WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. James E. Clyburn, D-South Carolina, chair of the House Oversight and Reform Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, issued the following opening statement on Sept. 29, 2021, at a hybrid hearing examining the challenges faced by state and local public health officials and departments during the coronavirus pandemic: * * * The Committee will come to order. Without objection, the Chair is authorized to declare a recess of the Committee at any time. I now reco  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) discussed the concerning provision within Democrat's $4.3 trillion budget bill that would give the IRS the extraordinary authority to access personal bank accounts with $600 or more. Rep. Estes was joined with other members of the Ways and Means Committee and industry experts. "The reality is that there's already distrust of the IRS, as we've seen the agency target p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) voted against the Democrat proposal to raise the debt limit. Before votes, Rep. Estes addressed the house floor with his concerns. "We aren't looking at this debt ceiling crisis in a vacuum - we could be voting on $5.5 trillion in more spending," said Rep. Estes. "Families, farmers, businesses, and even state and local governments have to live within their mea  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 29, 2021: In today's hearing of the Special Select Subcommittee on the Coronavirus Crisis, Congressman Raja Krishnamoorthi questioned Dr. Jennifer Bacani McKenney, Health Officer of the Wilson County Health Department in Kansas and Dr. Joseph Kanter, State Health Officer and Medical Director of the Louisiana Department of Health, on the increasing threats and harassment they have faced over   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Sept. 29, 2021: Congresswoman Jan Schakowsky, a Senior Chief Deputy Whip and Chair of the Consumer Protection and Commerce Subcommittee of the Energy and Commerce Committee, released the following statement in recognition of Hispanic Heritage Month this year. "This Hispanic Heritage Month, we recognize that Hispanic heritage is American heritage. From day one, our country has been blessed by having a str  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. has led a letter with 14 other health care providers in Congress to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) urging the agency to acknowledge natural immunity from COVID-19. The letter also urges the CDC to work with other federal agencies to ensure all future policies and federally-funded research take into account natural immunity. "As members of the Do  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) led 34 of their Senate colleagues in requesting clarification on the Biden administration's intention to open U.S. Second Amendment rights to international oversight by rejoining the United Nations' Arms Trade Treaty (ATT), an international agreement that would regulate trade in firearms, infringing on Americans' Constitutional rights. "It   more