| Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Wednesday December 15, 2021 ( 5 items ) |
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Durbin Questions First Witness Panel at Senate Judiciary Committee Chicago Field Hearing on Reducing Gun Trafficking and Violence
CHICAGO, Illinois, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021:
U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned John Lausch, U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Illinois; Kristen de Tineo, Special Agent in Charge of the Chicago Field Division for the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF); and Dr. Debra Houry, Acting
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Sen. Marshall Leads Opposition to Biden's Vaccine Mandate for Healthcare Workers
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. is continuing his charge against harmful federal COVID-19 vaccine mandates with the introduction of aresolution of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act (CRA). This resolution would halt President Biden's Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)vaccine mandate for virtually all healthcare employees and prevent any similar rule from being proposed in the futur
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Sen. Marshall Urges Biden Administration to List Potash and Phosphate as Critical Minerals Amidst Severe Fertilizer Shortage
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. wrote a letter to U.S. Geological Survey Acting Director Dave Applegate urging him not to remove potash from the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the Interior 2021 List of Critical Minerals and to add phosphate as a critical mineral. The letter says in part,
"We write to you to strongly urge you not to remove potash from the U.S. Geological Survey, Department of the I
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Sens. Moran, Tester Lead VA Committee in Introducing Legislation to Increase Transparency of VA Health Record Modernization
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 14, 2021:
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - the ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - introduced legislation to increase transparency surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program.
This summer, the VA Office of Inspect
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Sens. Moran, Tester Lead VA Committee in Introducing Legislation to Increase Transparency of VA Health Record Modernization
WASHINGTON, Dec. 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - the ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - introduced legislation to increase transparency surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program.
This summer, the VA Office of Inspector General (OIG) released three reports that raised concerns surrounding th
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