WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The House Natural Resources Subcommittee on Energy and Mineral Resources issued the following testimony by Susan Kozak, director at Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship's Division of Soil Conservation and Water Quality, on behalf the National Association of Abandoned Mine Land Programs, as part of a virtual hearing entitled "Restoring Abandoned Mine Lands, Local Economies, and the Environment" on March 18, 2021: * * * My name is Susan Kozak and I serve as  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids voted yesterday to pass H.R. 1620, a bipartisan, long-term Violence Against Women Act reauthorization. The critical reauthorization will safeguard and further strengthen the life-saving protections in the Violence Against Women Act of 1994 for women in Kansas and across the country. "The Violence Against Women Act has stood as a pillar of our mission to end   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. announced a $300,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Office of Rural Development to the City of Miltonvale. This funding will allow the community to address significant infrastructure issues through a preliminary engineering study of the city's wastewater collection system and treatment facility. "Many rural communities have outdated wate  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall announced the U.S. Department of Transportation's (DOT) selection of SkyWest Airlines, Inc. to provide Essential Air Service (EAS) to the Hays, Kansas community through July 31, 2024. SkyWest will provide 12 weekly nonstop round trips to Denver International Airport (DEN) with the annual DOT subsidy of $3,642,585. "Consistent and reliable air service is vital to the economic su  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. voted against President Joe Biden's pick to be Secretary of U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), Xavier Becerra, primarily based on his lack of healthcare experience and his extreme pro-abortion stance. Following the vote, Senator Marshall issued this statement: "President Biden's nomination of Xavier Becerra, an individual with no public   more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. questioned Dr. Anthony Fauci about the health crisis at the Southern Border during a Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions hearing. Dr. Fauci - the nation's top infectious disease doctor - was unable to answer the question and in fact, readily admitted that he is "not really very deeply familiar with the details of what's going on at t  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Amid the rapidly escalating crisis along the southern border, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined 40 Republican senators in sending a letter to GAO Comptroller Gene L. Dodaro highlighting President Joe Biden's suspension of border wall funding and construction without lawful justification, as required by the Impoundment Control Act. "On January 20th, in one of the first official acts of his presidenc  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following floor statement on March 18, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) spoke on the Senate floor yesterday in opposition to H.R. 5, the Equality Act. "It is not an exaggeration to say the five lines related to Religious Freedom Restoration Act in this bill represent one of the most dramatic assaults against religious faith and conscience that I have seen in my time in Congress," said Sen. Moran. "The effects will be  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2021: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to veterans and their families under the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The senators' legislation would a  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee issued the following testimony by Justin Forde, senior director of government relations at Midcontinent Communications, at a hearing entitled "Recent Federal Actions to Expand Broadband: Are We Making Progress?" on March 17, 2021: * * * Thank you for inviting me here to discuss Midco's experience with federal broadband funding programs. My name is Justin Forde, and I am the Senior Director of Government Relations  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Edith Guffey, board member at Parents, Families and Friends of Lesbians and Gays, and minister of the Kansas-Oklahoma Conference of the United Church of Christ, at a hearing entitled "The Equality Act: LGBTQ Rights are Human Rights" on March 17, 2021: * * * Thank you, Chairman Durbin, Ranking Member Grassley, Members of the Committee. Thank you for the opportunity to speak today for so many who are dependi  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- The Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee issued the following testimony by Lisa Mensah, president and CEO of Opportunity Finance Network, as part of a hybrid hearing entitled "The Paycheck Protection Program: Performance, Impact, and Next Steps" on March 17, 2021: * * * My name is Lisa Mensah, President and CEO of the Opportunity Finance Network (OFN). I am pleased to be here today to testify about why community development financial institutions (CDFIs)  more

WASHINGTON, March 19 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 18, 2021: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran sent a letter to the Office of Management and Budget calling on them to reconsider their plans to change Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area definitions from 50k to 100k. This change would significantly impact Lawrence as a Metropolitan Statistical Area and in turn disqualify the city from receiving vital federal funding for pr  more