WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: A year after the American Rescue Plan Act was signed into law by President Biden, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) highlighted the impact of the historic rescue package, which led to more than 254,000,000 Americans receiving a vaccine, helped reopen schools and small businesses, put hardworking Missourians back to work, and supported local health care heroes, firefighters, police officers,  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: One year after the American Rescue Plan became law, Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced today that Missouri's Fifth District has received $15,027,886.59 to date from the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECF). The ECF program, which was created as part of the American Rescue Plan, helps schools and libraries ensure that students can connect to  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 7108, a bill to suspend normal trade relations with Russia and Belarus in response to their illegal, unprovoked, and unconscionable invasion of Ukraine. The legislation passed the House of Representatives with overwhelming bipartisan support as the U.S. Congress and Biden Administration continue unprecedented efforts to hold Vladimir   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids announced the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $4,113,744 to two Head Start programs in Kansas' Third District. These Head Start programs work daily to emphasize children's cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. Children that participate in Head Start programs receive benefits that appear immediately and last a lifetime. HHS Head  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. introduced legislation to ensure Congress has a say in the revocation of Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) designations. Currently, the executive branch can take such an action unilaterally. This legislation follows reports that the Biden Administration is considering the removal of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards Corps (IRGC) from the FTO list as the U.S. continues to  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following statement by American Veterans National Commander Greg Heun involving a joint hybrid hearing with the House Veterans' Affairs Committee on Feb. 2, 2022, on veterans mental health care: * * * As the largest veterans service organization representing all of America's veterans, AMVETS is honored to provide our legislative priorities for the remainder of the 117th Congress. Last Memorial Day weekend, AMVETS hosted  more

WASHINGTON, March 17 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Jack McManus, national president of the Vietnam Veterans, involving a joint hybrid hearing with the House Veterans' Affairs Committee on Feb. 2, 2022, on veterans health care and benefits: * * * On behalf of our members and their families, I want to thank each member of both committees for all that you do to transform support for veterans to real programs, initiatives, and benefits. I am pleased to  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, March 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran alongside U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) announced nearly $2 million in research grants awarded to Kansas State University by the U.S. Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The three research initiatives will focus on early detection and containment of African swine fever as well as improving hard red winte  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) today urged U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to require SkyWest to continue its contracted level of service to four Kansas airports until a new carrier can be secured. Last week, SkyWest announced it would be ending air service to Dodge City, Hays, Liberal and S  more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont) - members on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - today introduced the Elizabeth Dole Home and Community Based Services for Veterans and Caregivers Act to expand community-based services for aging and homebound veterans. Also referred to as the Elizabeth Dole Act, this legislation exemplifies Sen.   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont) - members on the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - today introduced the Elizabeth Dole Home and Community Based Services for Veterans and Caregivers Act to expand community-based services for aging and homebound veterans. Also referred to as   more

WASHINGTON, March 18 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 17, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) today urged U.S. Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg to require SkyWest to continue its contracted level of service to four Kansas airports until a new carrier can be secured. Last week, SkyWest announced it would be ending air service to Dodge City, Hays, Liberal and Sali  more