WASHINGTON, March 14 -- The House Ways and Means Subcommittee on Worker and Family Support issued the following information for a virtual hearing entitled "Improving Family Outcomes through Home Visiting" at 10 a.m. on March 16, 2022: Witnesses: * Steven Pascal, Director of Home Visiting, The Children's Trust, Boston, MA * Myia Smith, Healthy Families America Family Support Specialist, Henry Booth House, Chicago, IL * Erica Beck, Healthy Families America Program Participant, Henry Booth Hous  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Rep. Tom Cole, R-Oklahoma, issued the following weekly column: Last week, Congress finally passed and sent to President Joe Biden's desk a full-year funding package for fiscal year 2022 that also included supplemental money to support our national security response in the wake of Putin's unprovoked aggression against Ukraine. Considering that the fiscal year represented by this package began on October 1 of last year, this action was months overdue. Unfortunately, the pr  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following joint statement on March 14, 2022: * * * Forty-nine Republican Senators today told the Biden Administration they will not support the revived Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action with Iran, which, according to public reports, will weaken sanctions and lessen restrictions on Iran's nuclear program. "According to press reports, the Biden Administration may soon conclude an agreement with Iran to provide substantial san  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following joint statement on March 14, 2022: * * * Senator James Lankford (R-OK) today joined 49 Republican Senators to tell the Biden Administration they will not support the revived Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) with Iran, which, according to public reports, will weaken sanctions and lessen restrictions on Iran's nuclear program. According to press reports, the Biden Administration may soon conclude an agreemen  more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. James M. Inhofe, R-Oklahoma, issued the following joint statement on March 14, 2022: * * * Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Representative Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) today offered the following joint statement after a report was released by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in which recommendations are made to "modernize and realign" the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee (for eastern Oklahoma recommendations, see pages   more

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following joint statement on March 14, 2022: * * * Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Jim Inhofe (R-OK) and Representative Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) today offered the following joint statement after a report was released by the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), in which recommendations are made to "modernize and realign" the Jack C. Montgomery VA Medical Center in Muskogee (for eastern Oklahoma recommendations, see pages 72-7  more