WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement after President Biden delivered his State of the Union address: "At a time of global uncertainty, I hope we can come together as a nation to recognize the progress we've made over the last year--and that we can come together in Congress to pass bipartisan policies that address inflation, fix our supply chains, and lower costs on everyday expe  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) issued the following response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address. "Total Democrat control of Congress and the White House has crushed families across the country and our state," said Rep. Estes. "By every meaningful metric, Biden and Pelosi have taken us in the wrong direction and created multiple crises. "To make our Union strong we must secure our southern border,   more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) released the following response to President Joe Biden's State of the Union address: "Kansans and Americans across the nation tuned in last night in the hope of hearing our Commander in Chief address the crippling crises facing our country and tell us how he plans to fix them. Instead, they heard a self-serving monologue full of half-truths and empty promises," said Rep. Man  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement after the U.S. Senate passed his legislation to halt President Biden's COVID-19 vaccine mandate for healthcare workers. Senator Marshall delivered remarks on the Senate floor prior to the vote. "Make no mistake, this federal vaccine mandate is not about public health or science - it's about Joe Biden fulfilling his desire t  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley along with Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Jacky Rosen (D-NV), Michael Bennet (D-CO), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Alex Padilla (D-CA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), and Ron Wyden (D-OR) sent a letter to the Appropriations Committee asking for robust funding for the National Guard to support wildland firefighting efforts. The lett  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) spoke on the U.S. Senate Floor regarding Vladimir Putin's unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and called for a unified response from the U.S. Senate. "This war is a terrible tragedy - but it is also a wake-up call for the United States of America. When it comes to defense spending, energy production and humanitarian assistance, our commitments to these issues demonstrate our commi  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - responded to President Biden's State of the Union address by calling on Secretary of Veterans Affairs Denis McDonough to act quickly to deliver disability benefits for veterans. President Biden announced nine new presumptions during the State of the Un  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: Kansas U.S. Senators Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall, M.D. today teamed up to urge President Biden to ban the U.S. purchase of Russian oil. Additionally, the senators joined efforts to introduce legislation that would ban the import of Russian oil should President Biden fail to act. The senators' efforts come ahead of President Biden's address to the nation and in response to Russia's unjustifi  more

WASHINGTON, March 3 -- The Senate Environment and Public Works Committee issued the following testimony by Armond Cohen, executive director of the Clean Air Task Force, involving a hearing on Feb. 9, 2022, on the American Nuclear Infrastructure Act (S. 2373) and the STRANDED Act (S. 1290). The STRANDED Act is the Sensible, Timely Relief for America's Nuclear Districts' Economic Development Act. * * * My name is Armond Cohen and I am Executive Director of the Clean Air Task Force (CATF), an en  more

WASHINGTON, March 2 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 1, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) today called on President Biden to institute an embargo on all Russian energy exports and reevaluate domestic energy policies that are harming American energy production. "The United States is currently buying approximately 700,000 barrels of oil and other petroleum products per day   more