WASHINGTON, July 15 -- 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 July 14, 2021: The House Small Business Committee Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access, under Chairwoman Sharice Davids (D-KS), examined current Small Business Administration (SBA) initiatives designed to encourage innovation. The hearing focused on ways innovation can benefit small business  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined his colleagues in introducing the Travel Mask Mandate Repeal Act of 2021, legislation to prohibit the imposition of mask mandates on public transportation. "Unelected bureaucrats don't make laws, Congress does. After over a year of battling COVID-19, communities and states have reopened, and our nation has finally regained a sense of normalcy," said Senator Marshall  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined his colleagues in reintroducing the bipartisan Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. The bill would extend the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to ethanol blends above 10 percent. It would increase market access and continue to allow retailers across the country to sell E15 and other higher-ethanol fuel blends year-round, eliminating con  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, released the following statement after reintroducing the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. The bill would extend the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to ethanol blends above 10 percent. It would increase market access and continue to allow retailers across the country to sell E15 and o  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran announced that following their pressure, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) halted its plans to change Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area population threshold definitions from 50k to 100k. This change would have significantly impacted Lawrence, Manhattan, and St. Joseph, MO/KS qualification as a Metropolitan Statistical A  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) - authors of the Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athlete Act - released the following statement in response to a report released today by the Office of the Inspector General of the Department of Justice (OIG DOJ) detailing the Federal Bureau of Investigation's (FBI) failure to act on reports it received about Larry   more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 14, 2021: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) today announced that following their urging, the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) halted its plans to change Metropolitan and Micropolitan Statistical Area population threshold definitions from 50k to 100k. This change would have significantly impacted Lawrence, Manhattan and St. Joseph's, MO/KS qualifications as Metropo  more