WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids appeared on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" to discuss recent extreme actions meant to limit Kansans' access to reproductive health care. Earlier this month, a federal judge in Texas made an unprecedented legal decision to reject FDA approval of mifepristone, a medication that was approved decades ago and is used in more than 60 countries to safely end pregnancy. After an appeals court   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) delivered remarks on the House floor about the introduction of his American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act. "Today's research and development dollars create tomorrow's jobs, and we need to keep R&D dollars inside our country, where they can help strengthen American businesses and workers," said Rep. Estes. On Tuesday, April 18, Reps. Estes and John Lar  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Tim Scott, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: U.S. Senator Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), and their Republican colleagues, introduced the IRS Accountability and Taxpayer Protection Act to prohibit the IRS from using penalties as a bargaining chip in reaching resolutions more favorable to the agency at the expense of hardworking Americans. "There's a reason the bipartisan Joint Committee  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by AFL-CIO President Elizabeth H. Shuler involving a hearing on March 8, 2023, entitled "Defending the Right of Workers to Organize Unions Free From Illegal Corporate Union-Busting": * * * My name is Liz Shuler and I am the president of the AFL-CIO, a federation of 60 unions that represents 12.5 million working people across the country, in every industry, in every state, from acto  more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and Congressman Ron Estes (KS-04) today applauded the $191 million Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) loan awarded to the City of Wichita by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to improve water quality and create an anticipated 1,250 jobs. In 2021, Sens. Moran and Marshall and Rep. Estes urged the   more

WASHINGTON, April 21 -- Sen. Jack Reed, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release on April 20, 2023: U.S. Senators Jack Reed (D-RI) and Susan Collins (R-ME) are leading the charge to help more students reconnect with nature, experience the great outdoors, and fund educational programs that aim to get children outside. Their bipartisan No Child Left Inside Act (S. 1239) would help bring locally developed, high-quality environmental education programs to more schools nationwide by authori  more