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Washington, D.C. – Congressman Tom Emmer’s (MN-06) legislation the Financial Stability Oversight Council Reform Act was his first to pass out of the House of Representatives today with a bipartisan vote of 239-179. The Financial Stability Oversight Council, H.R.

Otsego, MN – Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) today announced the launch of the first ever Young Women Leadership Program for Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District which will begin during the summer of 2016.

Washington, D.C. - Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) today introduced the Micro Offering Safe Harbor Act which will help small businesses raise capital.

This legislation makes a simple technical amendment to the Securities Act of 1933 by defining exactly what qualifies under the “non-public offering” exemption. This would allow small businesses to operate with confidence that they are not in violation of the law when doing a non-public securities offering if one or more of the following requirements are met:

Otsego, MN – Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) today announced the launch of his mobile office hours. Staff will be travelling throughout Minnesota’s Sixth Congressional District every week to meet with constituents and help with any issues they may be having.

“I am a firm believer that the main role of a Member of Congress is constituent service,” said Emmer. “Since I took office this is something I have worked hard to implement. Through these mobile office hours, our goal is to make ourselves more available so we come to you instead of you coming to us.”

Alexander Hendrie, Americans for Tax Reform 

Earlier this week, Congressman Tom Emmer (R-MN) introduced H.R. 4518, the Corporate Rate Equality and Trade Empowerment (CREATE) Jobs Act. This innovative legislation will reform the corporate tax rate and allow the U.S. to better compete in the global economy. ATR urges all members of Congress to support and co-sponsor Rep. Emmer’s bill.

By David Allen, The Daily Signal

In his budget released earlier this month, President Barack Obama took some time to boast about his economic record, saying that “we rescued our economy from the depths of the recession … [a]nd today, our economy is the strongest, most durable on Earth.”

Unfortunately, he left out one slight caveat—America’s “recovery” under Obama, by almost any metric used, has been the weakest in over 50 years.

Washington, D. C. – Yesterday, Congressman Tom Emmer (MN-06) introduced the Corporate Rate Equality and Trade Empowerment (CREATE) Jobs Act to make the United States corporate income tax rates internationally competitive.

At 39 percent, the United States has the highest corporate income tax rate in the developed world. Conversely, our international competitors based in countries like China, Canada, Ireland, and the United Kingdom benefit from lower corporate rates.  

Washington, D.C. – Yesterday, Congressman Tom Emmer introduced H.R. 4425 to commemorate the late Minnesota Congressman Eugene McCarthy by designating the post office at St. John’s University - where he attended and taught – in his honor. St.