Over the latest Congressional work period, I conducted a 20 county, 2,000 mile listening tour, traveling from eastern Kansas to counties on the Colorado and Nebraska borders and back again. I spoke to farmers and ranchers, took part in a technical broadband summit, toured hospitals, met with students, visited a major oil fracking site, and held numerous town hall meetings.One thing has been constant no matter where I am in the state: there is a disturbing and palpable fear that our country is on the wrong track, and that the country we honor and cherish so deeply will not be the same America for future generations. The single biggest topic that is causing the most frustration and anger among Kansas citizens is the continuing and ever-increasing government regulations.As one manufacturer I met with said, “We are not being governed.