WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Highways and Transit issued the following testimony by Scott Marler, director of Iowa Department of Transportation, on behalf of the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials, involving a hybrid hearing on Feb. 2, 2022, entitled "The Road Ahead for Automated Vehicles": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to appear today and speak to the important topic of automated transportation and wha  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that the first round of new federal transit funding from President Biden's Bipartisan Infrastructure Law is heading to Missouri. The funding will modernize public transportation systems, create and support transit jobs across the state, make long overdue investments to upgrade transportation facilities, including new buses and railc  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids announced that the first round of transit funding under the historic bipartisan infrastructure law is heading to Kansas to strengthen public transportation systems, support transit jobs, and make urgently needed investments. Davids helped lead these investments to passage through her role as Vice Chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee. "By  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Feb. 9, 2022: * * * Rep. Tracey Mann (KS-01) released the following statement regarding the Continuing Resolution vote last night in the U.S. House of Representatives. "Yesterday, House Democrats pushed through yet another irresponsible continuing resolution. This is not the first, not the second, but the third time that Speaker Pelosi and House Democrats have resorted to stop-gap funding bills since Septembe  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today spoke at a press conference and on the Senate floor about rising crime in America as well as the latest $30 million grant program from the Biden Administration to fund the distribution of crack pipes. According to the Washington Free Beacon, an HHS spokesperson told the outlet earlier this week that a grant program to fund safe smoking kits "will provi  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - lead Republican on the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice and Science - today spoke during a press conference on rising crime in America. "We are a country designed to be based on the rule of law," said Sen. Moran. "Our country can only function when we feel safe and secure in our homes, in our schools, in our communities, and in our ch  more