WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids used her first House Small Business hearing as Chair of the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access to highlight issues facing small manufacturers in the Kansas City area. She was joined by hearing witnesses Claudio Dente, President of Dentec Safety Specialists in Lenexa, Wes Hampp, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Holleway Capital Partners, in Overland Park,  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Representative Jake LaTurner released the following statement in response to President Biden's address to a Joint Session of Congress: "President Biden's speech was disconnected from reality. He spoke about once-in-a-generation chances to reshape American society in his progressive worldview. "Yet, he glossed over the trillions in wasteful government spending being proposed. That borrowed taxpaye  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on April 29, 2021: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas), along with Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky), today led a group of 19 senators in a letter to Jeffrey Bezos questioning why Created Equal: Clarence Thomas in His Own Words, a documentary about the life of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas, was removed from Amazon's streaming service. The film's removal came during Black History Month.   more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Marshall issued the following statement praising Kansas farmers and ranchers' strong conservation practices to protect wildlife habitats: "Farmers and ranchers are the original conservationists and are dedicated to leaving their land cleaner, healthier, and safer for the next generation. They take it upon themselves to adopt conservation practices to protect wildlife, especially the most vuln  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 29, 2021: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today reintroduced the Consumer Data Privacy and Security Act to strengthen the laws that govern consumers' personal data and create clear standards and regulations for American businesses that collect, process and use consumers' personally identifiable data. "More and more Americans are recognizing the need for a clear federal standard for data privacy tha  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Charles W. Calomiris, Henry Kaufman professor of financial institutions at Columbia University, as part of a remote hearing entitled "The Reemergence of Rent-a-Bank?" on April 28, 2021: * * * It is a pleasure to be with you today to discuss the economic benefits that arise from allowing financial institutions of various kinds to partner with each other in providing lending services  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) and U.S. Representative Greg Murphy (R-NC), along with 24 other Senators and 62 Representatives, introduced the Abortion Providers Loan Elimination (APLE) Act, which requires the Planned Parenthood Federation of America (PPFA) affiliates to return the more than $80 million in Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans it illegally applied for and receiv  more