WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) secured $15,156,000 in Community Project Funding with the passage of H.R. 2471, which Cleaver proudly supported. The Community Project Funding, included in the fiscal year 2022 government funding package soon to be signed into law, will provide federal dollars for critical local projects throughout the Fifth Congressional District of Missouri, including in   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass the bipartisan government funding bill after standing up to leadership to ensure Kansans receive their fair share of COVID relief funds. The package passed the House today, sending humanitarian aid to Ukraine and unlocking overdue infrastructure funds along with several other priorities championed by Davids, including reauthorization of the Violence Against Women  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) released the following statement regarding his votes against the $1.5 trillion omnibus spending bill for Fiscal Year 2022 and a fourth continuing resolution in the U.S. House of Representatives. "Rather than fulfilling their constitutional duty to have a true debate on our nation's finances and pass a comprehensive, fiscally responsible budget, Washington Democrats have  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), a member of the Appropriations Committee, announced that several Missouri priorities were included in the following FY22 funding bills: Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies; Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration, and Related Agencies; Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies; and Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Age  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following floor statement: * * * U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke on the Senate floor, urging his Democrat colleagues to pass legislation providing Ukraine with life-saving aid to combat Russia's unprovoked invasion immediately. Last week, Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked Congress for this assistance. Yet instead of acting swiftly to help the Ukrainian people, Senate Democrats are choosing to use this crisis as  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) introduced the Emergency Relief From Duties Act aimed at creating emergency waivers for duties leveed on fertilizers by the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC). This legislation creates a pathway to establish a waiver of Countervailing Duty (CVD) or Anti-dumping Duty (AD) for a year if there is an emergency situation incl  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement after President Biden announced his nominees to serve in the Asset Infrastructure Review Commission and as undersecretary of Veterans Affairs for health and undersecretary of Veterans Affairs for benefits: * * * "I urged the President last month to quickly nominate candidates to fill several vacancies within the VA and vacancies on the AIR Commission. "  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 10, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - today released the following statement after President Biden announced his nominees to serve as the VA Undersecretary for Health, the Undersecretary for Benefits, and as members on the Asset Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission: "I urged the President last month to quickly nominate candid  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Ben Lujan (D-NM), Tim Scott (R-SC), Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY), Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), and Ben Cardin (D-MD) introduced The Centers for Public Health Preparedness and Response Reauthorization Act to require evidence-based practices to improve communication in public health preparedness and response. This legislation has been included in the HELP Committee bipar  more