WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Oversight issued the following testimony by Erie Downtown Development CEO John Persinger involving a hearing on Nov. 16, 2021, entitled "The Opportunity Zone Program and Who It Left Behind": * * * Thank you to all of the distinguished members of the House Ways and Means Oversight Subcommittee for giving me this opportunity to discuss how Opportunity Zones have been the single most impactful Federal policy for my hometown, Erie, Pen  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids, a member of the House Small Business Committee, announced that the SBA Kansas City District Office has reached $124,580,140 in funding to small businesses in the Kansas Third District through 186 traditional loans for fiscal year 2021. As a direct result of these SBA guaranteed 7(a) and 504 small business loans, 10,662 jobs were created or saved in Kansas and M  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senator Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) and a group of their colleagues in pushing committee leadership to keep the Military Justice Improvement and Increasing Prevention Act (MJIIPA) in the final National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) language. The bipartisan and bicameral letter is signed by 44 senators and 22 members of the House. MJIIPA would professionaliz  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), the leader in the US Senate in protecting life, today led a press conference with members of the Senate Republican Conference ahead of the Supreme Court's oral arguments tomorrow in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, which directly challenges Roe v. Wade. Lankford was joined in the press conference by Senators Steve Daines (R-MT), Cindy Hyde-Smith   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: A group of Republican doctors and other health care providers serving in Congress launched a public service campaign to encourage the American people to get their flu shot saying in part, "We are expecting a particularly tough flu season this winter. Why? Because we all have built up less natural immunity against this year's flu since so few of us were infected with the flu last year... Every year over 150 m  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act - legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - was signed into law. This law expands in-state tuition eligibility for the families of certain servicemembers who died while on active duty and veterans who die from service-connected disabil  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) spoke on the Senate floor regarding a pending case in front of the U.S. Supreme Court, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization. Oral arguments for Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization begin tomorrow. "Tomorrow the Supreme Court will hear the most significant abortion case of the last 30 years, Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization," said Se  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 30 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Chris Giancarlo, senior counsel at Willkie Farr and Gallagher, involving a hybrid hearing on Nov. 2, 2021, entitled "The Libor Transition: Protecting Consumers and Investors": * * * I am Chris Giancarlo, Senior Counsel at the law firm of Willkie Farr & Gallagher. I had the honor to serve our country as the thirteenth Chairman of the U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC),  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 30, 2021: The Colonel John M. McHugh Tuition Fairness for Survivors Act - legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.), ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - was signed into law. This law expands in-state tuition eligibility for the families of certain servicemembers who di  more