WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: St. Louis, Mo. (Sept. 8, 2023) -- Yesterday, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) announced that due to the great success of her office's Congress in Your Neighborhood pilot program, first launched in 2021, the Congresswoman and her team are formally shifting to the permanent continuation of the program. This announcement comes with the expansion of an additional Neighborhood Service Center at the St. Louis County   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) joined Senators Eric Schmitt and Josh Hawley, along with Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, Ann Wagner, Blaine Luetkemeyer, Jason Smith, Mark Alford, Eric Burlison and Cori Bush, in writing a letter in support of Governor Mike Parson's recent request for a Disaster Declaration. The Declaration request is in response to severe storms and flooding from July 29 to August 14, 2023 in   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Highways and Transit Subcommittee Chairman Rick Crawford (R-AR) announced that the Subcommittee will hold a hearing focused on automated commercial motor vehicles and the effects they will have on the future of the U.S. economy and supply chain. The hearing will be held at 10:00 a.m. ET on Wednesday, September 13, 2023, in 2167 Rayburn House O  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 8, 2023: * * * Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) statement on the Biden Administration's nomination of Michael Whitaker to serve as Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA): "It's about time that the Biden Administration put forward a qualified nominee for FAA Administrator -- a nom  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA) today sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell requesting information about how federal disaster assistance programs and resources have been deployed following the recent  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Sept. 7, 2023: Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter demanding that Washington University in St. Louis and BJC Healthcare conduct a fresh evaluation of the practices at The Washington University Transgender Center. Recent reporting from the New York Times validated claims made by Jamie Reed, a former case manager at the Center, that the Center commenced experimental treatments on hundreds of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: As part of the Committee's work on expanding access to health care for more Americans, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released an open letter to the health care community today requesting comments and input on solutions, with a focus on bold, new proposals, that can help turn the tide against the very real disparities in access to care th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 9 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 8, 2023: New bipartisan legislation to increase health care price transparency and lower overall costs for patients and employers was introduced today by House Ways and Means Committee Chair Jason Smith (R-MO), House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA), Ranking Member Frank Pallone, Jr. (D-NJ), and House Education and the W  more