WASHINGTON, May 5 -- The House Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet issued the following testimony by Fix the Court Executive Director Gabe Roth involving a hearing on April 27, 2022, entitled "Building Confidence in the Supreme Court Through Ethics and Recusal Reforms": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify on ways we can build confidence in our highest court via more exacting ethics and recusal standards. There's clearly a lot that needs to be fix  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 5 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. federal regulators announced a proposal to strengthen and modernize the Community Reinvestment Act (CRA) to ensure regulated financial institutions are better servicing the credit needs of American communities, including rural, low-, and moderate-income communities. The CRA requires federally chartered or insured financial institutions to serve the needs of their respective communities in o  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following commentary to the Washington Times on May 5, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. penned an op-ed for the Washington Times about the importance of unleashing American innovation as it relates to nuclear energy. Senator Marshall said in part, "After a hiatus on nuclear power development in the United States for some time, concerns of climate change firmly embedded in the public conscience have fostered a concerte  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 5, 2022: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) today announced their push for full funding of the USDA Rural Broadband Program for Fiscal Year 2023. The 2018 Senate-passed Farm Bill increased the annual funding authorization level of the USDA broadband program to $350 million. Additionally, Congress authorized supplemental funding of $1.9 billion over ten years for the   more