ST. LOUIS, Missouri, May 12 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released a statement following Governor Mike Parson's announcement that Missouri will withdraw from all six federal unemployment programs that continue to provide desperately needed relief to people in Missouri's First District and across the state. Starting Saturday, June 12, Missourians will no longer have access to federally funded pandemic unemployme  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids released a new report detailing the impact of the Child Tax Credit (CTC) expansion on hardworking families in the Third District of Kansas and the state as a whole. The American Rescue Plan boosted the maximum CTC, expanded eligibility, and implemented advance monthly payments for qualifying families. Key findings from the report include: * 77.6% of children in   more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Dusty Johnson, R-South Dakota, issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), introduced the bicameral Get Americans Back to Work Act, a bill to remove the federal supplemental unemployment benefit by June 30th. Job openings reached a record high of 8.1 million and more than 35% of Americans are fully vaccinated, but according to the recent jobs report, employment rose by only 266,000  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Fred Upton, R-Michigan, issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (R-SD) and U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS), introduced the bicameral Get Americans Back to Work Act, a bill to remove the federal supplemental unemployment benefit by June 30th. Job openings reached a record high of 8.1 million and more than 35% of Americans are fully vaccinated, but according to the recent jobs report, employment rose by only 266,000 jobs i  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today introduced a resolution calling for a bipartisan Select Committee to investigate the origins of COVID-19. "On January 28, 2020, I was the first member of Congress to stand on the House floor and discuss my concerns about COVID-19. And today with over three million lives lost, critical questions remain unanswered about its origins," said Senator Marshal  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today introduced the Get Americans Back to Work Act, bicamerallegislation in partnership with U.S. Representative Dusty Johnson (SD), to repeal the increase in unemployment benefits brought on by President Biden and the Democrats. Senators Marsha Blackburn (TN), Mike Braun (IN), Kevin Cramer (ND), Steve Daines (MT), Joni Ernst (IA), Lindsey Graham (SC), Marco  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Marco Rubio, R-Florida, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Marco Rubio (R-FL), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Kevin Cramer (R-ND), Steve Daines (R-MT), Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Tim Scott (R-SC), and Tommy Tuberville (R-AL) introduced the Get Americans Back to Work Act to repeal the increase in unemployment benefits brought on by President Joe Biden and Congressional Democrats. Earlier this year, without any Republican support, Democrats forc  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 11, 2021: Building off U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester's (D-Mont.) successful efforts to expand COVID-19 vaccine eligibility to veterans and their families, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that it is accepting walk-in COVID-19 vaccinations nationwide for eligible veterans, spouses and caregivers. The VA began ad  more