WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today announced that nearly 1,700 companies across retails sectors and more than 200 trade associations voiced support for his bill, the Credit Card Competition Act. Senators Marshall and Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced this bipartisan legislation to slash credit card swipe fees and enhance competition and choice in the credit card market. "Swipe Fees are   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D.'s Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act passed the U.S. House of Representatives. This bipartisan legislation would improve timely access to quality care for seniors under Medicare Advantage. Specifically, the bill would modernize the way Medicare Advantage plans and health care providers use prior authorization. This legislation addresses the numb  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids announced her office has officially helped recover over $11 million owed to local taxpayers in the Kansas Third District. This milestone highlights the success of Davids' robust constituent service efforts, a priority she's maintained since taking office. Of the $11 million, Davids' office recovered over $7 million in missing IRS tax returns. In total, Davids' office has help  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: Yesterday Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Congressman Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) introduced bipartisan legislation to address a critical shortage of Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs). H.R. 8805 - the Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act - will allow nursing homes that have been forced to suspend in-house CNA education programs after receiving a certain level of penalties to res  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Kevin Cramer, R-North Dakota, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND) delivered remarks at the 2022 Taiwan Agricultural Trade Goodwill Mission reiterating his support for Taiwan and highlighting the strong agriculture trade relationship between the island and North Dakota. "North Dakota and Taiwan share a Sister State relationship, in which we recognize our friendship, trading partnership, and shared values of freedom a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release and letter: Senate Republicans, led by U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), are expressing concerns with the establishment of a permanent government price-setting program, funded by billions of taxpayer dollars, in the partisan Inflation Reduction Act, and raising questions regarding federal health agencies' plans for program implement  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: Senator Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI), member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, delivered remarks on the Senate floor speaking out against the radical nationwide abortion ban recently introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC). Despite previous Republican statements that abortion laws should be decided by the states, Senator Graham's bill would ban abortions after 15-weeks of pregnancy across the country, incl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release and letter on Sept. 14, 2022: Today U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a group of Senators on a letter to Samantha Power, Administrator for the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID), demanding that her agency suspend its taxpayer-funded financial awards to EcoHealth Alliance (EcoHealth), a U.S. nonprofit organization led by Peter Daszak. USAID's unwillingness to cooperate with congressional r  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) spoke yesterday on the Senate floor to encourage a resolution to the railway labor-management dispute and to highlight the negative impact a rail shutdown would have on Kansas and the world. "In my state, the harvest is well underway, and farmers need to be able to ship their crops by train around the country and to our ports where the grain will be sent to f  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- 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 Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, took to the Senate floor to fight back against the Republican national abortion ban introduced by Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) yesterday. In the speech, Senator Murray promised to fight this bill every step of the way and to s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont) - members of the Senate Committee on Indian Affairs - recently introduced legislation to reaffirm that any land taken into trust by the United States for Indian tribes is federally recognized from the day it was first taken into trust. Under the Indian Reorganization Act (IRA) passed in 1934, the Secretary of the Interior was given authority and guid  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 15 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 14, 2022: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC) - today introduced legislation that will increase reimbursement rates for veterans who must travel to receive medical care provided through the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). U.S. Representative Doug LaMalfa (R-Calif.) will introduce companion legis  more