WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R42037) on March 17, 2021, entitled "SBA Surety Bond Guarantee Program" by Robert Jay Dilger, American national government senior specialist: Summary The Small Business Administration's (SBA's) Surety Bond Guarantee Program is designed to increase small businesses' access to federal, state, and local government contracting, as well as private-sector contracts, by guaranteeing bid, performance, and payme  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 20 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: United States Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined local public officials, community leaders, and advocates to denounce the rise in racism and violence against America's AAPI community, and to stand in solidarity with the AAPI community of Kansas City in the wake of this week's mass shooting in the Atlanta area. "Over the past year, America's AAPI communities have been forced to   more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after voting against two immigration bills that would further expand the crisis at our southern border. "By removing critical border enforcement measures and offering amnesty to those here illegally, the Biden administration and Democrats are intensifying the border crisis and lawlessness," said Rep. Estes. "Instead of repairing a bro  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Rep. Daniel Kildee, D-Michigan, issued the following news release: Congressman Dan Kildee (MI-05), Chief Deputy Whip of the House Democratic Caucus, and Congressman Don Bacon (NE-02), Co-Chair of the Congressional Caucus on Foster Youth, have introduced new legislation, the Fostering Postsecondary Success for Foster and Homeless Youth. Earning some form of higher education is increasingly necessary to secure a well-paying job. Unfortunately, foster and homeless youth fa  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 19, 2021: The U.S. House of Representatives passed bipartisan legislation spearheaded by Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committee leaders, Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Reps. Mark Takano (D-Calif.) and Mike Bost (R-Ill.), to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to veterans and their families under the Department of   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The U.S. Senate conducted nine committee hearings on March 17, 2021: INCOME AND WEALTH INEQUALITY Committee on the Budget: Committee concluded a hearing to examine the income and wealth inequality crisis in America, after receiving testimony from Robert B. Reich, University of California Goldman School of Public Policy, Berkeley; Sarah Anderson, Institute for Policy Studies, John W. Lettieri, Economic Innovation Group, and Scott Winship, American Enterprise Institute, a  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- The Senate on March 16, 2021, published 15 executive communications involving regulations that were published in the Federal Register: EC-619. A communication from the Director of the Regulatory Management Division, Environmental Protection Agency, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Fluindapyr; Pesticide Tolerances" (FRL No. 10019- 19-OCSPP) received in the Office of the President of the Senate on March 11, 2021; to the Committee on Agriculture  more

WASHINGTON, March 20 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) led their colleagues in introducing the Protect and Serve Act, legislation that would create federal penalties for individuals who deliberately target local, state or federal law enforcement officers with violence. "There is great risk involved in being a law enforcement officer, but the additional threat of ambushes and targeted attacks   more