KANSAS CITY, Kansas, Oct. 6 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 5, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids hosted Radhika Fox, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Assistant Administrator for Water, to announce nearly $80 million in bipartisan infrastructure law funding coming to Kansas to ensure clean drinking water across the state. Davids, who released an investigative report on water infrastructure in Kansas' Third District, was the only member of t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-22-105326) entitled "Higher Education - VA Could Improve Support for Veterans Pursuing STEM Degrees". Here are excerpts of summaries associated with the report. What GAO Found: "More than 130,000 veterans used the Post-9/11 GI Bill to pursue a degree in science, technology, engineering, or mathematics (STEM) from school years 2019 through 2021. About 3,500 veterans also used the Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholar  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-22-105166) entitled "Large Constellations of Satellites - Mitigating Environmental and Other Effects." Here are excerpts of summaries associated with the report. What GAO Found: "There are almost 5,500 active satellites in orbit as of spring 2022, and one estimate predicts the launch of an additional 58,000 by 2030. Large constellations of satellites in low Earth orbit are the primary drivers of the increase. S  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 5 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-22-105031) entitled "VA Acquisition Management - Actions Needed to Better Manage the Acquisition Workforce". Here are excerpts of summaries associated with the report. What GAO Found: "The Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) acquisition workforce plans, manages, and oversees a high volume of contracting to support its mission. However, VA does not have comprehensive data on this workforce. It does not have acc  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. has introduced two pieces of legislation aimed at preventing overreach at the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) following an aggressive expansion of the agency by the Biden Administration. One bill, titled the Preventing Frivolous Actions by IRS Agents Act, compensates American citizens who were incorrectly subjected to failed IRS audits or legal actions, while the other bill f  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: In response to the U.S. Department of Interior's (DOI) draft proposal for the Outer Continental Shelf Oil and Gas Leasing Program, Idaho's U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch joined Senator Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana) and a group of their Republican colleagues in sending a letter rebuking the Biden Administration for its assault on domestic oil and gas production. In the draft proposal, the DOI hinted tha  more