WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 1, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids announced 15 Davids-sponsored projects have been approved by the House Appropriation subcommittees, from updates to a police mobile command center to the modernization of a traffic-heavy bridge. The projects, totaling $32 million in federal funding, will be included in a larger appropriations package to be voted on in the House. Last year, Davids successfully sec  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release and letter on July 1, 2022: U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Rick Crawford (AR-01) led 12 Members of Congress in sending a letter to President Biden urging him to hold India accountable for violating their World Trade Organization (WTO) commitments. Current WTO rules allow governments to subsidize up to 10% of the value of commodity production; however, the Indian government continues to subsidize m  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- Sen. Thom Tillis, R-North Carolina, a member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on June 22, 2022, entitled "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress": * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman and welcome Chairman Powell. When you testified before this Committee in March, inflation was at a 40-year high, and Federal Reserve regional banks were stonewalling reasonable requests for information about t  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following testimony by James R. McTigue Jr., director of tax policy and administration at the Government Accountability Office, involving a hearing on June 14, 2022, entitled "Examining the Impact of South Dakota vs. Wayfair on Small Businesses and Remote Sales": * * * I am pleased to be here today to discuss our work on states' collection of sales taxes from out-of-state businesses, including how states and businesses have been aff  more

WASHINGTON, July 2 -- The Senate Finance Committee issued the following testimony by Diane Yetter, president of the Sales Tax Institute, involving a hearing on June 14, 2022, entitled "Examining the Impact of South Dakota vs. Wayfair on Small Businesses and Remote Sales": * * * I am Diane Yetter, the president and founder of The Sales Tax Institute and Yetter Tax. We provide sales tax education, resources, and consulting services to clients in almost every industry and size around the world. M  more