WASHINGTON, June 15 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-21-478) entitled "2020 Census: Innovations Helped with Implementation, but Bureau Can Do More to Realize Future Benefits". The report was sent to Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, chairman, Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, chairman, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Appropriations  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, chairwoman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, issued the following news release on June 15, 2021: The House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access held a hearing examining the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on women-owned businesses. The hearing, led by Chairwoman Sharice Davids (D-KS), gathered women business owners and experts to detail the ways t  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, chair of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax and Capital Access, issued the following statement on June 15, 2021, at a hearing entitled "Reversing the Decline in Women Entrepreneurship: Opportunities for Rebuilding the Economy": * * * Women are at the center of the American economy. They make up nearly half the workforce and own an estimated 42 percent of all U.S. businesses. Before the pandemic, these women-owned   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Rep. Frank Lucas, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 15, 2021: Congressman Frank Lucas (OK-03) joined Congressman Ron Estes (R-KS) in sending a letter to Interior Secretary Deb Haaland encouraging her to delist the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) under the Endangered Species Act by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). Citing the stable population of the species and the successful, voluntary public-private conservation practices, Rep. Estes and his col  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators John Boozman, Joe Manchin (D-WV), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and Susan Collins (R-ME) introduced the bipartisan VA Provider Accountability Act to address the 2019 GAO Report which found the VA must take action to ensure its health care providers have the appropriate qualifications and clinical abilities to deliver safe, high-quality care to veterans. "When VA doctors fail to live  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) led a group of 14 additional Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Hearing Protection Act (HPA). The HPA, S. 2050, would reclassify suppressors to regulate them like a regular firearm. The measure would benefit Idaho's recreational gun users and provide them better access to hearing protection equipment. Original co-sponsors of the legislation include Senators Jim Risch (R-Idah  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 15, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined a bipartisan group of colleagues in sending a letter to Small Business Administrator (SBA) Isabella Casillas Guzman urging her to disburse Shuttered Venue Operator Grant funding to struggling live entertainment venues as soon as possible. The legislation that created this program, the Save Our Stages Act, was signed into law more than six months ago   more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 15, 2021: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran, and U.S. Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statements today after the Department of Labor awarded $1,244,907 in funding to the Local Workforce Investment Area III Inc. in Lenexa to help youth ages 16-24 who are neither enrolled in school nor participating in the labor market to obtain employment in in-demand industries. "  more