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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-MO-07) today applauded the U.S. Department of Energy’s (DOE) launch of President Trump’s Nuclear Reactor Pilot Program, which will fast-track deployment of advanced nuclear technologies and strengthen America’s energy leadership.
The assassination of President John F. Kennedy remains one of the most defining moments in our nation’s history. Recent disclosures by the Central Intelligence Agency related to that tragic event raise disturbing questions that demand serious, bipartisan scrutiny—not more delay, not more obfuscation, and certainly not more secrecy. The American people deserve the truth.
During a press conference last week in the Oval Office, a reporter asked President Trump how it’s possible that we know more about a couple from a Coldplay concert just hours after their extramarital affair was exposed on social media than we do about Thomas Crooks more than a year after he came wit
After years of unchecked spending and the relentless expansion of a bloated administrative state that demands ever-increasing amounts of power and resources, the American taxpayer has been relegated to an afterthought in Washington’s priorities.
For more than a century, one trend has defined American politics: the relentless expansion of federal power. The Founders built a limited framework of law and order to protect liberty and promote a flourishing society. That framework has morphed into a sprawling leviathan that reaches into nearly every aspect of American life. Each crisis, often of the government’s own making, brings the same answer: more bureaucracy, more spending, more control.
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Eric Burlison (MO-07) praised the inclusion of major conservative reforms in President Donald Trump’s One Big Beautiful Bill Act. The legislation includes provisions that reflect key priorities from Burlison’s Ending the Cycle of Dependency Act and UNPLUG EVs Act.
“This bill is a victory for the American people,” said Rep. Burlison. “We are restoring work as the foundation of public assistance and ending taxpayer handouts that prop up failed climate schemes.”
Washington, D.C. – Congressman Eric Burlison (MO-07) reintroduced the Freights First Act, legislation to reduce rail congestion near critical supply-chain hubs by prioritizing freight movement over passenger service within key logistics corridors.
Currently, under federal law (49 U.S.C. § 24308(c)), Amtrak enjoys statutory preference over freight railroads on shared tracks. This rule often creates unnecessary bottlenecks near ports and major rail yards.