KANSAS CITY, Missouri, July 7 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that hardworking Missourians throughout the State have received over 3.1 million Economic Impact Payments totaling more than $7.5 billion in 2021. The Economic Impact Payments were secured as part of the American Rescue Plan, a transformative relief package Congressman Cleaver helped to pass in March. "I have heard from countless Missour  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- The House Energy and Commerce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 117-76) on the Assistance, Quality and Affordability Act (H.R. 3291) that aims to amend the Safe Drinking Water Act. The report was advanced by Rep. Frank Pallone Jr., D-New Jersey, on June 29, 2021. Excerpts of the report follow (with changes to the law omitted, and available at https://www.congress.gov/congressional-report/117th-congress/house-report/76/1?s=2&r=7) * * * I. Purpose and Summary H.R. 3291, t  more

BOISE, Idaho, July 7 -- Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release on July 6, 2021: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, recently welcomed seven new committee interns for the summer term. "On behalf of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee minority, I'm glad to welcome a new group of talented interns for our summer term," said Risch. "These students will experience   more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner: * * * U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. recently penned an op-ed for the Washington Examiner highlighting the Democrats' hypocrisy on recent calls to defund the police. Amid rising crime rates across the nation, members of the Biden Administration have tried to deflect blame of yet another crisis they've initiated. Senator Marshall said in part, "Like many of you, I sat with my jaw  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: U.S. Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-OH) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) are applauding the ruling from the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) and the U.S. Department of Commerce for taking action on antidumping following investigations into mattresses imported from Cambodia, Indonesia, Malaysia, Serbia, Thailand, Turkey, and Vietnam, and the subsidy investigation regarding mattresses imported from China. The ruling follows  more