KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 7 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced $225,000 in federal grant funding will go to the Westside Housing Organization, Inc. in support of efforts to develop and preserve affordable housing, revitalize and sustain neighborhoods, and create good-paying jobs in Kansas City, Missouri. "Since the beginning of my career, I have worked towards improving access to not only affordable   more

LENEXA, Kansas, May 7 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids worked a 'Sharice's Shift' delivering packages with UPS in Lenexa. Davids joined driver Jeff Dossett for a tour of the UPS trailer facility and ride along to deliver packages to local businesses, highlighting her work to improve ongoing supply chain issues and boost employment in the trucking industry amid driver shortages. "Truckers and delivery drivers have worked through   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Jennifer Wexton, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Jennifer Wexton (D-VA), Don Beyer (D-VA), and Gerry Connolly (D-VA) requested a legal decision from the Government Accountability Office (GAO) regarding two of the agencies' findings in a recently released report on the Trump administration's relocation of two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) research agencies to Kansas City, Missouri in 2019. The Members are asking the GAO to det  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: In honor of Teacher Appreciation Week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sam Graves (R-MO) introduced a House resolution recognizing the roles and contributions of teachers across the United States. The resolution gives thanks to the teachers of America and encourages students, parents, school administrators, and public officials to raise public awareness and show appreciation for the unq  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Dean Phillips, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: Reps. Dean Phillips (D-MN), French Hill (R-AR), Sharice Davids (D-KS), introduced the 21st Century Entrepreneurship Act to expose students from underserved and minority communities to the entrepreneurship and innovation fields. Entrepreneurship is a central component of economic growth, job creation, and innovation. Unfortunately, entrepreneurship rates have steadily declined over the past several decades:  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on May 6, 2022: Iowans, and Americans across the country, have been shocked and horrified by Putin's unjust, unprovoked war on Ukraine. Innocent men, women, and children have been murdered; our global alliances and world order have been tested; and across the globe people's lives have been changed forever. But, amidst the horrible bloodshed and destruction we've all seen as a result of Putin's invasion, one issue th  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) joined Senators Tim Scott (R-SC), Sherrod Brown (D-OH) Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV), Cynthia Lummis (R-WY), and Patty Murray (D-WA) to introduce the Supply Chain Disruptions Relief Act, bipartisan legislation to provide tax relief to auto dealers experiencing inventory shortages due to global supply chain issues. "The COVID pandemic and supply chain failures of this   more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 6, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (Kan.) along with U.S. Representatives Ron Estes (KS-04), Sharice Davids (KS-03), Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Jake LaTurner (KS-02) today requested President Biden declare a major disaster in Kansas following two back-to-back winter storms in March that produced heavy snow and high wind gusts. "The storms devastated 20 counties in western and   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- The U.S. Senate conducted 18 committee hearings on May 4, 2022: APPROPRIATIONS: HHS Committee on Appropriations: Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education, and Related Agencies concluded a hearing to examine proposed budget estimates and justification for fiscal year 2023 for the Department of Health and Human Services, after receiving testimony from Xavier Becerra, Secretary of Health And Human Services. APPROPRIATIONS: DOE Committee on Appropriati  more