loved ones goodbye, they might never return home. Fortunately, most do, but that's tragically what happened yesterday in Independence.
According to reports, a process server was serving an eviction notice when, in an instant, a gunman opened fire. An Independence police officer responded to the scene to render aid. Tragically, both were fatally wounded. Two other officers who responded to the scene were wounded.
If you want to grow a good crop, you need to put in a couple of things—nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and a whole lot of blood, sweat, and tears. Even then, you're going to need a good deal of prayer, planning, and rain to make things work.
Farming is what economists call a high-operating cost, low-margin business. To put it simply, it costs a lot of money to scratch out a living farming.
The death tax is something I’ve been fighting for years. It just doesn’t make sense. We work all our lives to scrape by, pay taxes all along the way, and if we’re lucky, pass something along to our children. For the life of me, I can’t figure out why the federal government thinks it’s owed something when we die. Death shouldn’t be a taxable event.
The crisis happening on our southern border is weighing on the minds of Americans across the country, and for good reason. Since President Biden took office, there have been over 7 million illegal crossings, with over 302,000 illegal immigrants encountered in December 2023 alone.
The United States Postal Service (USPS) is a lifeline for millions of Americans. Whether you live in Kansas City, Macon, Troy or anywhere else across North Missouri, we all count on the Postal Service to deliver our prescriptions, bills, packages, and checks on time.
It's so important, that the Postal Service is the only federal agency specifically authorized by our Constitution. Delivering the mail on time is one of the few things the federal government should do—and should do well. Unfortunately, they aren't.
January 9th marked National Law Enforcement Appreciation Day. While every day is an opportunity to show our appreciation to all the men and women who serve our communities, we should take time to honor the profound dedication of the law enforcement officers who willingly put their lives on the line to protect our family and neighbors daily.
A new year means evaluating what’s working, what isn’t, and what we need to focus on in the new year. That’s no different in Congress. America is coming to a crossroads politically, economically, and internationally. We must remain committed to securing American prosperity for generations to come and focus on doing the things that ensure that happens.
We’re coming to the close of another year and hopefully you are ending it on a high note. Each year brings its share of ups and downs, and this one was no different.
One of the things I look forward to each year as a Member of Congress is nominating some of North Missouri’s finest young men and women for admission to one of our nation’s great service academies: the U.S. Military Academy (West Point), U.S. Naval Academy, U.S. Air Force Academy, and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Each of the nominees to these academies trade 5 years of service for an exceptional education at some of the most prestigious institutions in America.
The American people are facing a crisis at our southern border. It seems that we hear of a new “record amount” of illegal crossings at the border nearly every month. In October alone, there were 240,988 illegal immigrant encounters at the border, a 235% increase from October 2020. This was the 32nd straight month where illegal immigrant encounters had been higher than the month before. Since President Biden took office there have been over 6.4 million illegal crossings at our southern border, including 279 individuals on the terrorist watch list.