WASHINGTON, April 15 (TNSRep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R42581) updated on April 13, 2022, entitled "State Small Business Credit Initiative: Implementation and Funding Issues": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) SSBCI Programs The SSBCI provides funding to expand existing or create new state small business lending and investment programs, including state capital access programs (CAPs) and other credit support programs (OCSPs). State Capital Acces  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Following a hearing examining policies to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, Representative Sharice Davids joined a bipartisan group of 19 House colleagues to call for continued action to prevent insider trading and improve transparency. The House Administration Committee heard strong testimony in support of a stock trading ban for members of Congress and their immediate families last   more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) and 10 of their colleagues in seeking answers from U.S. 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 enc  more