WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following column: Missouri schools closed last April in an effort to slow the spread of the virus and keep teachers, students and their families safe in the early days of the pandemic and the unknowns it posed. While learning from home was an acceptable alternative while we figured out how to navigate Covid-19, it created major hurdles for everyone involved. Our teachers went above and beyond to help students through a tryi  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids wrapped her week-long American Rescue Plan Tour highlighting how the American Rescue Plan is already helping Kansas. Davids visited local vaccination sites, health clinics, small businesses, and schools in her district. The American Rescue plan, which Davids voted to support, is putting shots in arms, children in schools, and people in jobs, as well as money in pockets through  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Russ Fulcher, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch, and U.S. Representatives Russ Fulcher and Mike Simpson (all R-Idaho) issued the following joint statement after the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that it would withdraw its January 24, 2020, approval of the sale of the National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) facility in Seattle: "The items at the Seattle Federal Records Center tell the gre  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) introduced the Protecting Every Student Act to change the federal government's current formula for the allocation of Covid relief education funds to a per pupil basis, ensuring fairness across all school districts. "The CDC estimates the average cost to return safely to school is approximately $442 per student nationwide. But instead of distributing funds based  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today issued the following statement after the Kansas Legislature passed a bill banning efforts to allow biological boys to compete in girls' sports: "As a doctor and a former coach, I find it un-American to allow biological boys to compete against biological girls when it comes to athletics. Growing up, sports taught me that there was a level playing fie  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) announced $2 million in funding for neutrino detector research at Wichita State University. "Wichita State University has a long history of partnering with NASA to advance national research and development goals," said U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. "Dr. Solomey's work leverag  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following op-ed to the Great Bend Tribune: * * * Kansas Needs Answers to Energy Issues After Deep Freeze U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. penned an op-ed for the Great Bend Tribune highlighting the importance of maintaining a diverse energy portfolio, as well as getting to the bottom of the possibility of bad actors making financial gains at the expense of Kansans during the deep freeze in February. Senator Marshall said in pa  more

WASHINGTON, April 10 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on April 9, 2021: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Finance Committee member Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) in leading an amicus brief, filed by the American Center for Law and Justice, in support of Ohio's lawsuit in Ohio v. Yellen, a lawsuit charging that the recently-passed American Jobs Act unlawfully restricts the states' a  more