WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. David Scott, D-Georgia, chairman of the House Agriculture Committee, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: House Agriculture Committee Chairman David Scott delivered the following statement at today's hearing "A 2022 Review of the Farm Bill: Dairy Provisions." [As prepared for delivery] Good morning and thank you to our Committee members and witnesses for joining us today. Before we discuss the topic of today's hearing, I would like to welcome Congres  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: As President Biden prepares to announce today that he is calling on Congress to instate a federal gas tax holiday--as Representative Sharice Davids first proposed in February--she released the following statement: "We are clearly in extraordinary circumstances, as Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the lingering impacts of the pandemic continue to drive prices up at the pump. My preference would have been to  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids joined local experts to urge action on upcoming legislation aimed at tackling the mental health and addiction crisis. As the House prepares to vote on a package that includes Davids' bipartisan legislation to renew federal mental health grant programs, local advocates shared how those programs have helped create healthier, safer communities in Kansas. "I urge my colleagues to   more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, June 23 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Monday, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) visited the Stryten Energy manufacturing facility in Salina, Kansas. Stryten Energy staff members gave a tour of the plant operations, and Rep. Mann visited with employees. "Thank you to everyone at Stryten who took the time to visit with me at the Salina manufacturing facility," said Rep. Mann. "Now more than ever, the United States must utilize an 'all   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after President Biden called on Congress to temporarily suspend the Federal Gas Tax. "Even Barack Obama called this a gimmick. Kansans are suffering, Americans are suffering, and this farce will do nothing meaningful to ease their financial pain. It is well past time President Biden stops with the political theater and abando  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS) and Tommy Tuberville (AL) expressed their opposition to expanding the federal government's control over U.S. cattle markets by offering an amendment to strike market quotas for fed cattle from the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2022. The amendment was offered during a hearing in the Senate Ag today. When offering his amendment, Senato  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Last week, the Health, Education, Labor & Pensions (HELP) Committee held an Executive Session and passed several health care bills championed by U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. aimed at increasing access to low cost medicine and innovative medical products. Senator Marshall's bills and amendments were included in a comprehensive package called the Food and Drug Administration Safety and Landmark Advanceme  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on June 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee and the highest-ranking Latino in Congress, today led several of his Senate colleagues, including Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Chair Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), in urging Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell to establish a more robust, transparent, and standardized selection process f  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on June 22, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) today released the following statement in response to President Biden calling on Congress to suspend the federal gas and diesel tax for three months. "A federal gas tax holiday is a trivial attempt to address a serious issue that is hurting Kansas families. "When President Biden took office he immediately sought to undermine American fossil fuel production  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, issued the following opening remarks on June 22, 2022: U.S. Senator Thom Tillis (R-NC) served as Ranking Member of the Senate Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Committee in a hearing for Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell's Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress. In his opening remarks, Senator Tillis questioned Chairman Powell about the Federal Reserve's response to combatting inflation that is hurting Americans across the  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights issued the following statement by Ginger Carney, a registered dietitian nutritionist and international board-certified lactation consultant involving a hearing on June 15, 2022, entitled "Baby Formula and Beyond: The Impact of Consolidation on Families and Consumers". Carney is also the immediate past president of the Tennessee Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics and director of the Clin  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Support has grown for U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and Congressman Mike Garcia's (CA-25) Safe Schools Act, legislation to allow COVID relief dollars allocated to schools through the Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund to be used by schools to harden themselves with physical security measures, such as locks, panic buttons, individual room security systems, video surveillance, a  more