WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Education awarded Johnson County Community College's (JCCC) Hiersteiner Child Development Center (HCDC) up to $618,000 to provide on-campus childcare services for low-income student-parents. "I was raised by a single mother and saw the countless sacrifices she made to support me and my brothers," said Davids. "It took me 4 years to complete an  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 27 -- The House Financial Services Subcommittee on National Security, International Development and Monetary Policy issued the following written statement by Carla Norrlof, nonresident senior fellow of the GeoEconomics Center in Atlantic Council, involving a hybrid hearing on Sept. 20, 2022, entitled "Under the Radar: Alternative Payment Systems and the National Security Impacts of Their Growth": Norrlof is also a political science professor at the University of Toronto. * *   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- The House Homeland Security Committee issued the following testimony by John O'Connell, senior vice president of the National Rural Water Association, involving a hearing on Sept. 21,2022, entitled "Critical Infrastructure Preparedness and Resilience: A Focus on Water": * * * I am John O'Connell, the Senior Vice President of the National Rural Water Association (NRWA), the largest public drinking water and sanitation utility organization representing more than 31,000 wa  more

OLATHE, Kansas, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and Olathe Police Department Chief Mike Butaud have joined forces to nominate Olathe East High School School Resource Officer (SRO) Erik Clark for the Public Safety Officer Medal of Valor. The nomination comes after Officer Clark displayed heroic actions to protect students and teachers from an active shooter at Olathe East High School on March 4, 2022. "Without quest  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 27, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Varney & Co. this morning on Fox Business to talk about funding the federal government and U.S. Senator Joe Manchin's attempt to attach a flawed permitting reform measure to the bill. Senator Marshall also discussed his resolution to force President Joe Biden to terminate the COVID-19 national emergency declaration. On funding the federal governme  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 28 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) introduced the Supporting Small Business Career and Technical Education Act, important legislation that helps small businesses hire new employees and supports aspiring entrepreneurs. The bill directs Small Business Development Centers (SBDCs) and Women Business Centers (WBCs) to assist small businesses in hiring graduates of career and tec  more