WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Constitution, Civil Rights and Civil Liberties issued the following testimony by Michelle Bishop, voter access and engagement manager at the National Disability Rights Network, for an Oct. 20, 2021, hearing entitled "Oversight of the Americans With Disabilities Act of 1990: The Current State of Integration of People With Disabilities": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify today regarding oversight of the Americans with Di  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) was pleased to announce the Department of Commerce has awarded three entities in the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri with $500,000 economic development grants as part of the first phase of the Build Back Better Regional Challenge program. Funded by the American Rescue Plan, which Rep. Cleaver supported in March, the Build  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. cosponsored a resolution supporting parents' rights to be fully and actively involved in the education of their children. The resolution also condemns recent actions by the Biden Administration to weaponize the Justice Department to intimidate and silence parents who speak out to protect their children from harmful curricula. This resolution follows Senator Marshall's recen  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today doubled down on his efforts to bring rank-and-file Kansas union works to Capitol Hill for hearings to discuss President Joe Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandates by sending hearing requests to the leaders of the Senate Agriculture, Small Business, and Energy Committees. These workers are at risk of losing their jobs over the mandate and in turn further ex  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke on the Senate floor yesterday about the Covid-19 Vaccine Dishonorable Discharge Prevention Act, legislation he introduced to prohibit the Department of Defense from giving servicemembers a dishonorable discharge for choosing not to receive a COVID-19 vaccine. Senator Marshall said in part, "Unfortunately, thousands of our heroes are about to lose tho  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release on Oct. 28, 2021: U.S. Senators Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), today introduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to expand the Department of Labor (DOL) Homeless Veterans Reintegration Program (HVRP) to all 50 states and U.S. territories. The HVRP program offers job training services to Veterans experiencing or at risk of experiencing homelessness. Currently, no orga  more