KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that Meg McCollister will be appointed EPA Regional Administrator for Region 7, which is tasked with protecting the environment and human health in Missouri, Kansas, Iowa, Nebraska, and nine tribal nations. A graduate of the University of Missouri - Kansas City Scho  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced his long-time Rural Policy Director, Kyle Wilkens, has been appointed by President Biden to be the next U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development Missouri State Director. A native of Lafayette County, Missouri, Mr. Wilkens has served on Congressman Cleaver's staff since 2012, handling issues of rural infrast  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids joined President Joe Biden in Kansas City to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law, which will bring $3.8 billion to Kansas for long-overdue infrastructure projects and create 2 million jobs per year for the next decade. Davids serves as Vice Chair of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and met with the President and senior White House officials multiple times during  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following column: In the summer of 1945, a worried Bina Dole in Russell, Kansas, called my grandma, who with my grandpa lived in rural Russell County, searching for news about her son. My dad, an Army sergeant, was also serving in Italy, and Bina shared over their party line she hoped my dad could learn more about Bob, who was gravely wounded. Ray, my dad, on leave began the search to find Bob, but discovered he had been evacuated f  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Kentucky, issued the following floor statement: * * * U.S. Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) delivered the following remarks today paying tribute to Senator Bob Dole: "On April 14, 1969, Senator Bob Dole delivered his first floor speech. "He said, 'the task ahead is monumental.' "And this was before Bob knew he'd end up leading a conference of 53 Senators! "Years later, after he had become Leader, Bob described   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Dick Durbin (Ill.), and Chuck Grassley (Iowa), along with U.S. Representatives Cheri Bustos (Ill.) and Ashley Hinson (Iowa), led a bicameral, bipartisan letter to the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to prioritize funding for construction of the Navigation and Ecosystem Sustainability Program (NESP) on the Upper Mississippi River System with the $2.5 billion for inland waterways prov  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Dec. 9, 2021: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.) introduced the bipartisan Streamlining EIDL Act to improve the Economic Injury Disaster Loans (EIDL) application process for small businesses and combat programmatic fraud. The legislation will require the Small Business Administration (SBA) to provide timely and helpful responses to small business applicants and submit a report t  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following floor remarks on Dec. 9, 2021, on the death of ex-Sen. Bob Dole: * * * Speaker Pelosi. Thank you, Madam Speaker. I thank the Gentleman for his recognition. I thank him for hosting us this evening in this Special Order to honor a real hero in our country: Bob Dole. Thank you for you what did for the bereavement resolution, enabling us to have the use of the Rotunda, which takes an act of Congress - an act of C  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 -- House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-California, issued the following remarks on Dec. 9, 2021, as ex-Sen. Bob Dole, R-Kansas, lies in state at the Capitol Rotunda: * * * Speaker Nancy Pelosi joined President Biden, Vice President Harris, Congressional Leadership and other Members of Congress for the lying in state of The Honorable Robert J. Dole in the United States Capitol Rotunda. Below are the Speaker's remarks: Speaker Pelosi. Good morning. Mr. President, it is a sad and   more