WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) in sending a follow-up letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) demanding answers to questions that may shed light on data relating to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and NIH's COVID-19 data retention policies. The letter follows reports of the agency's inadequate response to the initial c  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 16, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids announced the Department of Transportation awarded $59,925 to Johnson County Community College (JCCC) to provide scholarships to Veterans and their family members in the college's Commercial Driver's License (CDL) program. JCCC anticipates using the funds to enroll at least 15 students, who will leave the program with the necessary skills to get good-paying j  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following statement: * * * As a member of the Committee on Homeland Security, Congressman Jake LaTurner issued the following statement regarding the reports of President Biden's plan to resettle 500 Afghan evacuees in Kansas. "The execution of the withdrawal from Afghanistan by the Biden Administration was a catastrophe. President Biden's complete lack of leadership and planning has led to hundreds of Americans and thousands of   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (R-KS), U.S. Representative Andy Barr (R-KY), and 19 of their Republican colleagues sent a letter to Linda Thomas-Greenfield, the U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, detailing their concerns about the Biden Administration's consideration of lifting sanctions on the Taliban. The letter follows the United Nations Security Council resolution proposed at the end of August, which  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined his colleagues in introducing a bipartisan bill to award the 13 American servicemembers who lost their lives in Afghanistan on August 26th Congressional Gold Medals. "The 13 U.S. servicemembers who made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of our nation and defense of our freedoms deserve our eternal gratitude and respect," said Senator Marshall. "These American h  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after reports of the Biden Administration announcing 490 Afghan refugees are slated to be resettled in Kansas. "While we try to show compassion, this Administration must not waiver in its efforts to ensure the safety and wellbeing of Kansans and all Americans. "Period. Having already seen felons, as well as a number of individuals with meas  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) cosponsored the Tax Gap Reform and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Enforcement Act to protect taxpayers against proposals to monitor Americans' bank accounts, place taxpayer finances in a surveillance dragnet, and provide massive, additional mandatory funding to the IRS for an army of IRS agents. "In order to fund the Democrats' tax-and-spend spree, the Biden administration h  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, joined a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues to introduce a bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 13 American servicemembers killed during heinous terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021. "The thirteen servicemember  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, joined a bipartisan group of Senate colleagues to introduce a bill to award Congressional Gold Medals to the 13 American servicemembers killed during heinous terrorist attacks in Kabul, Afghanistan, on August 26, 2021. "My prayers are with the fa  more