WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) awarded Kansas City, Kansas Public Schools (KCKPS) $100,000 to lower energy costs, enhance indoor air quality, and improve student health. The Energy Champions Leading the Advancement of Sustainable Schools Prize (Energy CLASS Prize) was authorized by the bipartisan infrastructure law, which has been called the most fiscally responsi  more

BROWNSVILLE, Texas, May 13 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. appeared on Fox Business this afternoon with Sen. Ted Budd (R-NC) live from Brownsville, TX to evaluate Biden's border and humanitarian crisis just hours before the lifting of Title 42 on Thursday. Highlights from the interview include: "..The true heroes here are the border patrol officers. They had over 10,000 people they've apprehended a day, ove  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023 : U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sydney Kamlager-Dove (D-CA) introduced the Correctional Facilities Occupational Safety and Health Act to enhance workplace safety standards and ensure protections for incarcerated workers in federal, state, and local correctional facilities. Companion legislation was introduced by U.S. Senator Cory Booker (D-NJ) earlier this year. "Whet  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 11, 2023: Today Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Gerry Connolly (D-Virginia) introduced bipartisan legislation to address a critical shortage of certified nursing assistants (CNAs). The Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act will allow nursing homes that have been forced to suspend in-house CNA education programs after receiving a certain level of penalties to resume those programs once quality standard  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Mark Warner (D-Va.) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) introduced the Rural Jobs Act, legislation to build on the success of the New Market Tax Credit (NMTC) by bringing hundreds of millions of dollars in private investment to some of the most disadvantaged rural communities in America. "The New Market Tax Credit has produced meaningful results f  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 12, 2023: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) spoke on the Senate floor this week about the importance of trade to the U.S. economy and national security and called on President Biden to enter into - and Congress to ratify - the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP). "America's economy is the foundation of our power. Without the creation of wealth, we cannot afford to sustain the wo  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) led Senate Republicans in reintroducing legislation to help recover funds lost to unemployment insurance (UI) fraud and provide incentives for states to recover fraudulent payments. The introduction of the legislation follows ongoing concerns that just a sliver of the funds lost to misspent unemployme  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Matthew Hanson, an associate managing director with Witt O'Brien's involving a hearing on May 2, 2023, entitled "Improving Access to Federal Grants for Underserved Communities": * * * My name is Matthew Hanson. I am an Associate Managing Director with the consulting firm Witt O'Brien's and a Certified Grants Management Specialist. Thank you very much for your invitation to sp  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Delia Ramirez, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on May 12, 2023: * * * U.S. Representatives Delia Ramirez (IL-03) and Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) issued the following statement in response to the announcement that the Coalition to Stop CPKC is appealing the Surface Transportation Board's (STB) approval of the merger of the Canadian Pacific and Kansas City Southern railroads: "As the communities from Elgin to Bensenville appeal the Surface Transportation Bo  more