WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-21-568R) entitled "Private Health Coverage: Results of Covert Testing for Selected Sales Representatives Listed on Healthcare.gov". The report was sent to Sen. Robert Casey Jr., D-Pennsylvania, chairman of the Senate Aging Committee, and Sen. Debbie Stabenow, D-Michigan, chairman of the Senate Finance subcommittee on Health Care, on Aug. 10, 2021. Here are excerpts of summaries associated with the report. What  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced the introduction of H.R. 4949, a bipartisan bill to award the Congressional Gold Medal--the highest civilian award bestowed by Congress--to over 220 American women who served as telephone operators with the U.S. Army Signal Corps during World War I. The "Hello Girls" were the first female soldiers to be deployed to a combat zone an  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2021: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chair of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance, announced the introduction of the Choice Neighborhoods Initiative Act of 2021. The legislation supports locally driven strategies to revitalize underserved neighborhoods by making permanent the Choice Neighborhoods grant program at the U.S. Depart  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. "Since my first meeting with the White House on infrastructure in March, I've been clear about what I'm looking for: a bill that creates good-paying jobs, tackles climate change, and sets the foundation for decades of economic growth. "In the time since then, I've worked wi  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after voting against the $1.2 trillion Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, which is only half paid for and adds $256 billion to the deficit over the next 10 years. "I support a much needed infrastructure bill that paves the way and invests in Kansas' future, but we must find a way to pay for it that does not involve robbing our seniors or  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Aug. 1, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today released the following statement after introducing an amendment to Senator Bernie Sanders' reckless tax and spending spree to support the enforcement of U.S. immigration laws and to address the humanitarian crisis at the southern border: "We have an appalling humanitarian crisis at the southern border because of the record levels of illegal border cr  more