WASHINGTON, March 8 (TNScapv) -- Sen. Benjamin Cardin, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, have introduced legislation to revitalize housing in distressed neighborhoods in Maryland, Indiana and nationwide. Original cosponsors include Finance Committee Chair Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), as well as Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Chair of the Committee on Banking, Ho  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho), and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tennessee) led 24 of their Republican colleagues in introducing legislation to close loopholes that allow Title X family planning funds to go to entities that perform abortions, including Planned Parenthood. "Abortion providers must be cut off, once and for all, from loopholes allowing them to misappropriate taxpayer dollars to fun  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $6,971,895 for affordable housing, community development, and homeless assistance efforts in Kansas' Third District. Past HUD funding from similar grants has been used to address projects focused on infrastructure, public facilities, community centers, housing rehabilitation, homeo  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following written testimony by Vietnam Veterans of America National President Jack McManus involving a joint hearing with the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 1, 2023, entitled "Legislative Presentation of the American Legion and Multi VSOs." The VSOs are veterans service organizations. * * * I am pleased to appear before you today to present highlights of our legislative agenda and policy initiatives for the 11  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release on March 7, 2023: U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.), a senior member of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, today during a hearing entitled, "The Semiannual Monetary Policy Report to Congress," emphasized to Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell the importance of securing Latino representation on the Fed's Board of Governors. Several of the Senator's colleagues echoed his point o  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. launched a web page for Kansas' agriculture community to share its input on the 2023 Farm Bill. The U.S. Senate is currently in the early stages of writing the 2023 Farm Bill, which will impact agriculture in Kansas and around the world for the foreseeable future. "This legislation needs to deliver the critical resources and support that our farmers, ranchers, growers and   more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence and the Senate Committee on Commerce - joined U.S. Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.) and John Thune (R-S.D.) to introduce the Restricting the Emergence of Security Threats that Risk Information and Communications Technology (RESTRICT) Act. This legislation will comprehensively address the ongoing threat posed by technology fro  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 (TNScapv) -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Ben Cardin (D-Md.), both members of the Senate Finance Committee, introduced legislation to revitalize housing in distressed neighborhoods in Indiana, Maryland, and nationwide. Currently, private development lacks in some urban and rural areas because the cost of purchasing and renovating homes is greater than the value of the sale price of homes. The Neighborho  more