WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Pat Toomey, R-Pennsylvania, ranking member of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2022: * * * U.S. Senate Banking Committee Ranking Member Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) released the following statement after his provision requiring the Federal Reserve to provide transparency to the public about master accounts was included in the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "Events and information gleaned over the la  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee), Roger Marshall (R-Kansas), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Mississippi), Mike Braun (R-Indiana), Deb Fischer (R-Nebraska), Joni Ernst (R- Iowa), Tommy Tuberville (R-Alabama), Steve Daines (R-Montana) and John Hoeven (R-North Dakota) in successfully securing a provision in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Autho  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids applauded bipartisan passage of legislation she introduced to enshrine marriage equality in federal law. The Respect for Marriage Act passed both the U.S. House and Senate with bipartisan support and now heads to the President's desk to be signed into law. Davids joined her colleagues to introduce the Respect for Marriage Act in July following Justice Clarence Thomas' concurrin  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. David Cicilline, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: By a bipartisan vote of 258 to 169, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 8404, the Respect for Marriage Act, to repeal the Defense of Marriage Act and ensure critical protections for same-sex and interracial marriages. The Respect for Marriage Act was introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman and Equality Caucus Vice Chair Jerrold Nadler (NY-10); all nine openly LGBTQ+ members of the H  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Dec. 8, 2022: * * * Congressman Jake LaTurner voted in support of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) for FY 2023. He issued the following statement. "I voted YES on the FY2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). "One of Congress's most important duties is to ensure our troops have the resources they need to defend America's interests at home and abroad. The FY2023 NDAA achieves that missio  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release and letter on Dec. 8, 2022: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), the highest-ranking Latino in Congress and a senior member of the Senate Banking Committee, and U.S. Representative Raul Ruiz, M.D. (D-Calif.-36), Chairman of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus (CHC), today led a bicameral group of CHC colleagues in urging the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City to appoint a Latino as its next president. This  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 9 -- Rep. Suzan DelBene, D-Washington, issued the following news release on Dec. 7, 2022: The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) released a proposed rule Tuesday evening that brings Congresswoman Suzan DelBene (WA-01) and Senator Roger Marshall, M.D.'s (KS) legislation to improve care for seniors, the Improving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act (H.R. 3173), one step closer to becoming law. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would modernize the way Medicare Adv  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 8 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senator Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) and eight other colleagues in successfully securing a provision in the Fiscal Year (FY) 2023 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) to protect service members from the Biden Administration's COVID vaccine mandate. Additional Senators who secured this provision in the FY2023 are Senators Roger Marshall (R-Kansa  more