Congressman Jason Smith to Present WWII Medals to Butler County Veteran

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August 29th 2018 by Dee Loflin

Poplar Bluff, Missouri - Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) will present World War II medals to Cloyd Cook, a 96-year-old WWII veteran Friday.

Mr. Cook joined the United States Army after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor and was discharged in December of 1945, but never received his medals in the haste to bring soldiers home.

Friday Congressman Jason Smith will present Mr. Cook the American Campaign Medal, the European-African-Middle Eastern Campaign Medal with 4 bronze service stars, the World War II Victory Medal, and the Honorable Service Lapel Button at the VFW Post 6477.

WHO: U.S. Representative Jason Smith (MO-08)

WHAT: Presentation of WWII Medals

WHEN: Friday, August 31st, 2018

4:30 p.m. CDT

WHERE: VFW Post 6477

415 S. Broadway

Poplar Bluff, MO 63901

Last Updated on August 29th 2018 by Dee Loflin

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EDA and Wm. Nobbe & Co. to Present Congressman Jason Smith with Legislative Leadership Award during Event at Scott City Location

August 28th 2018 by Dee Loflin

EDA and Wm. Nobbe & Co. to Present Congressman Jason Smith with Legislative Leadership Award during Event at Scott City Location

Scott City, Missouri - The Equipment Dealers Association (EDA) has rescheduled an award presentation and meet and greet with Congressman Jason Smith of Missouri for August 28, 2018. The event will be held at longtime EDA member, Wm. Nobbe & Co.’s Scott City dealership from 3:00pm-4:00pm (CST).

During the event, Tom Nobbe, owner of Wm. Nobbe & Co. and Chairman of the Equipment Dealers Foundation’s (EDF) Board of Directors and Kim Rominger, President and CEO of EDA will present Congressman Smith with EDA’s 2018 Legislative Leadership Award. The award recognizes a legislator who positively impacts how equipment dealers and their customers do business.

“It will be an honor to accept the Equipment Dealer Association’s Legislative Leadership Award at Wm. Nobbe & Co., a successful equipment dealership in southern Missouri,” said Congressman Smith. “The folks of Wm. Nobbe & Co. work with the farmers of southern Missouri every day to help them get the equipment they need to get the most out of their land and operation. While writing the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017 I fought for the entire Ag industry and small businesses everywhere who were being punished by an uncompetitive tax code, and I look forward to hearing from the workers of Wm. Nobbe & Co. as we continue our work to improve rural America.”

EDA and Wm. Nobbe & Co. cordially invite members of the press, equipment dealers, farmers, constituents and other stakeholders to join us on August 28th.

Wm. Nobbe & Co.

1400 E. Outer Rd. N.
Scott City, MO 63780

Additional information about Congressman Smith and EDA’s Legislative Leadership Award is available here.

About Us

Founded in 1900, the Equipment Dealers Association (EDA), formerly known as the North American Equipment Dealers Association, is a non-profit trade organization representing 4,500 retail dealers extensively engaged in the sale and service of agricultural, construction, industrial, forestry, outdoor power, lawn and garden, and/or turf equipment. EDA provides essential value to its members by enhancing the dealer-manufacturer relationship and advocating for a positive legislative and regulatory environment. EDA is headquartered in St. Louis, MO and is affiliated with regional associations located throughout the United States and Canada. For additional information, visit www.equipmentdealer.org.

Last Updated on August 28th 2018 by Dee Loflin

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Congressman Jason Smith's Capitol Report - A Congressional Challenge

August 20th 2018 by Dee Loflin

Congressman Smith Capitol Report

A Congressional Challenge

August 17, 2018

As summer fades and fall begins, Missourians prepare to send their children back to school or off to college. Fall brings a fresh opportunity for new starts and the chance to be a little better than last year – whether it’s in the classroom, on the sports team, or in the local community. Many students in Missouri will soon be active in school programs and their communities, but aren’t aware they could receive special recognition from Congress for their achievements and everyday activities.

The Congressional Award, created in 1979, is the highest honor Congress presents to America’s youth. The program is tailored to grow a young person’s physical, emotional, and social health and teach the values of responsibility, trust, social skills, and planning and organizational skills. Instead of a competition, the Congressional Award is an individual challenge in personal growth open to all young people 14 to 24 years old regardless of backgrounds, abilities, or even grade point averages. The program doesn’t award previous accomplishments, it challenges young people to set personally challenging future goals within four program areas: voluntary public service, personal development, physical fitness, and expedition. They develop life skills and explore new fields, guided only by their personal interests and talents. And students are free to work at their own pace as they progress through six levels of achievement – the only deadline is their 24th birthday.

Plenty of activities Missouri’s young people do every day count for the four areas of the program. Most of the activities in Boy Scouts, Girl Scouts, KEY Club, 4-H, and other programs are often eligible for the Congressional Award. Volunteering at a local fire department or animal shelter, tutoring, and working on conservation projects are all qualifying and recommended community service activities to share their time and talents for the benefit of others. Playing on team sports or individual fitness activities qualify too – as long as they set physical fitness goals to improve their quality of life. Farming, woodworking, arts and crafts, religious study, and creative writing are all examples of personal development activities where students can strengthen their abilities and learn new skills. The last field, expedition, challenges students to explore unfamiliar environments. It can be something simple, like a canoe or camping trip, or traveling to a new town or historical park and learning the local history, as long as the young person is expanding their horizons.

