WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-New York, chairwoman of the House Oversight and Reform Committee, issued the following memorandum on July 20, 2022: * * * To: Members of the Committee on Oversight and Reform Fr: Chairwoman Carolyn B. Maloney Re: Investigation of Census Citizenship Question When the Supreme Court struck down the Trump Administration's illegal attempt to add a citizenship question to the 2020 Census, Chief Justice John Roberts observed that the Trump Administrat  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 19, 2022: The House passed Representative Sharice Davids' bipartisan legislation to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), enshrining marriage equality in federal law. The Respect for Marriage Act would also provide additional legal protections for marriage equality from those seeking to undermine it at the state level. The introduction follows a concurring opinion issued by Justice Clarence Thom  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on July 20, 2022: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 8294, a package of six government funding bills with critical support for families and communities across Missouri. The historic investments in the bill would help lower the cost of living for Missourians, create good-paying jobs in every community, focus on uplifting working class families, and provide additional supp  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on July 20, 2022: The House of Representatives passed H.R. 8294, a package of six government funding bills for Fiscal Year 2023, with the support of U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO). Included in the government funding package were 14 of the 15 Community Project Funding requests submitted by Rep. Cleaver, totaling $38.25 million. Funding for the 15th project is expected to be passed by the Ho  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, to enshrine marriage equality and protections for same-sex and interracial couples into federal law. The bipartisan bill, which would codify the protections afforded under the Supreme Court's Obergefell and Loving decisions, passed the House of Representatives by a vote of 267-157. "At a time when g  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Rep. Marilyn Strickland, D-Washington, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10), Congresswoman Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), and Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) introduced the Reproductive Health Travel Fund Act to provide grant assistance to those who travel to receive reproductive health care. "Access to safe and legal reproductive health care, including abortion, should not be limited to those with the resources to travel. The decision to  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 20, 2022: During his remarks on the Senate Floor this afternoon, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. warned that the Biden Administration's radical energy policies are steering Kansas families towards blackouts. While you may click HERE or on the image below to watch Senator Marshall's full speech, he said in part, "The shocking new inflation numbers show Americans are already paying 42% more for ener  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 20, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) today spoke on the U.S. Senate Floor calling on President Biden to prioritize American energy and decrease dependence on foreign powers for oil production. This follows the President's recent travels to Saudi Arabia to discuss the country's oil and energy production. "My state of Kansas is an energy producing state," said Sen. Moran. "We could help increase sup  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced its intent to implement the WIC Healthy Beginnings Act (S.3216). Introduced last year, the bipartisan legislation would encourage competition, reduce costs, and improve the quality of infant formula options available through state Special Suppleme  more