KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: Yesterday, the Biden-Harris administration announced the details of two major workforce vaccination policies. Thanks to the administration's focus on increasing vaccination rates to combat the pandemic, 70 percent of adults in the United States are now fully vaccinated against COVID-19--up from less than one percent in January. The two new policies impacting the Department of La  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Nov. 5, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) awarded $524,980 to Catholic Charities of Northeast Kansas and Cultivate KC's New Roots for Refugees program. The funds will be used to provide farmer training and market support at the Juniper Gardens Training Farm, which Davids visited in September, to help f  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following statement on Nov. 5, 2021: * * * Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement on the passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill. "For months, I have been working hard to deliver an infrastructure bill that creates jobs, tackles climate change and boosts our economic recovery here in the Kansas Third District. "Today, I voted to send a bipartisan bill to the President's desk that will bring $3.8 bill  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 5 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Nov. 4, 2021: U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (R-KS) led 10 of his colleagues to introduce the Truckers Responding At National Shipping Ports Overcoming Retail Turmoil (TRANSPORT) Act, which would require the Secretary of Transportation to relieve congested ports during either a national state of emergency or when ports are congested by 50 percent or more. Joining Rep. Mann to introduce the legislation are Re  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 6 -- Rep. David Valadao, R-California, issued the following news release: Congressman David G. Valadao and 10 of his colleagues co-sponsored Representative Tracey Mann's legislation, the Truckers Responding At National Shipping Ports Overcoming Retail Turmoil (TRANSPORT) Act. This legislation would require the Secretary of Transportation to relieve congested ports during either a national state of emergency or when ports are congested by 50 percent or more. "Our nation is faci  more