WASHINGTON, June 9 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-21-417) entitled "National Science Foundation: COVID-19 Affected Ongoing Construction of Major Facilities Projects". The report was sent to Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chairman, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies, Rep. Matt Cartwright, D-Pennsylvania, chairman, and Rep. Robert Aderholt, R-Alabama, ranki  more

CHEYENNE, Oklahoma, June 9 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 8, 2021: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Congressman Michael Guest (R-MS) and Congressman Darren Soto (D-FL) in sending a bipartisan letter to Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) provide updates or a final report to Congress on the DOJ's investigations into anticompetitive conduct within the beef industry. Cattle producers in Oklahoma and acr  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Vicky Hartzler (R-MO) introduced the bipartisan Optimizing the Cattle Market Act of 2021 to enable mechanisms for greater price discovery and transparency within the cattle market, while equipping producers with more tools and useful information to succeed. "The COVID-19 pandemic has hit Americans from all walks of life especially hard over the past yea  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman (R-AR), Tom Cotton (R-AR), Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and James Lankford (R-OK) recognized 50 years of commerce on the McClellan-Kerr Arkansas River Navigation System (MKARNS). The MKARNS is a key inland waterway navigation system for freight movement extending 445 river miles from Tulsa, Oklahoma through Arkansas and connecting to the Mississippi River. "Over the last 50 years, the MKARNS  more