WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Roger Marshall (R-KS), Tina Smith (D-MN), Mike Braun (R-IN), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) and U.S. Representatives Marie Gluesenkamp Perez (D-WA-3) Lori Chavez-DeRemer (R-OR-5), Tracey Mann (R-KS-1), and Yadira Caraveo (D-CO-8) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Expanding Childcare in Rural America (ECRA) Act of 2023 to improve the availability and quality,   more

WASHINGTON, June 7 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 6, 2023: In a hearing last week, the U.S. House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee voted to approve Representative Sharice Davids' amendment to a bipartisan package focused on reinforcing the nation's supply chain and protecting it from future disruptions. Davids' amendment strengthens a pilot program to study the impact of increased trucking weights, a critical part of the supply chain for c  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release and letter on June 6, 2023: Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and nine of his colleagues sent a letter to the Department of Defense Inspector General referring Under Secretary of Defense for Policy Colin Kahl for investigation. The letter describes how Under Secretary Kahl, after the Chinese surveillance balloon was publicly revealed, provided members of the media classified information about previous Chinese sur  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. hosted a press conference on the reintroduction of the bipartisan-bicameral Credit Card Competition Act, legislation that would end price gouging tactics used by big banks and credit card companies through competition, to drive down costs for consumers. Senator Marshall was joined by Senators Peter Welch (D-VT) and J.D. Vance (R-OH); U.S. Representativ  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Last month Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), Mike Carey (R-Ohio), Adrian Smith (R-Nebraska), Carol Miller (R-West Virginia), Kevin Hern (R-Oklahoma), Darin LaHood (R-Illinois) and Nicole Malliotakis (R-New York) introduced the Pay Less at the Pump Act, which will lower gas prices, foster domestic energy production and reduce America's reliance on foreign energy sources. "Kansas families and businesses   more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. reintroduced the Credit Card Competition Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation alongside U.S. Sen. Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Sen. Peter Welch (D-VT), and Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH). This legislation aims to increase competition to end the Visa and Mastercard duopoly that is price gouging small businesses and, by extension, consumers. Visa and   more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, chairman of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following news release at a hearing: Ranking Member Grassley, members of the committee, witnesses, and guests, welcome to our thirteenth committee hearing. Today, we return to our series on the economic toll of a changing climate, this time with a bipartisan hearing with witnesses both sides agreed to. We will hear from farmers on the front line about climate risks to the agricultu  more

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release on June 7, 2023: Today, U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) joined Senators Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Mike Braun (R-IN) to introduce bipartisan, bicameral legislation to improve the availability and quality - and lower the cost - of childcare in agricultural and rural communities. A companion version of the Expanding Childcare in Rural America (ECRA) Act of 2023 was introduced in the   more