| Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Thursday April 14, 2022 ( 5 items ) |
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Rep. Davids Celebrates New Cancer Imaging Machine for the University of Kansas Cancer Center
KANSAS CITY, Kansas, April 14 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release:
Representative Sharice Davids visited The University of Kansas (KU) Cancer Center to celebrate passage of her funding request for a new imaging machine to advance cutting-edge cancer research and treatment in Kansas. Davids joined KU Medical Center Executive Vice Chancellor Dr. Robert Simari, KU Cancer Center President Dr. Roy Jensen, and Acting Department Chair of Cancer Biology Dr. Stefan Bossma
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Rep. Mann Releases Statement on EPA Lifting E15 Summer Restriction
WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following statement:
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U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) released the following statement regarding yesterday's announcement that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is lifting summer sales of higher-ethanol gasoline blend under emergency authority.
"Prices at the pump are out of control, and using a home-grown resource like ethanol is a workable solution that Americans deserve," said Rep Mann. "While it's months o
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Sen. Moran Leads Colleagues in Demanding Answers on Changes to Border Security Policies
WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 13, 2022:
U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) this week led 12 of his colleagues in seeking answers from Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas on recent changes to how the department enforces border security and processes migrants at the southern border.
"In Fiscal Year (FY) 2021, U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) recorded 1.7 million encounters with individuals attempting t
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Sens. Moran, Blumenthal Honor Veterans Who Helped With Evacuations From Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (Kan.) and Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) - members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - last week introduced a resolution honoring the veterans of the U.S. Armed Forces and civilian volunteers who organized evacuations during the withdrawal of the United States from Afghanistan in August 2021.
Afghanistan fell to the Taliban on August 15, 2021, resulting in a humanitarian
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Sens. Moran, Marshall Applaud Passage of Legislation Commemorating Brown V. Board of Education Sites Across Multiple States
WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release:
U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (Kan.) released the following statements after the Senate unanimously passed legislation to commemorate the historic sites that contributed to the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka.
This legislation will expand the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site to include historic sites in South Carolina
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