WASHINGTON, Feb. 3 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-22-103718) entitled "Electronic Health Records - VA Needs to Address Data Management Challenges for New System". The report was sent to Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, chairman, Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, Rep. Frank Mrvan, D-Indiana, chairman, Rep. Matt Rosendale, R-Montana, ranking member of the House Veterans' Affairs subcommittee on Technology Modernizati  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following commentary to The Hill: * * * Wanted to be sure you saw this op-ed by House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) published in The Hill this morning about how the America COMPETES Act of 2022 will accomplish the goals of the Make It In America plan that Leader Hoyer has led since 2010. The America COMPETES Act, under consideration on the House Floor this week, will strengthen America's economic competitiven  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 3, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids announced that Kansas will receive $58.6 million in new federal funding from the bipartisan infrastructure law to clean up more than 5,400 hazardous, abandoned oil and gas wells that are polluting backyards, recreation areas, and public spaces across Kansas. The historic investments to clean up these sites will create good-paying, union jobs, introduce new econom  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke on the Senate floor about the health crisis, national security crisis, and humanitarian crisis at the southern border created by President Biden's disastrous policies. Senator Marshall said in part, "I want to make it clear tonight that I'm for border security. I'm for law and order. I have been to the border three times in the last four to five years and what I saw t  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Congressman Jake LaTurner (KS-02) today introduced a resolution in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives respectively to recognize the Coffeyville Community College men's basketball team for winning the 2021 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Division I Championship. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and U.S. Representativ  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Rick Scott (FL) offered their No Taxpayer Dollars for Communist Chinese COVID Tests Act, a bill to prohibit the use of federal funds to purchase at-home tests for COVID-19 that are imported from, or manufactured in, Communist China. The legislation was blocked by Senate Democrats. Senators Marshall and Scott introduced this bill following the Biden administration's purc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran, alongside U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) announced that the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $2.77 million in grant funding to help rural businesses in 12 Kansas communities. "Supporting advancement and expansion for businesses is vital to the success of our great state, and I applaud USDA's meaningful investments benefitting   more