WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 29, 2022: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) joined his Ways and Means colleagues on the House floor during debate of the bipartisan SECURE 2.0. Rep. Estes was instrumental in passing the SECURE Act in 2019 and building the framework for SECURE 2.0. SECURE 2.0 includes legislation Rep. Estes helped introduce that improves the required minimum distribution rules and another that allows employers to match retirem  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: This week, U.S Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Steve Cohen (D-TN), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) co-introduced the bipartisan Cerebral Palsy Research Program Act, which would create a cerebral palsy (CP) research program headed by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and provide the first-ever dedicated source of federal funding for CP research. CP is the most common life-long  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following statement: * * * I always welcome the opportunity to share the priorities of the Kansas Third District with the President, and today's meeting with my New Dem colleagues was comprehensive and productive. I thanked him for his attention during the State of the Union on reducing inflation and lowering the costs that are weighing most heavily on Kansans--and asked that he now turn those words into actions. The most im  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined a group of colleagues at a press conference on the crisis at the southern border created by President Biden's mass amnesty and open border policies. During the press conference, Senator Marshall said in part, "Fourteen months ago, the White House created this crisis at the border through their policies. "And 14 months later, the crisis is getting worse... Our sou  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Julie Kashen, director of women's economic justice and a senior fellow at the Century Foundation, involving a hearing on March 22, 2022, entitled "Child Care and Preschool: Cutting Costs for Working Families": * * * I'm Julie Kashen, Director of Women's Economic Justice and a Senior Fellow at The Century Foundation. We are an independent think tank that conducts research, develo  more

WASHINGTON, March 31 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Health Resources and Services Administrator Carole Johnson involving a hearing on March 23, 2022, entitled "Strengthening Federal Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Programs: Opportunities, Challenges and Emerging Issues": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to speak with you about the Health Resources and Services Administration's (HRSA) programs to support the mental hea  more