Columns

  • Luetkemeyer Column- A Risk to the U.S. Economy
    Feb 8, 2013 - This week, Ben Bernanke announced that the Federal Reserve would continue its misguided quest to ease our financial woes with purchases of $85 billion per month in mortgage-backed securities and Treasuries. This follows years of quantitative easing that have loosened our grip on sound monetary polic... More
  • Luetkemeyer Column- Protecting the Gift of Life
    Feb 1, 2013 - “The care of human life and happiness and not their destruction is the first and only legitimate object of good government.” – Thomas Jefferson Last week I had the opportunity to meet with the dedicated parents, teachers, students, and clergy who braved the January winter and made their way to Washi... More
  • Luetkemeyer Column- Protecting Your Second Amendment Rights
    Jan 25, 2013 - I believe in the Second Amendment and it is my duty to uphold the Constitution of the United States as an elected representative of the people. With that in mind, I am extremely troubled by the president’s efforts to restrict the Second Amendment rights of law-abiding folks like you. This egregious ... More
  • Luetkemeyer Column- Reining in the National Debt
    Jan 18, 2013 - On New Year’s Eve, 2012, I had the opportunity to answer phones in our Washington D.C. office and the majority of the folks who called from back home in Missouri made it clear that they are sick and tired of out of control government spending. These hard-working folks understood that a $16.4 trillio... More
  • Luetkemeyer Column- Protecting Taxpayers and Jobs
    Jan 11, 2013 - In 2001 and 2003, Congress enacted significant tax cuts, known as the Bush tax cuts, including but not limited to—decreasing marginal income tax rates, providing relief from what is known as the “marriage penalty,” increasing the child tax credit, reducing tax rates on long-term capital gains, unify... More
  • Luetkemeyer Column- Honored to Serve Missouri's 3rd Congressional District
    Jan 4, 2013 - This week marks the first in which I will begin serving the new 3rd Congressional District of Missouri. I want to make it clear that communicating effectively and efficiently with the nearly 750,000 of you living and working in the 13 counties I now serve is my top priority. The 3rd Congressional Di... More
  • Luetkemeyer Column- Looking Back On 2012
    Dec 28, 2012 - Looking back on 2012, I feel grateful to again have served as your voice in Congress. It has been a year of great turmoil in Washington but it also has been one in which several issues facing the people of the 9th District were tackled head on and I am proud of what we have accomplished for a wide c... More
  • Luetkemeyer Column- History of the 9th Congressional District
    Dec 21, 2012 - As we say farewell to 2012 and welcome in 2013, I am reminded that I too am preparing to say farewell to the old and hello to the new. Beginning in January, the 9th Congressional District will be no more and I will begin working for the people of the new 3rd Congressional District created by the re-... More
  • Luetkemeyer Column- Season for Giving
    Dec 14, 2012 - “Christmas is a season for kindling the fire for hospitality in the hall, the genial flame of charity in the heart.” -Washington Irving It seems that no matter what kind of challenges we face as Americans, there is one truism: We are a very charitable people. Now that we are in the midst of the Chri... More
  • Luetkemeyer Column- The Fiscal Cliff: Just Weeks Away
    Dec 7, 2012 - “We who live in free market societies believe that growth, prosperity and ultimately human fulfillment, are created from the bottom up, not the government down. Only when the human spirit is allowed to invent and create, only when individuals are given a personal stake in deciding economic policies ... More
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