WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Chair of the Senate Western Caucus Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyomin), along with 14 of their colleagues, to reintroduce the Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act to prohibit the president or his secretaries of the U.S Departments of Interior, Agriculture or Energy from blocking energy or mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and water  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. questioned witnesses today during the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry's second hearing on the 2023 Farm Bill, a five-year legislative package that is critical for providing support to Kansas' agriculture industry. Today's hearing focused on the Farm Bill's commodity programs, crop insurance, and credit titles of the Farm Bill. Sen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Representative Sharice Davids announced $1.28 million is coming to Kansas' Third District to improve roads and address traffic fatalities in Olathe and Wyandotte County. The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program was established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Davids voted to support, to redesign roads and streets to prevent deaths and serious injuries. Last year, D  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-23-105544) entitled "VA Mental Health - Additional Action Needed to Assess Rural Veterans' Access to Intensive Care." Here are excerpts of summaries associated with the report. What GAO Found: "The Veterans Health Administration (VHA) provides intensive mental health care for veterans with serious mental illness--disorders resulting in serious function impairment, such as schizophrenia or bipolar disorder. To   more

BRUNSWICK, Maine, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King, Co-Chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation led by Senators Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) to ensure historic broadband funding is used efficiently to expand connectivity across Maine. The Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA) would classify broadband funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the American   more

OKLAHOMA CITY, Oklahoma, Feb. 11 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senator James Lankford (R-OK), Senator Deb Fischer (R-NE), and 32 Senate colleagues introduced legislation to overturn an excessive Biden Administration regulation on heavy-duty vehicle emissions. The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) latest rule would be challenging to implement and make new, compliant trucks cost prohibitive for small business owners. "Biden is at war against truck d  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Chair of the Senate Western Caucus Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.) along with 14 of their colleagues to reintroduce the Protecting Our Wealth of Energy Resources (POWER) Act to prohibit the president or his secretaries of the Interior, Agriculture, or Energy from blocking energy or mineral leasing and permitting on federal lands and waters without Congression  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following news release and letter: At a press conference on Thursday with union leaders and rail workers, Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), chair of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee, demanded rail companies provide their workers with at least seven paid sick days. Sanders was joined by Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) who voted for the amendment to guarantee sick days to rail workers and representatives from   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. has joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito's (WV) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval for the Biden administration's recently announced Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Senator Marshall joined all 48 of his Senate Republican colleagues on this resolution that, if enacted, would prevent the proposed WOTUS rule from taking effect. Senator Mars  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Following his appointment last week to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC), U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. announced today that he will serve on the Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI). Senator Marshall issued the following statement regarding his appointment to this subcommittee: "The unelected bureaucratic class in Washington  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) recently joined their Senate colleagues in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown, dual cases challenging the Biden administration's student loan cancellation plan. The Senators argue that the Biden administration's unilateral decision to forgive federal st  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Don Davis, D-North Carolina, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: U.S. Reps. Don Davis (NC-01), Steve Cohen (TN-09), and Hank Johnson (GA-04) relaunched the State Medicaid Expansion Caucus (SMEC) for the 118th Congress and introduced a resolution affirming congressional support for Medicaid expansion. "Since being elected to Congress, I have advocated for life-saving coverage for nearly 100,000 eastern North Carolinians, saving our rural hospitals and  more