WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho), along with 22 Senate colleagues, sent a letter to President Biden opposing any debt ceiling increase that does not include "real structural spending reforms that reduces deficit spending and brings fiscal sanity back to Washington." "Our nation's fiscal policy is a disaster. Our country owes $31 trillion, a level of debt that now well exceeds the size of our  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2023: Representative Sharice Davids announced that she has been named to serve on the House Small Business Committee in the 118th Congress. She will also serve on the Transportation & Infrastructure and House Agriculture Committees, as she announced last week. Davids' role on these committees represents a voice for the state on three major drivers of Kansas' economy, particularly in the newly-redr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, chairwoman of the House Education and the Workforce Committee, issued the following statement on Jan. 31, 2023: * * * Education and the Workforce Committee Chairwoman Virginia Foxx (R-NC) delivered the following statement, as prepared for delivery, at the Committee's Organizational Meeting for the 118th Congress: "Thank you everyone for attending the Education and the Workforce Committee organizing meeting. Welcome, Ranking Member S  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 31 -- Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-New York, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Jan. 30, 2023, recognizing the service of Slade Bond to the House Judiciary Committee: I rise along with Rep. David Cicilline, longtime Chair of the Subcommittee on Antitrust, Commercial, and Administrative Law, to thank Slade Bond for his service to the Committee on the Judiciary. Slade came to the Committee after serving as legislative counsel to Represen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2023: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) introduced the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act, which will remove the taxation, registration, and regulation requirements in the National Firearms Act (NFA). Earlier this month, the Bureau of Alcohol, Firearms, Tobacco, and Explosives (ATF) announced a final rule on pistol brace attachments   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Jan. 31, 2023: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and John Kennedy introduced the Stop Harassing Owners of Rifles Today (SHORT) Act, legislation that fights back against the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives' (ATF) recently announced federal registry for firearms with stabilizing braces. Senator Marshall previously introduced this legislation in the 117th Congress, and is once again partnering with  more