WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release and an Aug. 9, 2022, letter: * * * U.S. Senate Banking Committee Republicans blasted the Federal Reserve (the Fed) after discovering it is in possession of documents that Banking Committee Republicans specifically requested six months ago. Last week, it was revealed that the Fed does in fact have documents related to former Fed Go  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2022: On the one-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passing the Senate, Representative Sharice Davids released a fact sheet highlighting how the landmark legislation is delivering solutions for Kansas' most pressing infrastructure needs. Since the bill was signed into law, approximately $853 million has been announced and is headed to Kansas with over 95 specific projects ident  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced the Department of Transportation (DOT) has awarded the Mid-America Regional Council a $5,600,000 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity (RAISE) Grant for the Bi-State Sustainable Reinvestment Corridor project. Utilizing federal funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, The Bi-State Sustainable Reinvestment   more

OVERLAND PARK, Kansas, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids toured the 167th Street, Antioch to Switzer Road, reconstruction project in Overland Park, which will improve the accessibility of vehicles, pedestrians, and cyclists, and support long-term job growth. Davids' funding request for roadway improvements is one of 15 local projects that have been approved by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, eight  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Aug. 10, 2022: * * * U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) released the following statement in response to the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) conducting a raid on former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. "The raid of President Trump's home on Monday was a brazen political weaponization of the FBI and the U.S. Department of Justice. When Republicans called on U.S. Attorney General Garlan  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release and an Aug. 9, 2022, letter: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) and his Senate Banking Committee Republican colleagues blasted the Federal Reserve (the Fed) after discovering it is in possession of documents that Banking Committee Republicans specifically requested six months ago. Last week, it was revealed that the Fed does in fact have documents related to former Fed Governor Sarah Bloom Raskin's involv  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement after the latest Labor Department report showed inflation rose 8.5% since July 2021. "Inflation remains at its highest rate in decades since Joe Biden took office in January 2021," said Senator Marshall. "In response, Senate Democrats are doubling down on their out of control spending that led to inflation in the first place. They just pass  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 10, 2022: The Sergeant First Class (SFC) Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022 was signed into law. This historic, bipartisan legislation was introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - the ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. The Senate passed the legislation on August 2 with a vote of 86-  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 11 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations issued the following testimony by Rebecca Shepard, a trial attorney with the Federal Defender Program Inc., involving a hearing on July 26, 2022, entitled "Corruption, Abuse and Misconduct at U.S. Penitentiary Atlanta": * * * My name is Rebecca Shepard. I am a trial attorney with the Federal Defender Program, Inc. of the Northern District of Georgia, a federal community defende  more