WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded Johnson County Community College (JCCC) with $75,129 to enhance on-campus mental health services. The Garrett Lee Smith Campus Suicide Prevention Grant will support JCCC students at risk of suicide, depression, serious mental illness, and/or substance use disorders that can lead to   more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) introduced legislation to help provide stable energy rates and a reliable energy grid to states in the Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA), including Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana, Kansas, Oklahoma and Texas. "Missouri's rural electric cooperatives and municipal utilities have worked with the Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA) to provide affordable and reliable elect  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined AgriTalk on Farm Journal today to discuss his new legislation that would protect American agriculture from radical, anti-agriculture regulations pushed by the state of California. Senator Marshall also emphasized the positive wins for American agriculture in his legislation, the Innovative FEED Act, which made progress in the Senate last week, and sh  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Markwayne Mullin, R-Oklahoma, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, U.S. Senators Markwayne Mullin (R-OK), Roger Marshall (R-KS), and Pete Ricketts (R-NE) will introduce the Preserving Choice in Vehicle Purchases Act to limit the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from issuing Clean Air Act (CAA) waivers for state policies seeking to ban or otherwise limit the sale of internal combustion engines. This legislation would preserve consumer choice  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023, and a letter: This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05), Adriano Espaillat (NY-13), David Trone (MD-06), and Senator Cory Booker (NJ) led colleagues in a letter to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas urging DHS to conduct a centralized and more streamlined process for reviewing petitions from individuals who were unjustly or wrongfully dep  more

WASHINGTON, June 21 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following column on June 20, 2023: * * * Farm Bill Progress This Monday, I had another opportunity to hear directly from Nebraska producers about this year's Farm Bill. The Farm Bill is a pivotal package of legislation covering everything from federal agricultural policies to food assistance programs. It's only passed once every five years. The Farm Bill especially affects our state of Nebraska, where agriculture is our economic  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 21, 2023: Today, Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. introduced legislation to stop the Biden Administration from cherry-picking federal leases or property buildings based on the 'legality or availability' of abortion services. This legislation comes in response to reports that the Biden Administration is considering moving the location for the U.S. Space Command headquarters from Huntsville, Alabama, in re  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 20, 2023: Today, The Wall Street Journal published an article regarding the Covid-19 Outbreak that further proves the Covid Origins lab-leak theory that U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. has been investigating for years. "I will not rest until the truth of the origins of this virus are revealed. We owe it to the over one million American families who lost a loved one, and to our youth who were locke  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Naomi Mathis, associate national legislative director of Disabled American Veterans, involving a hearing on June 14, 2023, entitled "Connections to Care: Improving Substance Use Disorder Care for Veterans in Rural America and Beyond": * * * On behalf of DAV's (Disabled American Veterans) more than 1 million members, thank you for inviting us to provide testimony for the Senate Veterans' Affairs Comm  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- The Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Julie Kroviak, principal deputy assistant inspector general of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, involving a hearing on June 14, 2023, entitled "Connections to Care: Improving Substance Use Disorder Care for Veterans in Rural America and Beyond": * * * Chairman Tester, Ranking Member Moran, and Committee Members, thank you for the opportunity to discuss the Office of Inspector General's (OIG)  more

WASHINGTON, June 22 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) - members of the Senate NATO Observer Group - led a bipartisan congressional delegation to Paris, France, where they met with President Emmanuel Macron. "The partnership between France and the United States remains strong. During our meeting with President Macron we discussed Putin's unjust invasion of Ukraine and the implications the outcome of t  more