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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Missouri Newsletter for Wednesday September 20, 2023 ( 6 items )  

House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets Chair Wagner Delivers Opening Remarks at Hearing to Conduct Oversight of SEC Division of Investment Management
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, issued the following news release: The House Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, led by Chairman Ann Wagner (MO-02), is holding a hearing entitled "Oversight of the SEC's Division of Investment Management." Read Chairman Wagner's opening remarks as prepared for delivery: "This hearing will examine the actions taken by the SEC's Division of Investment M  more

House Transportation Committee Members Graves, Perry Opening Statements From Hearing With Administrator Criswell on FEMA Disaster Readiness, Response & Recovery
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee Chairman Scott Perry (R-PA) from today's hearing, entitled "FEMA: The Current State of Disaster Readiness, Response, and Recovery": Transpo  more

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Smith Opening Statement - Hearing on Reduced Care for Patients: Fallout From Flawed Implementation of Surprise Medical Billing Protections
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement on Sept. 19, 2023, at a hearing on reduced care for patients: * * * "Three years ago, Congress passed the bipartisan No Surprises Act to end surprise medical bills for good. American patients were in desperate need of these protections as too many had come face to face with medical bills from being treated without their knowledge by an out-of-network doct  more

House Ways & Means Committee Chairman Smith Warns Treasury Must Act Immediately to Stop Tax Dollars From Flowing to China, Demands Automakers Provide Details on Foreign Partnerships
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 19, 2023: Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) warned the Biden Administration, in a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen today that long delayed regulations must be immediately issued to prevent taxpayer funded subsidies for electric vehicles and batteries in the so-called Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) from flowing to adversarial  more

Rep. Cleaver Announces $12 Million Investment From Inflation Reduction Act to Expand Access to Trees and Green Spaces in Kansas City
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Forest Service is awarding $12 million in federal grant funding to Kansas City to plant and maintain trees, expand urban green spaces, combat extreme heat and climate change, and improve local access to nature. Kansas City was one of only 385 recipients selected by the Forest   more

T&I Members Press FEMA Administrator on Disaster Readiness, Response & Recovery
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: The Economic Development, Public Buildings, and Emergency Management Subcommittee welcomed Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell for a hearing on the agency's disaster preparedness, response, and recovery efforts. At the hearing, Subcommittee Republicans raised a number of issues related to FEMA programs and  more