WASHINGTON, June 29 -- he House Budget Committee issued the following testimony by Sharon Parrott, president of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, involving a hybrid hearing on June 14, 2022, entitled "How the American Rescue Plan Saved Lives and the U.S. Economy": * * * (Continued from Part 1 of 2) Early evidence shows the real-time impacts of these relief measures. For example, researchers found that receipt of P-EBT benefits in 2021 reduced the share of SNAP households where child  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee on Railroads, Pipelines and Hazardous Materials issued the following statement by Don Grissom, assistant general president of the Brotherhood of Railway Carmen Division of the Transportation Communications Union, involving a hybrid hearing on June 14, 2022, entitled "Examining Freight Rail Safety": * * * Thank you for the opportunity to testify today on the important issue of Freight Rail Safety. My name is Don Gr  more

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, June 29 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids shadowed construction apprentices at Shamrock Trading Corp. to highlight her work on pro-manufacturing supply chain legislation. Davids is one of two Kansas lawmakers selected to serve on the leadership committee working to finalize this legislation, which would expand the Registered Apprentice Program that helps place workers in jobs at Shamrock and  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 28, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today released the sixth episode of his monthly video series titled: Ag Talk with Doc, in which he sits down with various leaders in agriculture for discussions on the latest news affecting America's farmers, ranchers, and producers. For the sixth episode, Senator Marshall appears from the Pharr International Bridge in Pharr, Texas to discuss the work Cust  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on June 27, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) and U.S. Representative Mike Bost (Illinois) - Ranking Members of the Senate and House Veterans' Affairs Committees - today released the following statements regarding the process to confirm commissioners to the Asset and Infrastructure Review (AIR) Commission. "The VA MISSION Act gave Congress the duty of revie  more

WASHINGTON, June 29 -- The Senate on June 21, 2022, published 45 executive communications involving regulations that were published in the Federal Register: EC-4357. A communication from the Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, Office of the Secretary, Department of Defense, transmitting, pursuant to law, the report of a rule entitled "Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation Supplement: Small Business Specialist Review Threshold Update (DFARS Case 2022-D002)" (RIN0750-AL54) received in th  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following joint commentary with Sen. Tina Smith, D-Minnesota, to the New York Times: * * * U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) published an op-ed in the New York Times on the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn Roe v. Wade, stripping away the constitutional right to an abortion. Senators Warren and Smith described the devastating impact of th  more