WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 17, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after joining a bipartisan group of his colleagues in calling for full funding for the Byrne Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne JAG) program. The program is the leading source of criminal justice funding for state, local, and tribal governments and provides support for a range of programs related to crime prevention, law enforcem  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined fellow members of the Doctors Caucus in submitting a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) encouraging the agency to improve vaccine research and better understand immunity to COVID-19 from patients who have been vaccinated and patients that have gained immunity through natural infection. In part, the letter reads: "Now that COVID-19 infections natio  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on June 17, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined his colleagues at a press conference to rail against Democrats' attempts to let the federal government take over our elections with H.R.1/S.1. Senator Marshall also stressed the importance of making it easier to vote and harder to cheat in our nation's elections, saying in part, "I think our goal has always been to make it easier to vote and har  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 17 committee hearings on June 16, 2021: APPROPRIATIONS: DOI Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2022 for the Department of the Interior, after receiving testimony from Deb Haaland, Secretary of the Interior. APPROPRIATIONS: DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Hea  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Subcommittee on National Parks issued the following information for a legislative hearing at 10 a.m. on June 23, 2021, at 366 Dirksen Senate Office Building: The purpose of this hearing is to receive testimony on the following bills: * S. 31, to limit the establishment or extension of national monuments in the State of Utah; * S. 172, to authorize the National Medal of Honor Museum Foundation to establish a commemorative work in t  more