WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $1.3 million to the University of Kansas for the development of new technology used to recycle decaying solar panels. The project is partially funded through the bipartisan infrastructure law, which has been called the most fiscally responsible infrastructure bill in at least a decade by the U.S. Chamb  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) followed through on Representative Sharice Davids' request, issuing a national emergency fuel waiver to allow the sale of E15 - fuel blended with 10.5 to 15 percent ethanol - during the 2023 summer season in Kansas. Because ethanol is produced domestically from local products and at a cheaper rate than unblended, unleaded gasoline, this action wil  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Rep. Henry C. 'Hank' Johnson Jr., D-Georgia, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: This week, Congressman Hank Johnson (GA-04), ranking member of the Judiciary Subcommittee on Courts, Intellectual Property and the Internet, and U.S. Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT), announced that they re-introduced the FAIR Act: The Forced Arbitration Injustice Repeal Act, re-establishing Americans' 7th Amendment right to seek justice and accountability through the court  more

WASHINGTON, April 26 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) released the following statement regarding his yes vote on H.R. 2811, the Limit, Save, Grow Act of 2023. "The Biden Administration's spending addiction has created massive inflation and caused our national debt to climb to the unthinkable height of $31 trillion, more than the entire U.S. economy," said Rep. Mann. "Unlike Washington Democrats' attempts to give President  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced legislation to help provide stable energy rates and a reliable energy grid to states in the Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA), including Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The Southwestern Power Administration Fund Establishment Act would give the SWPA the authority to operate on a self-fu  more

WASHINGTON, April 29 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 28, 2023: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) introduced legislation to help provide stable energy rates and a reliable energy grid to states in the Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA), including Kansas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Missouri, Oklahoma and Texas. The Southwestern Power Administration Fund Establishment Act would give the SWPA the authority to operate on a  more