WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement as part of a remote hearing entitled "21st Century Communities: Capitalizing on Opportunities in the Clean Energy Economy" on April 22, 2021: * * * First, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the verdict in Minnesota Tuesday, and the tragic shooting that same day, in Columbus in my state. While Tuesday's guilty verdict was the right   more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-21-227) entitled "Veterans Affairs: Ongoing Financial Management System Modernization Program Would Benefit from Improved Cost and Schedule Estimating". The report was sent to Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Rep. Chris Pappas, D-New Hampshire, chairman, Rep. Chuck Fleischmann, R-Tennessee, ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee on Oversi  more

WASHINGTON, April 22 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Water Resources and Environment issued the following testimony by Kim Colson, director of North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Water Infrastructure, on behalf of the Council of Infrastructure Financing Authorities, as part of a hybrid hearing entitled "Sustainable Wastewater Infrastructure: Measures to Promote Resiliency and Climate Adaptation and Mitigation" on April 21, 2021: * * *   more

WICHITA, Kansas, April 23 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) announced the winners of this year's Congressional Art Competition Saturday, April 17, during a reception and awards program at Mark Arts in Wichita. Each year, the U.S. House of Representatives hosts An Artistic Discovery: Congressional Art Competition for High School Students, which takes place in each congressional district with each first-place winner having their artwo  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Raul M. Grijalva, D-Arizona, chairman of the House Natural Resources Committee, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: Chair Raul M. Grijalva (D-Ariz.) today wrote to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland urging her to return Bureau of Land Management (BLM) headquarters to Washington, D.C., from Grand Junction, Colo., where former BLM Director William Perry Pendley moved it during the Trump administration as part of a largely successful effort to undermine st  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and over 25 members of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) slammed President Biden for pledging to shackle the United States to a new sweeping and unattainable Paris Agreement commitment that will destroy thousands of energy jobs and devastate American workers. Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.): "President Biden already vowed to reverse  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Rep. Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: House Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.) and over 25 members of the House Energy Action Team (HEAT) slammed President Biden for pledging to shackle the United States to a new sweeping and unattainable Paris Agreement commitment that will destroy thousands of energy jobs and devastate American workers. Republican Whip Steve Scalise (R-La.): "President Biden already vowed to reverse A  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement on April 22, 2021, at a hearing entitled "21st Century Communities: Capitalizing on Opportunities in the Clean Energy Economy": * * * First, I want to take a moment to acknowledge the verdict in Minnesota Tuesday, and the tragic shooting that same day, in Columbus in my state. While Tuesday's guilty verdict was the right one, we cannot  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today announced USDA is investing $615,000 in the state of Kansas through a grant to increase American ethanol and biodiesel availability. These funds were made available to 24-7 Travel Stores through the Higher Blends Infrastructure Incentive Program (HBIIP). "Strong ethanol and biofuel industries increase marketing options for farmers and provide consu  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall took further action on his efforts to ensure farmers, ranchers, and self-employed Americans receive much needed relief through changes to the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP). The bipartisan PPP Flexibility for Farmers, Ranchers, and the Self-Employed Act, which Senator Marshall worked on with Small Business Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (MD) includes Marshall's provisions and   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today introduced a bill to make Washington, D.C. part of Maryland in response to Democrats' power grab efforts to grant D.C. statehood. Following introduction, Senator Marshall issued this statement: "Three months into the 117th Congress, it appears Democrats are determined to rush through power grab after power grab. Their latest effort to grant D.C. st  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) spoke on the Senator floor in opposition to Senate Democrats' legislation that would immediately expand the U.S. Supreme Court to 13 justices. "This is a transparent and foolish ploy for power that would undermine trust in the fair application of the law and delegitimize the highest court in the land," said Sen. Moran. "Rather than working across the aisle, Senate Democrats   more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism issued the following testimony by Rafael A. Mangual, senior fellow and deputy director for legal policy and contributing editor at the City Journal of Manhattan Institute for Policy Research, at a hearing entitled "Behavioral Health and Policing: Interactions and Solutions": * * * It is an honor and a privilege to address this body on an issue that is among the most important public policy debate  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Senate on April 21, 2021, published 58 executive communications involving regulations that were published in the Federal Register: EC-766. A communication from the Management and Program Analyst, Federal Aviation Administration, Department of Transportation, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Airworthiness Directives; Leonardo S.p.a. Helicopters; Amendment 39-0649" ((RIN2120-AA64) (Docket No. FAA-2020-0649)) received in the Office of the Pr  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Zoe Lipman, director of manufacturing and advanced transportation at the BlueGreen Alliance, as part of a remote hearing entitled "21st Century Communities: Capitalizing on Opportunities in the Clean Energy Economy" on April 22, 2021: * * * My name is Zoe Lipman and I am the Director of Manufacturing and Advanced Transportation at the BlueGreen Alliance, a national partnership of l  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: To better protect communities nationwide from the coronavirus, Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) are leading a bipartisan public service announcement (PSA) encouraging veterans and their families to get vaccinated. Sens. Moran and Tester teamed up with committee members and Vetera  more

WASHINGTON, April 23 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 22, 2021: The U.S. Senate passed Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Richard Blumenthal's (D-Conn.) legislation, the Khalid Jabara and Heather Heyer National Opposition to Hate, Assault, and Threats to Equality Act (Jabara-Heyer NO HATE Act), which was included as an amendment to the COVID-19 Hate Crimes Act. "Collecting information on hate crimes across the country will help us better understand the d  more