Wednesday - April 22, 2026
Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Tuesday April 05, 2022 ( 3 items )  

Rep. Graves Helps Introduce Legislation to Protect Family Farms, Small Businesses
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) joined Representatives Tracey Mann, Jason Smith, Bob Latta, and a bipartisan coalition of more than 70 members of Congress in introducing a resolution recognizing the important role of the stepped-up basis in preserving family farms and small businesses. "If the President gets his way and guts the stepped-up basis, it would spell disaster for thousands of family-owned farms and  more

Rep. Mann Challenges President Biden's Farm Killer Tax on House Floor
WASHINGTON, March 31 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Yesterday, during National Agriculture Month, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) spoke on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, drawing attention to dangerous tax provisions included in President Biden's proposed Fiscal Year 2023 budget. The President's budget includes provisions threatening the stepped-up basis and imposing capital gains taxes on property such as farms, ranches, and businesse  more

Sen. Marshall on Russian Sanctions: We Need to Be a Country of Action
WASHINGTON, April 5 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 4, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. was on FOX Business today to discuss the situation in Ukraine and the importance of enforcing U.S. sanctions on Russia. Senator Marshall said in part, "Most importantly, we need to implement the sanctions that we've already talked about. So many of them don't go into effect until June... "We need to be a country of action. If we're the leader of the free   more