Currently 50,000 young people nationwide have enrolled in the Congressional Award program. Since the award’s creation, participating individuals have contributed 8.5 million hours of public service and created a lasting impact in their communities. The Congressional Award is a great way to bolster college applications, resumes, and extra-curricular activities. In the long run it instills goal-setting habits, employment skills, civic engagement, and personal exploration in America’s youth. Gold Medal recipients are invited to an award presentation every summer in Washington, D.C., but I also hold award presentations for winners here in southern Missouri.

For more activity ideas and information about the Congressional Award, please visit www.CongressionalAward.gov. If I or my office can help you through the process in any way, give me a call. You can find my closest office location and phone numbers at www.JasonSmith.House.gov.

Last Updated on August 20th 2018 by Dee Loflin

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Congressman Jason Smith Visits Moreland Mule Farm in Dexter

August 16th 2018 by Dee Loflin

Dexter, Missouri - Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) visited Moreland’s Mules in Stoddard County Friday.

Congressman Smith discussed the unique challenges facing farmers and ranchers all across southern Missouri.

Dale Moreland, a retired Sergeant of the Missouri State Highway Patrol, provided a tour of his farm and presented the unique challenges of raising draft mules for competitions and shows. Mr. Moreland has been showing mules since 1987 and won Grand Champion Mule at the 2017 Missouri State Fair.

It's not every day you get to drive a mule, let alone a Missouri State Fair champion! I appreciate Dale and Carol Moreland sharing with me what sets Moreland's Mules apart and taking me for a ride on their mules Tom and Jerry.

Congressman Smith even got a chance to handle the reins and drive the mule team down a county road.

Last Updated on August 16th 2018 by Dee Loflin

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Congressman Jason Smith's Capitol Report - Freedom of Faith

August 10th 2018 by Dee Loflin

Congressman Smith Capitol Report

Freedom of Faith

August 3, 2018

America, in her earliest days, was founded as a safe haven for religious people. After our founding fathers fought a revolution and established this liberty, many Europeans fled persecution of their faiths and suffered a long, perilous pilgrimage to America to find free land. A land of people united in establishing a country unlike any other seen before, a union of free states governed by people with the freedom to live according to their own individual conscience and religious beliefs.

Religious liberty is easily taken for granted in the United States, where we are separated from hundreds of years of religious persecution on the other side of the world. Today millions of Christians still face exile, prison, torture, or worse simply for practicing their faith. ISIS regularly kills people who practice other religions and kidnaps and beheads Christians. In Africa, Boko Haram is holding hostage Leah Sharibu, a 15-year-old Christian girl kidnapped from Nigeria who refuses to denounce her faith. Iran has raided several house churches and sentenced 52 people who have converted religions to long prison sentences. And Turkish officials have been holding American pastor Andrew Brunson hostage since October 2016.

President Trump is taking important steps to guarantee religious protections within U.S. borders. President Trump’s administration established the Religious Liberty Task Force this week and has issued executive orders to federal agencies making clear that “Americans do not give up their freedom of religion by participating in the marketplace or interacting with government.” When our founding fathers established freedom of religion, it wasn’t just freedom of worship. My father was a preacher, I know that true religious liberty isn’t just choosing where you can gather and worship with like-minded people, it’s the ability to live out your faith in all aspects of your life.

“Nothing is more dreaded than the national government meddling with faith,” wrote John Adams in 1812, but unfortunately today there are many who want the federal government to force religious people into actions against their consciences and their beliefs. Two states are now suing the Little Sisters of the Poor, an Order of Catholic nuns devoted to caring for the elderly and sick, to force them to provide contraceptives under Obamacare. And it’s not just the nuns they’re after – organizations are suing to prohibit any religious expression on the graves of the soldiers who died for our freedoms.

The 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled in a troubling split decision that the Peace Cross, a 90-year-old memorial in Maryland dedicated to soldiers who gave their lives for the United States in World War I, was unconstitutional. The court applied a broad definition of “inherently religious” symbols, even though the American Legion funded and built the memorial which was specifically designed to symbolize the soldier's grave markers at their final resting place on foreign soil. This decision is troubling because it could undermine freedom of religion in the entire country. It could lead to the federal government taking down many federal monuments and historical places that use a cross or other “inherently religious” symbols, including at Arlington National Cemetery. I filed a judicial brief with Senator Ted Cruz and Representative Steve Scalise, arguing the Supreme Court should side with the American Legion and preserve the memory of fallen soldiers and their religious faith. In America we cherish the right to live your religion freely, and the federal government should not rob the soldiers who died for our freedoms and their loved ones their last expression of faith.

As a member of the House Ways and Means Committee, I am ensuring the U.S. tax code does not discriminate against people of faith. I’ve written legislation barring the government from forcing religious organizations to pay for services against their religion, and I’ve coauthored a bill that guarantees religious people who participate in health care sharing ministries will receive the same tax deductions available to others. Whether it’s guaranteeing religious organizations who provide adoption services can continue to do so within their beliefs or making sure the tax code is fair to people of all faiths, I will continue to support legislation that protects our individual freedom of faith.

Religious liberty means more than the freedom to worship where you want, our founding fathers intended it to mean the freedom to practice and live out your faith in all aspects of your life. President Trump and I share the view that when the federal government forces people to purchase or do things against their religion, it is a violation of our founding fathers’ intentions and the freedom our country was founded on. Defending our ‘first freedom’ against liberal organizations pushing the government to interject into religion will preserve America as a land where people can freely live their faiths.

Last Updated on August 10th 2018 by Dee Loflin

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