WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fulfilled Representative Sharice Davids' request by issuing a national emergency fuel waiver to allow the sale of E15 - a fuel blended with 10.5 to 15 percent ethanol - during the 2024 summer season in Kansas. Because ethanol is produced domestically from local products and at a cheaper rate than unblended, unleaded gasoline, this action will lower the cost   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The House Agriculture Committee issued the following testimony by Rep. Mike Gallagher, R-Wisconin, chairman of the Select Committee on the Chinese Communist Party, involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "The Danger China Poses to American Agriculture": * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Scott, Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to address the Committee on the threat posed by the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the Chinese Communis  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, issued the following news release: Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Ranking Member of the Subcommittee on the Constitution, and Mazie Hirono (D-Hawaii) celebrated the Senate passage of their bipartisan and bicameral Federal Judiciary Stabilization Act by unanimous consent. Their bill would transition ten temporary federal judgeships to permanent status in order to maintain the current level of access to the fe  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following testimony by Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman involving a hearing on March 20, 2024, entitled "Oversight of the U.S. Small Business Administration and Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Proposal": * * * Chair Shaheen, Ranking Member Ernst, and distinguished members of the committee, I appreciate the opportunity to join you today to discuss the U.S. Small Bus  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) - vice chair and chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science - introduced a bipartisan resolution to designate May 3, 2024, as National Space Day. This resolution recognizes the significant impact the space and aerospace community has and will continue to have on the United States. "Space innovation and exploration   more