Sep 30, 2026 · 13 min · 8 segments
West-central Missouri Congressman Mark Alford (R-Raymore) traveled to Ukraine recently. He serves on the U.S. House Appropriations Committee's national security, state, and related programs…
Mark AlfordGuestRandy ToblerHostWake Up Missouri Co-HostHostJennifer BukowskyHostHave you resolved the dual identities you were back and forth over the last few weeks, Aaron, in all the redistricting? I've got
a little... hey first off guys good to talk with you jen hope you're doing well listen yeah i've got a little whiplash uh there are 1.2 million missouri voters who also have whiplash who voted in the primary for the candidate they wanted to see in these new congressional districts of missouri first map who've now been disenfranchised thanks to the missouri supreme court and uh folks at the u.s supreme court who ended up not really even deciding the constitutionality of what the missouri first map is all about and that is that the state legislature should determine the time place and manner of elections and uh that never got resolved i think that was a disservice but here we are we're back to the original uh 2022 maps and we'll uh have boone county and I'm headed this morning to University of Central Missouri in the Warrensburg area.
But now we'll be back on base there and trying to make sure the transition to the B-21 program and the new fire mission that's going to replace the A-10 gets complete.
And so, long story short, yeah, a little whiplash, but we are out campaigning, putting up signs in five counties now that previously we were not in.
What did you see on that recent trip that changed or reinforced your view of U.S. support?
Yeah, I went, you know, I'm on the Appropriations Committee now, and we get to do a lot of travel, seeing where our taxpayer dollars are going.
When we got into Ukraine, they took us in armored car, two and a half hour ride over to Odessa.
The Ukrainians are quite... creative in their drone capabilities and we are actually learning some things from them the problem now is are the russian china drones that have come in on the russian side and they are jet powered drones that fly more than 300 miles an hour and we have unless you send a f-16 up with some anti-missile capabilities there's really nothing to deter those so that's what they're working on now the people there are want this war to be over but they don't want Putin to walk away a winner.
He cannot continue his illicit march across Europe, which many fear that he will.
Have you resolved the dual identities you were back and forth over the last few weeks, Aaron, in all the redistricting? I've got
a little... hey first off guys good to talk with you jen hope you're doing well listen yeah i've got a little whiplash uh there are 1.2 million missouri voters who also have whiplash who voted in the primary for the candidate they wanted to see in these new congressional districts of missouri first map who've now been disenfranchised thanks to the missouri supreme court and uh folks at the u.s supreme court who ended up not really even deciding the constitutionality of what the missouri first map is all about and that is that the state legislature should determine the time place and manner of elections and uh that never got resolved i think that was a disservice but here we are we're back to the original uh 2022 maps and we'll uh have boone county and I'm headed this morning to University of Central Missouri in the Warrensburg area.
But now we'll be back on base there and trying to make sure the transition to the B-21 program and the new fire mission that's going to replace the A-10 gets complete.
And so, long story short, yeah, a little whiplash, but we are out campaigning, putting up signs in five counties now that previously we were not in.
What did you see on that recent trip that changed or reinforced your view of U.S. support?
Yeah, I went, you know, I'm on the Appropriations Committee now, and we get to do a lot of travel, seeing where our taxpayer dollars are going.
When we got into Ukraine, they took us in armored car, two and a half hour ride over to Odessa.
The Ukrainians are quite... creative in their drone capabilities and we are actually learning some things from them the problem now is are the russian china drones that have come in on the russian side and they are jet powered drones that fly more than 300 miles an hour and we have unless you send a f-16 up with some anti-missile capabilities there's really nothing to deter those so that's what they're working on now the people there are want this war to be over but they don't want Putin to walk away a winner.
He cannot continue his illicit march across Europe, which many fear that he will.
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