Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Congressman Mark Alford’s (MO-04) H.R. 5764, the AI for Main Street Act. This bipartisan bill directs the Small Business Administration (SBA)’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) to help small businesses evaluate and adopt artificial intelligence (AI) by providing guidance, training, and outreach. It builds on existing efforts like America’s ... Read More »
Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) sent a letter to Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Acting Director Todd Lyons. Congressman Alford is urging ICE to consider sites in Cass County for the proposed Kansas City-area detention and processing facility. Following Kansas City’s misguided moratorium on non-municipal detention facilities, Alford cites Cass County’s proximity major transportati... Read More »
Today, Congressman Mark Alford announced Community Project Funding (CPF) Workshops across Missouri’s Fourth Congressional District. These staff-led workshops will help eligible entities better understand the CPF application, approval, and disbursement process. Community Project Funding is a way for Members of Congress to direct federal money to specific local projects in their districts as part of... Read More »
Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 7006, the Financial Services and General Government and National Security, Department of State, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2026. Watch Congressman Alford’s remarks on the House floor in support of H.R. 7006 here or by clicking the image above. “With this latest go... Read More »
Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 6938, the Commerce, Justice, Science; Energy and Water Development; and Interior and Environment Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2026. “By advancing this three-bill government funding package, House Republicans are on track to complete all 12 appropriations bills for fiscal ... Read More »
Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) introduced the Beginning Farmer Tax Incentive Act. This critical legislation will increase new farmers’ access to land by incentivizing retiring farmers to sell their arable land to the next generation of agricultural producers. “America is losing one thousand farms a month. To reverse this alarming trend and protect our food security, we must help the next g... Read More »
Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) led a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel urging a federal investigation into reports of illegal aliens being employed to collect signatures for Missouri ballot initiatives, which was first uncovered by Missouri Attorney General Catherine Hanaway. The letter was also signed by Reps. Ann Wagner (MO-02) an... Read More »
Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed S. 1071, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (FY26 NDAA). “We stand tall with America’s brave servicemembers — and now we’re delivering for them,” said Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04). “By passing the 2026 National Defense Authorization Act, we are giving our... Read More »
On Monday, December 8th, 2025, the following Op-Ed written by Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) was published in the Daily Caller. “If the American experiment is to survive, we must wake up to the rapidly escalating threat of radical Islam here at home. After an era of open borders and the left’s continued efforts to stifle reasonable debate about the effects of third world immigration, America grap... Read More »
Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) issued the following statement in response to the Trump Administration announcing $12 billion in financial aid to American farmers. This follows a letter from Congressman Alford to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins and Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent urging the Administration to urgently provide direct financial assistance to agricultural producers. “We s... Read More »
Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) sent a letter to Attorney General Pam Bondi and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel. Congressman Alford is demanding a federal investigation into the rise in antisemitism in the United States, as well as potential coordination between domestic Islamic religious institutions and designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations. This letter come... Read More »
Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) sent a letter to President Donald J. Trump urging him to retain Kansas City as a 2026 World Cup host site. This follows President Trump’s announcement that his administration is reconsidering host cities with crime problems, which local leaders have allowed to fester in Kansas City for far too long. Despite rampant violent crime in Kansas City, Congressman Alford ci... Read More »
Today, the House Small Business Committee passed Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee Chairman Mark Alford’s H.R. 5764, the AI for Main Street Act with unanimous support. This bipartisan bill directs the Small Business Administration’s Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) to help small businesses evaluate and adopt artificial intelligence (AI) by providing guidance, traini... Read More »
Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) issued the following statement after voting to release the files related to Jeffrey Epstein and his alleged associates: “On my last day as a television news anchor and from the very beginning of the Epstein Files saga, I’ve said the only thing that matters is the truth. Time and again, I have advocated for any files in the Justice Department’s possession to be respo... Read More »
Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) sent a letter to the Treasury Department’s Office of Investment Security, which oversees the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS). Congressman Alford is raising serious concerns after reports alleging Chinese Communist Party-linked shell companies purchased a trailer park adjacent to Whiteman Air Force Base. Whiteman Air Force Base is ... Read More »