WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) today announced $771,975 in grants for aviation manufacturers through the Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection (AMJP) program. These funds will help Kansas aviation employers retain 39 employees. The AMJP program was created by legislation (https://estes.house.gov/news/documentsingle.aspx?DocumentID=2831) introduced by Rep. Estes and S  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. announced his support of the Stop the Nosy Obsession with Online Payments (SNOOP) Act, a bill to strike the tax code provision inserted by the Biden Administration in the American Rescue Plan (ARP) that requires third-party payment platforms to report businesses' gross transaction volumes totaling more than $600 to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS). Prior to the ARP, paym  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Congressman Ron Estes (KS-04) today announced $771,975 in grants for aviation manufacturers through the Aviation Manufacturing Jobs Protection (AMJP) program. These funds will help Kansas aviation employers retain 39 employees. The AMJP program was created by legislation introduced by Sen. Moran and Congressman Estes. This is the third round of AMJP progr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 11, 2022: U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) today said that the Kansas City Fed and the Federal Reserve Board of Governors (Fed) are preventing the Senate from obtaining information directly relevant to congressional oversight and its constitutional responsibility to provide advice and consent o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Jon Tester, D-Montana, issued the following joint commentary with Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, to the Military Times: * * * Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) are underscoring the need for swift action in the Senate on their Health Care For Burn Pit Veterans Act--a critical step in their bipartisan effort to deliver for toxic-exposed veterans. In an op-ed published in Military Times, the Senators w  more