Category: Senator Holly Rehder

The Greatest Gift Christmas is upon us, and there are so many things to do. Between decorating, baking, shopping for gifts (not to mention wrapping

Traditions of Thanksgiving Of all the holidays we celebrate each year, Thanksgiving is my favorite. I love the fact that we don’t focus on giving

Up to You, Not the Government Over the past several weeks, we’ve heard a lot of talk coming out Washington, D.C., regarding the COVID-19 pandemic.

We Will Never Forget I’ll never forget the elevator doors opening the morning of Sept. 11, 2001, and my colleague greeting me with “Have you

No Tax Dollars For Abortion The Federal Reimbursement Allowance (FRA) is a little-known, but incredibly important part of Missouri’ state budget. Last year, more than

A Labor of Love The 2021 legislative session has come to a close and the General Assembly has adjourned. It’s been an amazing four-and-half months.

Protection Orders Bill Passes It was a crazy busy week in the Missouri Senate this week. With the deadline for finishing the budget looming and

Four Things, Two Weeks With only two weeks left in the 2021 session, I believe what looked like a log jam of legislation between the

Scrambling Toward the End It’s hard to believe, but the 2021 legislative session is nearing the end. We only have three weeks left before we

Honoring Rush We had another busy week at the Missouri State Capitol, with a couple of late night sessions. One day’s session lasted well past

Moving Critical Legislation This week I was honored to shepherd an important House bill relating to tax credits for adoptions, domestic violence shelters and maternity

A Tool to Fight Drug Abuse For eight years as a member of the House of Representatives, I fought to enact a prescription drug monitoring

Protecting Our Kids (and our rights) With less than eight weeks remaining in the 2021 legislative session, every lawmaker is scrambling to get their proposals

Mid-term Reflections The First Regular Session of the 101st General Assembly has reached the halfway point. The Legislature will take a one-week spring recess and

Ending ‘Us vs. Them’ in Education This past Tuesday the Missouri Senate spent more than 12 hours debating an education reform bill before setting the

Remembering Rush The Missouri Senate was not in session this past week due to weather. With temperatures in the single digits and below, and a

Fixing Medicaid Among the many new experiences I’ve had since coming to the Senate has been an increased focus on health care issues. As a

A Week of Milestones As I think back on this week in the Missouri Senate, two remarkable milestones stand out in my mind. My greatest

Moving Priorities Forward The fourth week of the 2021 legislative session included a number of highlights for me personally, but these moments occurred in the

Tackling Priority Legislation The 101st General Assembly began its third week with only the Senate being in session. With the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday

Blessings and Opportunities The second week of the 2021 legislative session began with the governor’s inauguration ceremony on the south lawn of the State Capitol.

The People Are My Priority In southeast Missouri, we’re used to traveling long distances before we reach a destination, but that was hardly the case