Category: News from Dana for District 4

Another week in Washington—and another round of votes that hurt the families who feed America.

The man sitting in Missouri’s 4th District seat wasn’t born here. He wasn’t raised here. He built his career in city newsrooms and now lives in suburban Lake Winnebago, far from any soybean field or cattle ranch. And every time he votes, that becomes painfully clear.

Here’s what he supported this week:

🎯 H.R. 4016 — Defense Spending Over Everything
He voted YES to give over $831 billion to the Pentagon—while family farms struggle, rural clinics close, and roads crumble across our counties. That money could have built broadband. Could have supported ag tech. Could have kept our hospitals staffed. But no—it went to war machines and defense contractors.

🎯 H.R. 3351 — Big Business Wrapped in “Small Business” Packaging
This bill claims to help small businesses, but the fine print gives a leg up to chain franchises and financial giants. It won’t help the feed store in Cole Camp or the mechanic in Warsaw. It helps the banks, not the barn.

🎯 H.R. 3095 — ZIP Code Nonsense Instead of Real Help
Rural families need mail service, not ZIP code reshuffles. This does nothing to help delivery delays, carrier shortages, or crumbling post offices across rural Missouri. Just another distraction from real problems.

🎯 H.R. 1919 — Blocking Innovation in Rural Finance
This vote stops modernization of digital payments—tools that could help farmers sell direct, access credit, and grow their markets. It’s all fear-mongering and no solutions.

🎯 H.Res. 590 — Budget Tricks That Cut Us Out
This procedural vote paves the way for budget rescissions. Translation: less funding for education, rural health clinics, and agricultural research. It’s a backdoor way to shortchange us again.

And here’s the truth:

He didn’t grow up working the land.
He’s never pulled a calf, hauled hay, or stood at a kitchen table balancing feed bills.
He’s not from here—and he doesn’t vote like he understands those of us who are.

I was raised in Missouri’s heartland. I worked with farm families across the state. I know what matters to us—and it’s not lobbyist-driven votes and suburban priorities.

We need a representative who fights for farm families, not big donors.
Who understands rural life because they’ve lived it.
And who’s ready to make Washington work for us—not the other way around.

Source Links:
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025214
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025213
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025212
https://clerk.house.gov/Votes/2025203
https://alford.house.gov/voterecord/
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_Alford
https://www.whitehouse.gov/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/SAP-HR1919.pdf