WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: One week after Representative Sharice Davids introduced bipartisan legislation to extend the deadline for small businesses to repay COVID-19 disaster loans, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) announced they will extend the deadline until 2022. Davids applauded the decision by the SBA to delay loan repayments, which will provide additional relief for businesses as the COVID-19 pandemic remains on  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and Congressman Doug LaMalfa introduced two pieces of legislation to protect children and conscience rights in response to the growing push to normalize early and aggressive medical interventions ranging from puberty-blocking drugs to surgeries for children who identify as transgender. Both the Protecting Children from Experimentation Act and the End Taxp  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Senators Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) to reintroduce the Keeping Critical Connections Act, a bipartisan bill to help small broadband providers ensure rural broadband connectivity remains available for students and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic. Senator Marshall helped lead this legislation during his time in the U.S. House of Representa  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH) and 16 of his colleagues introduced 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. The legislation is co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Thom Tillis (R-NC), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Richard Burr (R-NC), Rick Scott (R-FL),  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 16 of his colleagues reintroduced 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. The legislation is co-sponsored by U.S. Senators Rob Portman (R-OH), Jim Inhofe (R-OK), Josh Hawley (R-MO), Richard Burr (R-NC), Rick S  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following information for a hearing entitled: "The Equality Act: LGBTQ Rights are Human Rights" at 10 a.m. at Dirksen Senate Office Building Room 226: Witnesses Panel I * The Honorable Tammy Baldwin, United States Senator, State of Wisconsin * The Honorable David Cicilline, United States Representative, State of Rhode Island, 1st District * The Honorable Marie Newman, United States Representative, State of Illinois, 3rd Distr  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Marsha Blackburn, R-Tennessee, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Marsha Blackburn (R--Tenn.) joined Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) and 15 of their colleagues to reintroduce 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. "Each and every day, our brave men and women in blue put their lives on the line to prot  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 16, 2021: A resolution introduced by U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran honoring the late Father Emil Kapaun passed the Senate unanimously. You may click here to view the resolution in its entirety: https://www.marshall.senate.gov/wp-content/uploads/WIL21288.pdf "As a Kansan and fellow veteran I know well the honorable work Father Kapaun did for our troops and our great nation. I  more