WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following column: Here in Missouri, we are fortunate to be surrounded by natural beauty. While we were just reminded that we're still in the season of going from spring to snow and back to 70-degree days in a week, we will soon be able to take full advantage of spring here in our state. This is National Park Week and the 100th Anniversary of the National Park Service, making it a great time to plan your next outing to explo  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 23, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids will host a Facebook Live webinar on the Restaurant Revitalization Fund. Michael L. Barrera, District Director for the U.S. Small Business Administration in Kansas City, will join Davids to provide information on the program and walk through how local restaurants can apply. The virtual event will be hosted on Davids' Facebook Page today, April 23 at 10:15am   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Rep. Peter A. DeFazio, D-Oregon, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement: * * * Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) issued the following statement after Canadian Pacific (CP) and Canadian National (CN) both made separate multi-billion dollar offers to buy Kansas City Southern (KCS), sparking a bidding war for the railroad and threatening to usher in a new round of cons  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 23, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today announced the Department of the Interior's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has awarded Ducks Unlimited with a $2 million grant and $2.03 million match in funding to conserve bird populations and wetlands in Kansas. "Kansas has some of the most magnificent wildlife and wetlands in the country, and conservation efforts must be a priority in our great   more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 23, 2021: President Joe Biden signed into law U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D.'s bipartisan legislation to help lower prescription drug prices. The Ensuring Innovation Act, was introduced alongside Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Tina Smith (D-MN) and will provide clarity for drug exclusivity to prevent awarding market exclusivity to products that do not represent true innovation and undul  more

WASHINGTON, April 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - the lead Republican on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - joined Sens. Gary Peters (D-Mich.), James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) in introducing legislation to help members of the Reserve and National Guard to receive the benefits they have earned following their retirement or completion of  more