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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Friday December 24, 2021 ( 4 items )  

Legislation By 5 Senators Introduce National BioSecurity Improvement Act
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS), Chuck Grassley (IA), Jim Inhofe (OK), Marsha Blackburn (TN), and Joni Ernst (IA) introduced the National Biosecurity Improvement Act, legislation to ensure federally-funded research involving potentially dangerous pathogens does not compromise national security. This legislation follows congressional inquiries and various news investigations revealing national securi  more

Senate Urban Affairs Committee Issues Statement From Opportunity Ohio President Mayer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following statement by Opportunity Ohio President Matt A. Mayer involving a hybrid hearing on Dec. 15, 2021, entitled "Disaster Recovery Assistance: Authorization of the Community Development Block Grant - Disaster Recovery Program": * * * My name is Matt Mayer. I am the President of Opportunity Ohio. From 2007 to 2016, I served as a Visiting Fellow at the American Enterprise Institute and The Heritage Fo  more

Sens. Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Rep. Palazzo Celebrate $8 Million for Rail Projects At Two Mississippi Ports
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Rep. Steven Palazzo, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2021: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), and Representative Steven Palazzo (R-Miss.) today celebrated the release of more than $8 million in U.S. Department of Transportation grant funding for rail projects at two Mississippi ports, Port Bienville in Hancock County and the City of Aberdeen Port in Monroe County. The delegation members wrote letters of suppo  more

Sens. Wicker, Hyde-Smith, Rep. Palazzo Celebrate $8 Million for Rail Projects at Two Mississippi Ports
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24 -- Sen. Roger Wicker, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release on Dec. 23, 2021: U.S. Senators Roger Wicker, R-Miss., and Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., and Representative Steven Palazzo, R-Miss., today celebrated the release of more than $8 million in U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) grant funding for rail projects at two Mississippi ports, Port Bienville in Hancock County and the City of Aberdeen Port in Monroe County. The delegation members wrote letters of su  more