WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Tammy Duckworth, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on March 22, 2023: U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) today pushed National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) Chair Jennifer Homendy for answers about the safety and other impacts Illinoisans will see as a result of the recently-approved Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern rail merger, which the Senator vehemently opposed. In the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee hearing,  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Andy Barr, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: U.S. Congressman Andy Barr (R-KY), a senior member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, pressed U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken on the Administration's response to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) spy balloons and their support for Russia during the ongoing war in Ukraine. The full transcript of Barr's questioning is below. You can watch the full clip of his questioning here (htt  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: During a U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing, Representative Sharice Davids spoke with airline professionals about how the overall flying experience, including safety and transparency of hidden fees for baggage and refunds, could be improved. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) has encouraged airlines to stop charging fees for young passengers to sit nex  more

WASHINGTON, March 23 -- The Government Accountability Office has issued a report (GAO-23-105139) entitled "Federal Prisons - Bureau of Prisons Should Improve Efforts to Implement its Risk and Needs Assessment System." Here are excerpts of summaries associated with the report. What GAO Found: "Since the enactment of the First Step Act of 2018, the Department of Justice (DOJ) developed a risk assessment tool to measure an incarcerated person's risk of recidivism. In addition, the Bureau of Priso  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) and Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) welcomed news from the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) that they will commence an audit of delayed mail and delivery operations in the Northland and Kansas City area. "I'm glad the Postal Service finally decided to wake up and investigate what's causing these delivery issues, bu  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 23, 2023: U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sam Graves (R-MO) welcomed news from the United States Postal Service (USPS) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) that they will commence an audit of delayed mail and delivery operations in the Northland and Kansas City area. "After months of mail delivery delays and substandard service for Kansas Citians, I'm pleased the USPS Offic  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation and co-chair of the Senate Travel Caucus - joined Sens. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) in announcing this week that the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation passed their bipartisan legislation to help prevent Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) system outages. Th  more