WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2023: U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) today delivered remarks at the National Rural Health Association's (NRHA) 34th Rural Health Policy Institute conference. Durbin highlighted the importance of rural health care; the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on rural hospitals; and bipartisan legislation Durbin is working on in Congress, such as the Rural Hospital Closure Relief Act--leg  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on Feb. 8, 2023: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Representatives Frederica Wilson (D-FL), Jamaal Bowman (D-NY), and other lawmakers to introduce the American Teacher Act in support of America's educators. The legislation would provide federal grants to incentivize states to establish a statewide K-12 teacher salary requirement of at least $60,000. "For far too long, Missouri teachers  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Senator Roger Marshall (R-KS) led their colleagues, Representatives Frank Lucas (OK-03), Dan Newhouse (WA-04), Ron Estes (KS-04), Stephanie Bice (OK-05), Ronny Jackson (TX-13), Jake LaTurner (KS-02), August Pfluger (TX-11), and Josh Brecheen (OK-02), and Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), James Lankford (R-OK), and Markwayne Mullin (R-OK) in reintroducing their joint resolu  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Feb. 8, 2023: * * * U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) released the following statement in response to President Biden's State of the Union address. "Throughout his first two years in office, President Biden has shown that he is out of touch with the needs and priorities of people in the Big First, and out of touch with reality when it comes to spending. Last night only confirmed that. President Biden fa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and U.S. Representative Tracy Mann (KS-01) reintroduced their Congressional Review Act Resolution of Disapproval to ensure the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) is prevented from receiving protected status under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). This bicameral measure follows building momentum in opposition to the ESA listing of the LPC, as the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service rece  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 9 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) joined his colleagues Senator Bob Casey (D-Pa.) and U.S. Representatives Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.) and Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.) in announcing the launch of the Congressional Down Syndrome Task Force for the 118th Congress. This bipartisan, bicameral group is dedicated to making certain the needs of the Down syndrome community are a priority in Washington, D.C. The  more