WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47211) on Aug. 10, 2022, entitled "Criminal Justice Data: Human Trafficking" by social policy analyst Emily J. Hanson and domestic security specialist Kristin Finklea: * * * SUMMARY Human traffickers exploit vulnerable individuals for commercial sex and forced labor in a variety of legal and illegal industries, both across the United States and around the world. While some estimates of the inc  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-22-105195) entitled "VA Acquisition Management - Action Needed to Ensure Success of New Oversight Framework." Here are excerpts of summaries associated with the report. What GAO Found: "For over a decade, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has worked to implement a framework for managing how it purchases goods and services, with little success. GAO found that VA has not used its Acquisition Program Manage  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2022: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted in favor of the Senate Amendment to H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act, which passed the House of Representatives and will now go to President Biden to be signed into law. The transformative legislation takes historic steps to lower prescription drug, healthcare, and energy costs, invest in domestic clean energy production and manu  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2022: In keeping with her commitment to lower costs for Kansas families and businesses, today, Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, comprehensive legislation that will lower health care and energy costs and reduce the national debt by more than $300 billion. The bill includes key priorities that Davids has pushed for including allowing Medicare to negotiate for  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after voting against the Democrats' tax-and-spend bill. "Kansans are suffering under rampant inflation in Biden's recession - the last things they need are higher taxes and more runaway government spending," said Rep. Estes. "This bill aims to garner $20 billion from working Americans making less than $400,000 through a massively-expanded IRS. It's more  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) today announced a $24,821,705 Department of Transportation grant for the Kansas Department of Wildlife and Parks to be used for the Flint Hills Trail: Connecting Communities, Cultures and Landscapes project. These resources, provided through the FY22 Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability and Equity (RAISE) program, will be used to construct app  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 12, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) today announced a $3,279,655 Federal Transit Administration grant for the City of Lawrence. These resources, provided through the FY2022 Low-No Emission Grant Program, will be used to fund the Electrify Lawrence Transit: Phase 3 project, assisting Lawrence's acquisition of Low or No Emission Transit vehicles and supporting facilities. "These resources will help  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 12 -- The Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee issued the following testimony by Mike Wech, administrator of the Southwestern Power Administration of the Energy Department, involving a hearing on July 28, 2022, on a legislation to establish the Southwestern Power Administration Fund (S. 3719): * * * Chairman Manchin, Ranking Member Barrasso, and distinguished Members of the Committee, thank you for the opportunity to appear before you today to represent Southwestern P  more