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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Friday June 25, 2021 ( 3 items )  

Rep. Hartzler, Sens. Luetkemeyer, Wicker Challenge Biden Administration Over Research Using Aborted Infants
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Vicky Hartzler (R-MO), along with Senator Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (R-MO), led Members of Congress in sending a letter to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra criticizing HHS's recent decisions to discontinue the National Institutes of Health's (NIH) nonpartisan Fetal Tissue Research Ethics Advisory Board (EAB) and to restore taxpayer funding for fe  more

Rep. Long: U.S. Department of Commerce Announces $3 Million Grant for Branson Flood Wall
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Billy Long, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: The U.S. Department of Commerce announced that the Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $3 million grant to the city of Branson, Missouri for the construction of a floodwall to protect the Compton Drive Wastewater Treatment Plant. This grant was awarded in conjunction with a $6.6 million match from the State of Missouri. "I am thrilled that the EDA is investing substantial  more

Reps. Estes, Davis Reintroduce Unclaimed Savings Bond Legislation
WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 24, 2021: Yesterday Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), along with Reps. Danny Davis (D-Illinois), Darin LaHood (R-Illinois), Jackie Walorski (R-Indiana), Ann Wagner (R-Missouri), William Timmons (R-South Carolina), Ralph Norman (R-South Carolina), Ron Kind (D-Wisconsin), Bill Pascrell (D-New Jersey), Don Beyer (D-Virginia), John Larson (D-Connecticut), Jimmy Panetta (D-California) and Steven Horsford (D-Nevada),   more