WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and 35 additional Republican colleagues to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn President Biden's student loan cancelation scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated $  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) and Mike Braun (R-IN) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating April 2023 as "National Native Plant Month" and recognizing the importance of native plants to environmental conservation and restoration, as well as in supporting a diversity of wildlife. "There are thousands of native plant species in the U.S. and Hawaii is home to over 40 percent of our country's   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by American Veterans National Commander Don McLean involving a joint hearing with the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee on March 8, 2023, entitled "Legislative Presentation of Veterans of Foreign Wars and Multi VSOs." The VSOs are veterans service organizations. * * * As the largest veterans service organization representing all of America's veterans, AMVETS is honored to provide our legislative prior  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. James Lankford, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release: Senators James Lankford (R-OK) and Tim Scott (R-SC) along with Congressman Tim Walberg (R-MI) and their colleagues are introducing the Equal Campus Access Act of 2023 to ensure that religious student organizations will not face discrimination on college campuses. "On America's college campuses, freedom of expression is under attack. Colleges need to remain an open arena for debate, discussion--and most   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced the Stopping Traffickers and Their Accomplices Act to require abortion providers to file a report with the National Human Trafficking Hotline if there is reasonable suspicion to believe a woman is a victim of human trafficking. "Human traffickers will do everything in their power to exploit and violate their victims, including coercing women in  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jim Risch and Mike Crapo (both R-Idaho) joined Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-Louisiana), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and 35 additional Republican colleagues to introduce a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn President Biden's student loan cancelation scheme, which would transfer up to $20,000 in student loan debt per borrower onto taxpayers, costing an estimated   more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Sen. Mike Braun, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Mike Braun and Mazie K. Hirono (D-HI) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating April 2023 as "National Native Plant Month" and recognizing the importance of native plants to environmental conservation and restoration, as well as in supporting a diversity of wildlife. "As a lifelong outdoorsman, I know that native plants are key to the conservation of our environment and the preservation o  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Subcommittee on Conservation, Climate, Forestry, and Natural Resources issued the following information for a hearing entitled "Forestry in the Farm Bill: The Importance of America's Forests" at 10:30 a.m. on March 30, 2023, at 328A Russell Senate Office Building: Witnesses * Dr. Tony Cheng, Director, Colorado Forest Restoration Institute, Professor, Forest & Rangeland Stewardship, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, C  more