WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The Council for Citizens Against Government Waste has once again named Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) as a Taxpayer Super Hero. This nonprofit organization advocates for the elimination of inefficient government spending. "Cutting wasteful spending and using taxpayers' money efficiently is a top priority," said Rep. Estes. "Too often, the government uses the tax dollars of hardworking Kansans to fund ineffective prog  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Joseph Morelle, D-New York, issued the following news release: Congressman Joe Morelle introduced legislation to help protect small businesses from the devastating impacts of flooding. The Providing Resources for Emergency Preparedness and Resilient Enterprises (PREPARE) Act, bipartisan legislation sponsored by Representatives Morelle (D-NY-25), Stauber (R-MN-08), Davids (D-KS-03), Bergman (R-MI-01), and Brownley (D-CA-26) would create a Small Business Administration   more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Albio Sires, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on May 13, 2021: Yesterday, Congressman Sires (D-NJ) joined Speaker Nancy Pelosi, House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Peter DeFazio (D-OR), Congressman Greg Stanton (D-AZ), Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC), Mayor Eric Garcetti of Los Angeles, CA, Mayor Quinton Lucas of Kansas City, MO, and Mayor Levar Stoney of Richmond, VA, to speak out about the importance of bold invest  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Rep. Greg Stanton, D-Arizona, issued the following news release: Rep. Greg Stanton joined House leaders and mayors from across the country to highlight the need for Congress to act boldly on infrastructure. The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, of which Stanton is the only member from Arizona, will be taking up surface transportation reauthorization legislation in the coming weeks. The former Phoenix mayor joined U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, Chair of the Co  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release on May 13, 2021: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Representative Ashley Hinson (R-IA) filed an amicus brief in Little Rock Planning Services v. Rutledge urging the court to uphold Arkansas's law to protect unborn babies with Down syndrome. For text of the brief, click here: https://www.cotton.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/amicus1.pdf Other supporters of the brief include 65 members from the House of Representat  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS) and U.S. Representative James Comer (KY-1) introduced the Save Local Business Act, which clarifies the joint employer standard. Since 2015, the definition of a "joint employer" has been dramatically expanded, resulting in confusing regulations and an unpredictable liability standard for small and local businesses across the country. As a result, employers have seen incr  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 13, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today at a press conference called on Governor Laura Kelly to follow the lead of 14 other states and halt the increase in unemployment benefits brought on by President Biden and the Democrats. Earlier this year, Democrats forced through legislation without any Republican support that provided an additional $300 per week in federal unemployment benefits, in tu  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a group of his colleagues in sending a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell, urging them to oppose the alteration or elimination of step-up in basis in any tax reform or infrastructure proposal, especially in relation to agriculture. This tax provision is a key tool for the continued success of multigenerational family farms and r  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) joined Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) in becoming the 60th cosponsor of the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act to secure its passage in the Senate. This legislation would reform how the military prosecutes serious crimes by moving the decision to prosecute serious crimes from the chain of command to ind  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), former Chairman of the Senate Banking Committee, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Senator Marco Rubio (R-Florida) and 41 Republican colleagues urged President Joe Biden to stand with close United States ally, Israel. As Israel is under attack from Iranian-backed terrorists, the Biden Administration is negotiating and potentially offe  more