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View from the Capitol: Farewell to Saline, other counties not in the new 4th District
Posted Friday, November 23, at 12:21 PM As we celebrated Thanksgiving, I said a prayer of thanks for many things: family, friends, health, our military, another year of God's faithfulness on the farm despite the drought, and the privilege of living in the greatest country on earth. One of the greatest blessings I gave thanks for is the honor of representing the good people of Missouri's Fourth Congressional District in our Nation's Capital. ...
View from the Capitol: Economy threatened by 'fiscal cliff' Congress reconvened this week for the start of what is known as the post-election "lame duck" session in which your representatives complete unfinished business -- and that includes trying to prevent the country from going off what has been termed the "fiscal cliff" that we will be facing in January. That's when, if no agreement is reached, American taxpayers will be subjected to enormous tax increases that threaten to worsen our economy and devastate the nation's employment picture...
View from the Capitol: 'Taxmageddon' looms Election Day has come and gone and America has moved a step closer to "Taxmageddon" - the end-of-the-year tax hike that will spell economic hardship for hardworking families and small businesses. It is up to a lame duck session of Congress to take steps to ensure America does not drive over the fiscal cliff that will lead to this severe hardship. ...
View From the Capitol: Pushing for an audit of the Federal Reserve Good Day, Many citizens of Missouri's Fourth District have been asking Congress to audit the Federal Reserve. This week, I was joined by my U.S. House colleagues who supported a piece of legislation I co-sponsor -- We voted to remove restrictions that stand in the way of the Government Accountability Office (GAO) conducting a full audit of the Federal Reserve...
View From the Capitol -- Anger over administration immigration order Good Day, Our offices in Washington and throughout the Fourth Congressional District have been receiving quite a few calls from citizens angry over President Obama's executive order circumventing Congress to allow the Department of Homeland Security to grant temporary work visas to certain groups of illegal aliens...
View From the Capitol: Unemployment We learned this week that initial jobless claims continue to rise as the U.S. Department of Labor reported the number of Americans filing new applications for unemployment benefits for the week that ended June 9th rose by 6,000 to 386,000. This depressing statistic follows the recent news that the number of jobs created in May was only 69,000 -- the fewest monthly total of jobs added in a year. ...
View From the Capitol: Defense funding bill Good Day, Military matters took center stage on Capitol Hill this week, beginning with the House Armed Services Committee (HASC), on which I serve, approving the National Defense Authorization Act for 2013 -- legislation to bolster America's defense capabilities to better protect our homeland. This bill invests in military readiness and supports efforts to combat the threat of terrorism. It ensures that our military can sustain the power needed to defend our people and our country...
View from the Capitol: the passage of the Small Business Credit Availability Act This week, the U.S. House passed a bill I sponsored to help small and rural businesses obtain loans and create jobs. H.R. 3336, the Small Business Credit Availability Act, revises the Dodd-Frank Reform Act to provide smaller banks with relief from Dodd-Frank's regulations governing the banks' ability to offer low-rate fixed loans to small businesses. ...
View From the Capitol: Themes emerge from town hall meetings For the second straight week, I had the pleasure of visiting with citizens attending a series of town halls and meet & greets in counties throughout the Fourth Congressional District. Several themes and concerns were evident at each stop -- America's out-of-control spending and ever-increasing debt, high energy prices, and the negative impact of burdensome government regulations...
GOP budget plan, costs of Obamacare, support for the Mount Soledad cross This week, the House Budget Committee unveiled its proposed budget for the 2013 fiscal year. The proposal would implement comprehensive tax reform and rein in spending by cutting $5.3 trillion in spending over the next decade compared to President Obama's budget; consolidating the current six individual income tax brackets into two brackets of 10 and 25 percent; and maintaining a strong national defense by rolling back some of the $487 billion of cuts approved in last year's Budget Control Act. ...
