WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Paul A. Gosar, R-Arizona, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representative Paul Gosar, D.D.S. (AZ-09) issued the following statement after co-leading a bicameral letter with Kansas Senator Roger Marshall to Joe Biden and Treasury Secretary Yellen, requesting expenditure reports related to the COVID-19 National Emergency Declaration, as required by 50 U.S.C. Sec. 1641(c): "Despite repeated requests, Joe Biden is willfully ignoring the law by failing  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 27, 2023: Representative Sharice Davids announced new federal grant opportunities to improve roadway safety and climate resiliency in Kansas' Third District. This funding is provided through the bipartisan infrastructure law, which has been called the most fiscally responsible infrastructure bill in at least a decade by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. Davids serves on the U.S. House Transportation an  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The House Education and the Workforce Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-35) on the Protection of Women and Girls in Sports Act (H.R. 734), which aims to amend the Education Amendments of 1972 to provide that for purposes of determining compliance with Title IX of such Act in athletics, sex shall be recognized based solely on a person's reproductive biology and genetics at birth. The report was advanced by Rep. Virginia Foxx, R-North Carolina, on April 10, 2023. Here   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The House Oversight and Accountability Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs issued the following testimony by Energy Inspector General Teri L. Donaldson involving a hearing on April 18, 2023, entitled "Spending on Empty: How the Biden Administration's Unprecedented Spending Increased Risk of Waste, Fraud, and Abuse at the Department of Energy": * * * Thank you for inviting me to testify about the risks of fraud, waste and abuse that ari  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- The House Rules Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 118-30) on a resolution (H.Res. 260) providing for consideration of the Lower Energy Costs Act (H.R. 1), which aims to lower energy costs by increasing Smerican energy production, exports, infrastructure and critical minerals processing, by promoting transparency, accountability, permitting and production of American resources and by improving water quality certification and energy projects. The report was advanced by Rep.  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. appeared on Fox News this afternoon to discuss the letter he and 17 of his Senate Republican colleagues penned to the Biden Administration's Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director Sandra Thompson. In the letter, the Senators blasted a Biden Administration proposal that penalizes Americans who have managed their money responsibly in order to subsidize mor  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Bill Cassidy, R-Louisiana, ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA), ranking member of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI), Chuck Grassley (R-IA), John Hickenlooper (D-CO), and 12 colleagues reintroduced the College Transparency Act (CTA), which   more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on April 27, 2023: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) - members of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs - today introduced the Veterans' Health Empowerment, Access, Leadership, and Transparency for our Heroes (HEALTH) Act to protect and expand access to care for veterans, safeguard veterans' ability to choose their own provider  more

WASHINGTON, April 28 -- Sen. Kyrsten Sinema, I-Arizona, issued the following news release: Arizona senior Senator Kyrsten Sinema introduced the bipartisan Veterans Health Empowerment, Access, Leadership, and Transparency for our Heroes (HEALTH) Act with Republican Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.), Ranking Member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. The bipartisan Veterans HEALTH Act makes necessary improvements to the Veterans Affairs (VA) Community Care program that provide predictability, st  more