WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on Feb. 17, 2022, entitled "The State of the American Economy: A Year of Unprecedented Economic Growth and Future Plans": * * * I'll start by observing it's a little bit rich to be lectured by the chairman about not attending a markup of nominees when the chairman personally led the Democratic boycott of the Senat  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed U.S. Senator Jerry Moran's (R-Kan.) legislation this evening to award the Congressional Gold Medal to the members of the Women's Army Corps who were assigned to the 6888th Central Postal Directory Battalion - the "Six Triple Eight" - during World War II. The unit served at home and in Europe where they sorted and routed mail for millions of American servicem  more