WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan amendment offered by U.S. Senators Roger Marshall M.D. (R-KS) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) calling for a transparent investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak mandated by the World Health Assembly during its current session, which ends on Monday. Additionally, if China continues on its path of cover-up and obfuscation, the Marshall-Gillibrand Amendment demands a full, tran  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - along with committee members Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) today introduced the Guara  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - today delivered opening remarks before voting to advance the Comprehensive and Overdue Support for Troops (COST) of War Act of 2021 out of committee. "The COST of War Act is trying to deliver on a promise this country made, that if you serve in t  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids focused on helping Johnson County fraud victims and securing resources for Kansas businesses during a hearing with Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman. Administrator Guzman appeared before the House Small Business Committee for the first time this morning to discuss pandemic relief programs, such as the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), Rest  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), John Sarbanes (D-MD), David McKinley (R-WV) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), as well as Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) introduced the TREES Act, a bill that will help homeowners lower energy costs, increase tree canopy in underserved communities, and help mitigate the effects of climate  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), and Donald McEachin (D-Va.), and U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.) on Wednesday reintroduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, legislation to protect students from dangerous seclusion and restraint discipline practices in school. The Keeping All Students Safe Act would make it illegal for any school receivi  more

WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Doris Matsui (D-CA), John Sarbanes (D-MD), David McKinley (R-WV) and Jeff Fortenberry (R-NE), along with Senators Cory Booker (D-NJ) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), introduced the Trees for Residential Energy and Economic Savings (TREES) Act, a bill that will help homeowners lower energy costs, increase tree canopy in underserved communities, an  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Robert C. Scott, D-Virginia, chairman of the House Education and Labor Committee, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: Chairman Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), House Committee on Education and Labor, Representative Don Beyer (D-Va.), Representative Donald McEachin (D-Va.), Chair Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), and Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) reintroduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, leg  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after President Biden's U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service announced they are proposing to list the Lessor Prairie-chicken as threatened under the Endangered Species Act in the northern population segment that impacts Kansas. "The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's announcement is disappointing and a reminder that this Administration favors governme  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on May 26, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today released the following statement after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced its proposal to list two population segments of the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) as endangered and threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA): "The Biden administration's proposal to list the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act threaten  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) and Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), and Donald McEachin (D-Va.) on Wednesday reintroduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, legislation to protect students from dangerous seclusion and restraint discipline practices   more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release on May 26, 2021: U.S. Senator, Patty Murray (D-Wash.), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP), Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), and U.S. Representatives Don Beyer (D-Va.), Robert C. "Bobby" Scott (D-Va.), and Donald McEachin (D-Va.) reintroduced the Keeping All Students Safe Act, legislation to protect  more