WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Yadira Caraveo, D-Colorado, issued the following news release and letter: Congresswoman Yadira Caraveo, M.D. (CO-08) today joined a bipartisan group of Members pressing for urgent relief for farmers and ranchers who are struggling with ongoing drought. Colorado has experienced extreme to exceptional drought conditions over the last three years, hurting our farmers and ranchers with crop failure, pasture loss, and increased issues with pests and disease. In a letter   more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Following the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's (FDA) proposed guidance last week allowing nut, oat, soy and other non-dairy products to use the name "milk," Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisconsin) to introduce bipartisan legislation to combat the unfair practice of mislabeling non-dairy products using dairy names. The Defending Against Imitations and Re  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 1 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that the City of Kansas City has been awarded $1,645,333 in federal grant funding from the Department of Homeland Security's Urban Area Security Initiative program. The grant funding will be utilized to address the unique planning, organization, equipment, training, and exercise needs of Kansas City, and to assist the city in building an  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (R-KS) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) led 27 of their colleagues in introducing the Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act, which would restore exemptions for family farms and small businesses under the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). "Family farms and small businesses exemplify the American dream," said Rep. Mann. "When young people from these families are a  more

WASHINGTON, March 1 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following statement on Feb. 28, 2023: * * * Oregon's U.S. Senator Jeff Merkley released the following statement in remembrance of his mother, Betty Lou Collins Merkley: My mother, Betty Lou Collins Merkley, passed away early this morning. Here's a little more about her life: As she wrote in an introduction to a collection of her life stories: "I have lived a full life, blessed with my wonderful husband Darrell, and the joy of rai  more