WASHINGTON, June 24 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on June 23, 2022, at news conference on the Make It In America agenda: * * * House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD) held a press conference on the Make It In America agenda, which Leader Hoyer has led since 2010. Leader Hoyer was joined by other House Democratic Members to announce new policy recommendations for Supply Chain Resilience, and touch on the progress made on Make It In America's Ed  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- House Majority Leader Steny Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: House Majority Leader Steny H. Hoyer (MD), joined by several House Democratic colleagues, unveiled a major update to the Make It In America (MIIA) plan for jobs and opportunity. First launched by Hoyer in 2010, the plan has brought together bipartisan policies and legislation aimed at promoting economic growth, the creation of jobs that won't be outsourced, and building a co  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act, to strengthen mental health care and provide the resources necessary to address the mental health and substance use disorder crises facing millions of Americans. The historic legislation would support Americans with mental health challenges by strengthening  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 8150, the Keep Kids Fed Act, which would ensure that schools in Missouri and across the country can continue providing meals for students despite ongoing supply chain issues. The Keep Kids Fed Act would allow the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide additional assistance to child nutrition programs by reimbursin  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids announced President Biden appointed Christy Davis as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for Kansas. Davis, a fifth-generation Kansan, will help create jobs, foster economic development, and support essential services in rural Kansas. Davids is the newest member of the House Agricultural Committee which oversees U  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) announced his opposition to a Senate gun control bill that the House will likely address in the coming days. This comes at the same time that the Supreme Court has ruled against a New York law that violated the Constitution's 2nd Amendment. "Without a hearing or the opportunity to offer amendments, the Senate's gun control bill falls well short of protecting stud  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Steny H. Hoyer, D-Maryland, issued the following remarks on June 23, 2022: * * * Congressman Steny H. Hoyer (MD-05) held a press conference on the Make It In America agenda, which Congressman Hoyer has led since 2010. Congressman Hoyer was joined by other House Democratic Members to announce new policy recommendations for Supply Chain Resilience, and touch on the progress made on Make It In America's Education, Entrepreneurship, and Infrastructure policy recommendat  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on June 22, 2022: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer and senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, participated in a markup on two bills to restore fairness and competition in the cattle marketplace: the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act, which Grassley helped introduce last November, and the Meat Packing Special Investigator Act, which Grassley helped introduce last June.   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke today at a Title IX 50th anniversary press conference hosted by Senator Tommy Tuberville (AL). During his remarks, Senator Marshall called attention to the Biden Administration's latest fight which threatens funding for school meals for hungry kids at schools that don't allow boys to play girls' sports saying, in part, "On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, we should   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. voted against the gun reform legislation before the U.S. Congress. Having already provided practical solutions to the issue of school safety through his Safe Schools Act and with legislation to strengthen the background check system, Senator Marshall released this statement: "Kansans expect me to protect their Constitutional freedoms in the U.S. Senate, and I will not sacr  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) - a member of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee - today questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during a Banking committee hearing on recent interest rate hikes and their impact on the Kansas agricultural community. In the increasingly difficult business environment Kansas farmers already face, uncertainty surrounding the trajectory of costs poses grow  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- The Senate Judiciary Committee issued the following testimony by Amy E. Swearer, a legal fellow at the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation, involving a hearing on June 15, 2022, entitled "Protecting America's Children From Gun Violence": * * * My name is Amy Swearer, and I am a Legal Fellow in the Edwin Meese III Center for Legal and Judicial Studies at the Heritage Foundation.1 My areas of scholarship and study include, among  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: President Joe Biden signed into law the VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021, legislation introduced by Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - to increase transparency surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernizati  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: President Joe Biden signed into law the VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021, legislation introduced by Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - to increase transparency surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. Last summer, the VA Office of   more