WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after the Senate passed his bipartisan resolution (S.Res.268) in support of the designation of June 2021 as "National Dairy Month." The resolution was led by Senators Marshall (R-KS) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), and aims to recognize the important role dairy plays in a healthy diet and the exceptional work of dairy producers in being steward  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Reps. Steven Horsford (D-NV), Lisa Blunt Rochester (D-DE), James E. Clyburn (D-SC), Joyce Beatty (D-OH), Hakeem Jeffries (D-NY), Robin Kelly (D-IL), Lucy McBath (D-GA), and others, along with Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ), to reintroduce landmark legislation to reduce violence in American cities and communities. H.R. 4118, the Break the Cycle of Violence  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 25, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids joined President Biden in the White House as he officially designated Orlando's Pulse Nightclub as a national memorial, honoring the 49 lives lost in the deadliest attack on the LGBTQ+ community in modern history. Davids, a Co-Chair of the House Equality Caucus, then attended a Pride Month event with the President, First Lady, and Secretary Pete Buttigieg. "I   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Tammy Baldwin, D-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Tammy Baldwin, a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, is calling on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to address medical debt as Americans face steep bills, especially as a result of COVID-19. In a letter to CFPB Acting Director Dave Uejio, Baldwin and a group of Democratic Senators specifically request that CFPB take several actions to curb  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 25, 2021: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today announced two grants totaling over $5 million from the U.S. Department of Transportation's annual Low and No Emission Vehicle Grant Program. The City of Lawrence will receive $1,815,676 to introduce zero-emission buses into their fleet, and the Kansas City Area Transportation Authority will receive $3,279,828 to continue transitioning its fleet to zero-  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) secured a clarification from the U.S. Treasury that Coronavirus State and Local Fiscal Recovery Funds may be used as grants for households, small businesses and nonprofits with inflated utility bills from the natural gas shortage during Winter Storm Uri in February. "Many Kansans are concerned about the steep increase in their gas bill following the spike in natural gas price  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on June 25, 2021: The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - to expand in-state tuition eligibility for the families of veterans who die from  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate unanimously adopted a Senate Resolution (S.Res.268) introduced by U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) and 14 additional Senate colleagues designating June 2021 as National Dairy Month. The Resolution recognizes the role dairy plays in a healthy diet and the exceptional work of dairy producers as stewards of the land and livestock. "Idaho is one of the leading dairy producing s  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.) are leading a bipartisan group of senators in a call to have the Infrastructure for Rebuilding America (INFRA) grant program adopt an initiative to make access to funding more equitable for all states. In a letter sent yesterday to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg, the senators write that "U.S. DOT program  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Christopher Murphy, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, along with U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, on Friday called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to address medical debt as Americans face steep bills, especially as a result of COVID-19.   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on June 25, 2021: Yesterday, the U.S. Senate unanimously adopted a Senate Resolution (S.Res.268) introduced by U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) and 14 additional Senate colleagues designating June 2021 as National Dairy Month. The Resolution recognizes the role dairy plays in a healthy diet and the exceptional work of dairy producers as stewards of the land and livestock. "As one of the to  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Chris Van Hollen, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 25, 2021: U.S. Senator Chris Van Hollen (D-Md.), a member of the U.S. Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, and U.S. Senator Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), a member of the U.S. Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, called on the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) to address medical debt as Americans face steep bills, especially as a result of COVID-19. In a   more