WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Recently, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03), along with Representative Nydia Velazquez (NY-07), introduced the Women's Business Centers Improvement Act, which would increase access to resources and opportunities for women entrepreneurs in Kansas and across the country. Davids' bill passed the U.S. House with bipartisan support in 2019 and 2022. The Women's Business Center (WBC) program was established  more

MANHATTAN, Kansas, Sept. 7 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - today applauded a $642,322 grant from the National Cemetery Administration to the state of Kansas to expand the Kansas Veterans' Cemetery at Fort Dodge. The grant will provide for 160 columbarium niches, landscaping and irrigation. "The Veterans' Cemetery at F  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Sept. 12, 2023: * * * Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) issued the following statement after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) directed three committees - Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means - to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. "Kansans deserve to know the truth about President Biden's participation in his family's business dealings with foreign entities, and an impeachment inqui  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: Today Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Salud Carbajal (D-California), co-chairs of the House Aerospace Caucus, recognized National Aerospace Week in the House of Representatives. "The United States has long been a global pioneer in aviation, defense and space, and the aerospace industry and workforce have made innumerable contributions to our country and the world," said Rep. Estes in remarks s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 13 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release on Sept. 12, 2023: U.S. Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wisc.), with a bipartisan group of colleagues, called out the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for hurting dairy farmers by allowing non-dairy lab-grown products to illegally label their products with dairy terms. The bipartisan group highlighted the proliferation of imitation products, specifically the new cell-based, lab-grown imitato  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - today recognized the one-year anniversary of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act being signed into law. Yesterday, the VA made the decision to extend the deadline to apply for backdated PACT Act ben  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- The Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee issued the following testimony by Jerry Theodorou, director of finance, insurance and trade program of the R Street Institute, involving a hearing on Sept. 7, 2023, entitled "Perspectives on Challenges in the Property Insurance Market and the Impact on Consumers": * * * Chairman Brown, Ranking Member Scott and members of the Committee: Thank you for holding today's hearing, titled "Perspectives on Challenges in th  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement on House Speaker, Kevin McCarthy's announcement today that the House will open an impeachment inquiry into President Biden.  "The Biden family has demonstrated a long history and culture of corruption," Senator Marshall said. "We know when there's smoke, there's fire. The American people deserve to know if the president of the United Stat  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Roger Marshall (R-KS) introduced legislation that would help expand affordable dental care options for Americans in states without a state-run health insurance marketplace, including New Hampshire and Kansas. Currently, the federal health insurance marketplace does not offer stand-alone dental plans without purchase of health insurance on the federal exchange. T  more