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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Saturday April 27, 2024 ( 4 items )  

Davids Works Sanitation Collection Shift, Highlights Her Bipartisan Law to Support Women Truck Drivers
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: SHAWNEE, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids worked a "Sharice's Shift" alongside Terrell Banks, a five-year veteran with Waste Management, to collect trash at homes in Shawnee, KS. Davids highlighted her bipartisan legislation to support women truck drivers, which passed as part of the bipartisan infrastructure law. Davids was the only member of Kansas' congressional delegation to support this histo  more

Rep. Estes Named Chair of U.S. Innovation Tax Team, Member of Global Competitiveness Team
WASHINGTON, April 27 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 26, 2024: This week, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) and Tax Subcommittee Chairman Mike Kelly (R-Pennsylvania) named Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) chair of the newly formed U.S. Innovation Tax Team, one of ten working groups comprised of committee members to study key tax provisions from the 2017 Trump tax cuts that are set to expire in 2025 and to identify legislative solutions t  more

Reps. Cleaver and Graves to DOJ and BOP: Keep Robert Courtney Behind Bars
WASHINGTON, April 25 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: (Kansas City, MO) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sam Graves (R-MO) wrote Attorney General Garland and Director Colette Peters of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, urging both to keep convicted felon Robert Courtney in prison. "Robert Courtney's violent crimes were heinous," the members wrote. "To this day, it's difficult to find anyone in the region that hasn't been impacted,   more

Sen. Moran Demands Answers From Bureau of Indian Affairs Regarding Haskell University
WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: In response to an investigatory report released by a third-party government watchdog organization, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) demanded answers from the Secretary of the Department of the Interior, Deb Haaland, regarding serious allegations of wrongdoing at Haskell Indian Nations University in Lawrence, Kansas. "This report and the mismanagement it describes has reaffirmed my long-held belief that there  more