WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: This week, Representative Sharice Davids announced her support for bipartisan legislation to prevent insider trading by Members of Congress and increase government accountability. Davids signed on to the bipartisan TRUST in Congress Act, which would promote transparency and reduce opportunities for inappropriate or corrupt use of elected office by requiring Members of Congress to put certain investment ass  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Dan Newhouse, R-Washington, issued the following news release: Rep. Newhouse released the following statement after introducing H.R. 7019, the Rural Prosperity Act. Currently, there are more than 400 federal programs dedicated to helping rural communities, spread across thirteen departments and over 50 offices and sub-agencies, which can create siloed, duplicative, and ineffective bureaucracy. This legislation would streamline federal services for rural America and   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) and other colleagues in introducing the Employee Rights Act of 2022, which would update and modernize the Employee Rights Act to protect independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs and anyone seeking flexible work options. "I helped craft the legislation that made Idaho a Right-to-Work state, and will continue to support  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a group of colleagues in introducing the Prohibiting Religious Exemption and Accommodations Databases Act,legislation toprohibit federal agencies from sharing, disclosing, or disseminating information concerning a religious accommodation request by a federal employee beyond the minimum necessary to process the request. The legislation comes on the heels of numerous fed  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Senator Tim Scott (SC) and colleagues in introducing the Employee Rights Act of 2022. This legislation updates and modernizes the Employee Rights Act to protect independent contractors, franchisees, entrepreneurs, and anyone seeking flexible work options. "Small businesses have always been economic drivers, and for the sake of our nation's prosperity we need to emp  more