View from the Capitol: The payroll tax reduction extension Good Day! This week your elected representatives in the House and the Senate were able to come to an agreement which extends the payroll contribution reductions through the end of the year, passed important unemployment reforms, and ensured seniors and the disabled are still able to access health care by averting a 27% cut in the reimbursement rates for doctors of Medicare. Although I had hoped for even more reforms to these vital programs, I believe that it represents a needed start...
View From the Capitol: Birth control, labor regulations controversies Good Day, This has been a big week, fighting for you -- the good people of Missouri's Fourth District -- and listening to your concerns. As always, it was a privilege to be here on your behalf, advancing your priorities, and pushing back on onerous policies and regulations that would be harmful to you. The focus of one of my biggest concerns was on an assault to our Constitutional freedoms by the Obama Administration's Health and Human Services Department (HHS)...
View From the Capitol: Meeting with constituents, voting no on Congressional pay increase This past week, I had the opportunity to meet with many of you as I traveled through the 4th District. In Pulaski County, I hosted a jobs roundtable that was attended by small businessmen and women, local elected officials, and others who want to see more jobs created locally and across our country...
View From the Capitol: Progress for bill to aid small businesses This was a great week fighting for the common sense ideas and Heartland values embraced by citizens of Missouri's Fourth Congressional District. One of the highlights was passage of a bill I sponsored on behalf of farmers, small business owners, and manufacturers in our district. ...
View From the Capitol -- Opposition to Obama debt ceiling move, Keystone pipeline decision; support for caution on SOPA Efforts to rein in runaway spending and get our economy on the right track were dealt a serious blow, this week, when President Obama was allowed to increase our national debt ceiling by $1.2 trillion. He took this unwise and irresponsible action despite the wishes of the House of Representatives which approved a resolution disapproving of the President's request for the increase. ...
ViewFrom the Capitol: Support for the Keystone pipeline project Good Day, Since I first began representing the people of Missouri's Fourth Congressional District a year ago, I have heard -- over and over -- of the need for America to become energy independent. I couldn't agree more. That is why I'm excited about a bipartisan, job-creating initiative that is awaiting presidential action. It's the Keystone XL Energy Pipeline which was first submitted for approval three years ago and now awaits President Obama's go ahead before it can get up and running...
View From the Capitol: Objecting to defense spending reduction The first full week of the year has not been a good one for America's national defense. President Obama announced a new defense strategy that House Armed Services Chairman "Buck" McKeon has appropriately described as "a lead from behind strategy for a left-behind America."...
View from the Capitol: On health care law, Protect Life Act and new bill summary As 2011 comes to a close and we move into 2012, the eyes of many Americans will soon zero in on the U.S. Supreme Court as it prepares to hold five-and-a-half hours of hearings over three days to determine the constitutionality of a number of components of the Obama health care takeover law. Among the issues to be determined by the High Court is the law's individual mandate...
On the payroll tax extension, Christmas celebrations The House came back to D.C. this Christmas week to do the people's work and ensure hardworking taxpayers are not faced with a payroll tax increase at the beginning of 2012. We did this by moving a one-year extension forward and appointing conferees to hammer out differences between the House and Senate versions of the payroll tax fix bill. ...
On the national defense bill, military equipment, middle class tax relief The House of Representatives took a critically important vote in support of America's national defense this week when it approved the National Defense Authorization Act to fund the military through the 2012 fiscal year. The legislation brings the total authorized funding for National Defense to $554 billion for the base budget and $115.5 billion for overseas contingency operations...
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Vicky Hartzler is the U.S. representative for Missouri's 4th Congressional District. She was raised on a farm in Archie, and lives with her husband, Lowell and daughter, Tiffany, on a working farm in Cass County. She is a graduate of both the University of Missouri-Columbia in 1983 and Central Missouri State University (now University of Central Missouri) in 1992, graduating summa cum laude with a B.S. in Education from MU and a M.S. in Education from Central Missouri. For more information, visit http://hartzler.house.gov.
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