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Luetkemeyer: EPA’s Job-Killing Regulations Target Rural America
Oct 8, 2010
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) appears bent on destroying rural America. The EPA and Majority party’s attempt to regulate everything from mud-puddles to dust is a massive power grab that threatens the livelihoods of our family farmers, small businesses, and rural communities.
No one car...
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Luetkemeyer: Tax Threats, Regulations Stifle Small Businesses
Sep 10, 2010
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By Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO)
As I prepare to go back to Washington after a month listening to folks here in the District, I keep reflecting on the one word I heard the most during my travels and visits with many of you: “uncertainty.” And during my District travels, I came across a quote fro...
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch: Rural America Is In The Crosshairs
Jun 3, 2010
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By Rep. Doc Hastings (R-WA), Rep. Frank Lucas (R-OK), Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO); Published in the St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Today, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack will be in Hillsboro, MO to host a “National Summit of Rural America” on behalf of the Obama Administration.
As Co-Chairs of the Rural Am...
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Luetkemeyer Op-Ed: Wall Street reform hurts Main Street banks
May 26, 2010
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By Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO); Washington Times
For more than 60 years, my late father, Bill, spent every day looking into the faces of family farmers and ranchers hoping to realize their dreams as they walked into his bank in St. Elizabeth, Mo. My father understood the importance of communit...
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New Health Care Law Brings Heartburn for Small Businesses
May 5, 2010
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During his State of the Union Address in January, President Barack Obama promised the American people that jobs would be his number one focus in 2010. His Administration pledged that the agenda in Washington would “pivot” to address high unemployment and help the stagnant economy. However, instead...
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Small Business, Tax Hikes, and Health Care
Apr 27, 2010
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As many small business owners will tell you, tax increases can be devastating to their bottom lines, and that often means layoffs or even closing a business for good. As a small businessman myself, I am getting a lot of questions from small businesses about the impact of the new health care law that...
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New Firms Create Jobs
Mar 15, 2010
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Abraham Lincoln has many famous sayings, including “You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you cannot fool all of the people all of the time.” That doesn’t prevent Washington from trying.
This month the House passed legislation that it called a ...
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Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer's (R-MO) News for the Ninth
Mar 12, 2010
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As many of you know, the House of Representatives last year passed cap-and-trade legislation by a narrow margin. I continue to strongly oppose the measure because it is nothing more than a job-killing national energy tax. With the average price for a gallon of regular gas in Missouri hovering around...
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