WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R46857) on July 28, 2021, entitled "Energy and Water Development: FY2022 Appropriations": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Bureau of Reclamation and Central Utah Project Most of the large dams and water diversion structures in the West were built by, or with the assistance of, the Bureau of Reclamation. While the Corps of Engineers built hundreds of flood control and navigation projects, Reclamation'  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Del. Amata Radewagen, R-American Samoa, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Uifa'atali Amata is an original cosponsor of the Military Spouse Tax Act, introduced Wednesday by five Members of Congress to relieve an unnecessary tax burden on military families. The bill, led by Representative Madison Cawthorn, would expand current law to support veteran's spouses by allowing the military spouse to keep their home domicile for state income tax purposes. Allowing   more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The House Appropriations Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 117-79) in explanation of the accompanying bill (H.R. 4345) making appropriations for financial services and general government for the fiscal year ending Sep. 30, 2022. The report was advanced by Rep. Mike Quigley, D-Illinois, on July 1, 2021. * * * (Continued from Part 4 of 11) TITLE III--THE JUDICIARY The funds in title III are for the operation and maintenance of United States Courts and include the salarie  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 29, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids announced that the U.S. House passed appropriations bills containing more than $15 million for Davids-sponsored community projects in the Third District of Kansas. The projects include $1 million for The University of Kansas Cancer Center to purchase cutting-edge imaging equipment, $500,000 to kickstart the Upper Turkey Creek Levee project in downtown Merriam,   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 4502, a package of seven government funding bills passed by the House of Representatives that will benefit the health and financial security of American families, create good-paying jobs, rebuild critical infrastructure, ensure our children succeed in the classroom, and advance justice and opportunity for all Americans. Additionally, t  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. sent a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Assistant Administrator Dr. Michal Freedhoff urging her to ensure pesticide registrations and rulemakings are based on proven science to prevent producers from being subject to unnecessary and burdensome regulations. In part, the letter reads: "Access to safe, effective pesticides is vital for allowing farmers to contin  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Senators Bill Hagerty (R-TN), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Ron Johnson (R-WI) in introducing the Disclose Government Censorship Act, which seeks to end the government-directed speech suppression and viewpoint censorship the White House recently revealed in stating that it routinely urges Big Tech companies to remove the speech of Americans that the gov  more

WASHINGTON, July 29 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 11 committee hearings on July 28, 2021: NOMINATIONS Committee on Commerce, Science, and Transportation: Committee concluded hearings to examine the nominations of Alexander Hoehn-Saric, of Maryland, Mary T. Boyle, of Maryland, and Richard Trumka, Jr., of Maryland, each to be a Commissioner of the Consumer Product Safety Commission, and Grant T. Harris, of California, to be an Assistant Secretary of Commerce, after the nominees testified and answ  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran led several of their colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden requesting a meeting with him and representatives of his cabinet to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard and promote biofuels as a key solution for America's energy and climate agenda. The Biden administration's energy and climate agenda lacks meaningful consideration of biofuels, which c  more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 29, 2021: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) led several of their colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden requesting a meeting with him and representatives of his cabinet to discuss the Renewable Fuel Standard and promote biofuels as a key solution for America's energy and climate agenda. The Biden administration's energy and climate agenda lacks meaningful co  more