WASHINGTON, May 26 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 25, 2023: Representative Sharice Davids voted for bipartisan legislation that would restrict access to fentanyl and provide greater resources to local law enforcement to combat its use in Kansas. The HALT Fentanyl Act would permanently place all fentanyl-related substances into a schedule I class, labeling the drug with a high potential for abuse and no currently accepted medical value. Senator Roger M  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Scott Peters, D-California, issued the following news release: Representative Scott Peters and U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper shared details of their forthcoming Building Integrated Grids With Inter-Regional Energy Supply (BIG WIRES) Act. As featured in multiple national press outlets, the legislative proposal is being considered as a key component of a compromise solution to the debt ceiling impasse. "Our electric grid is outdated and vulnerable to increasingly seve  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release and letter: U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Ashley Hinson (IA-02) introduced legislation that would prohibit President Biden from using taxpayer dollars to fund a counseling or referral system for abortions, a plan President Biden announced in April. Earlier this week, Rep. Mann and Rep. Hinson led more than 50 of their colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden opposing the creation of his p  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - a member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations - today announced a $4,750,000 federal investment for the Kansas State University Salina Aerospace and Technology Campus to develop an aerospace simulation center. "K-State Salina is leading the way in training pilots, and this federal investment will help the Aerospace and Technology Campus expand its learni  more

WASHINGTON, May 27 (Rep.) -- The Congressional Western Caucus issued the following news release on May 26, 2023: Yesterday, the U.S. Supreme Court unanimously sided with the Sacketts in the Sackett v. EPA case, delivering a resounding blow to the Biden Administration's push to erode private property rights with its "Waters of the United States" or WOTUS rule. See what Western Caucus Members had to say: "This is a huge win for landowners and farmers. The Supreme Court rightly interpreted the c  more