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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Tuesday February 01, 2022 ( 5 items )  

As 2022 Tax Filing Season Begins, Sens. Warner & Kaine Join Bipartisan Call for IRS to Provide Relief for Taxpayers & Reduce Processing Backlogs
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2022: U.S. Senators Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine joined U.S. Senators Bob Menendez (D-NJ), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and 212 colleagues in a bipartisan, bicameral letter calling on the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) to provide penalty relief for taxpayers and help reduce processing backlogs at the IRS, after hearing from Virginians who are still waiting on their refunds from th  more

Rep. Davids Hosts Transportation Secretary Buttigieg in Kansas City, Kan. to Highlight Bipartisan Infrastructure Law's Investments in the Kansas 3rd
WASHINGTON, Jan. 28 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids welcomed U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to Kansas City, KS to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law, which has already started to advance long-overdue infrastructure projects in the Kansas Third. Davids serves as Vice Chair of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and met with the President and senior White House officials multiple times dur  more

Rep. Davids Secures Major Win for Patients With Surprise Billing Law, Kansas Residents Share Their Stories
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Last week, Representative Sharice Davids penned a guest column in the Kansas City Star on new consumer protections that she helped pass into law to prevent surprise medical billing. The protections, which went into effect on January 1, ban unexpected medical expenses in situations from emergency room visits to routine surgeries and much more. In the Shawnee Mission Post this week, two Johnson County resident  more

Sens. Marshall, Cruz, Rep. Mann Fight EPA Regulatory Expansion on Behalf of Oil and Gas Industry
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS) and Ted Cruz (TX) alongside U.S. Representative Tracy Mann (KS-01) led their colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael Regan urging him to withdraw a proposed rule seeking to further regulate the oil and gas industry, a move which is especially irresponsible during a time of higher energy prices. The letter says in par  more

Sens. Marshall, Moran, Rep. LaTurner Announce Nearly $23 Million in USDA Funding to Improve Community Infrastructure for Rural Kansas
WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran, alongside U.S. Representative Jake LaTurner (KS-02) announced the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $22,965,600 to build and improve critical community facilities in 15 communities across Kansas. This infrastructure funding will increase access to health care and public safety while spurring community development and building sound  more