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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Saturday July 23, 2022 ( 5 items )  

Amid Historic Inflation, Sen. Marshall Introduces Bill Creating Transparency for Economic Impacts of Federal Regulations
GARDEN CITY, Kansas, July 23 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS) and Ted Cruz (TX)have introduced the National Regulatory Budget Act, legislation that would create transparency for the economic impacts of proposed and existing federal regulations. Specifically, this legislation establishes a new independent agency that would be required to assess and report on the economic costs of federal regulations, as well as create a   more

House Small Business Committee Republicans Pen Letter to SEC Demanding Rescission of Burdensome Greenhouse Gas Disclosure Requirements on Small Businesses
WASHINGTON, July 23 (TNSCapV) -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, ranking member of the House Small Business Committee, issued the following news release and letter on July 21, 2022: Republican members of the House Committee on Small Business issued the following joint statement after sending a letter to the Chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, Gary Gensler. "Time and time again, Democrats always find a way to inflict damage on small businesses through unnecessary regul  more

On Senate Floor, Sen. Portman Urges Colleagues to Include Bipartisan Safeguarding American Innovation Act in CHIPS Plus Package
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Rob Portman, R-Ohio, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: On the Senate floor, U.S. Senator Rob Portman (R-OH), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, urged his colleagues to support his amendment to include his bipartisan Safeguarding American Innovation Act, or SAIA, which passed the Senate last year on a bipartisan basis as a part of the CHI  more

Republican Senator Blocks Sens. Murray, Smith Effort to Pass Commonsense Family Planning Bill
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Patty Murray, D-Washington, chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Patty Murray (D-WA), Chair of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP), sought unanimous consent to pass her bill with Senators Tina Smith (D-MN) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA) to protect and expand access to family planning services--but Republican Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA) blocked the legislation.  more

Sen. Moran, Kansas Aviation Leaders Attend Farnborough International Airshow
WASHINGTON, July 23 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Earlier this week, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) led a delegation of Kansans, along with the Greater Wichita Partnership, to the Farnborough International Airshow. This was the largest delegation of Kansans to ever attend the Airshow. "For nearly 100 years, Kansans have promoted and embodied a culture of innovation in aviation and aerospace, which not only improves the lives of Kansans but reverberates ac  more