WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06) applauded the granting of a Major Disaster Declaration in response to severe storms and flooding from July 29 to August 14, 2023 in 33 Missouri counties, including Adair, Clark, Gentry, Grundy, Knox, Scotland, Shelby, and Worth Counties in North Missouri. The Declaration will provide Hazard Mitigation (HM) funding for the State of Missouri and Public Assistance (PA) for emergen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced the Rural Post Office Reconstruction Act of 2023, new legislation that would establish a clear timeframe for reopening rural post offices that experience closure due to natural disaster damage or other unforeseen circumstances. On August 4, 2023, in Baring, Mo., an EF-2 tornado almost completely destroyed the town's Post Office, in addition to damaging near  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Yesterday U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) held a bipartisan rally at the U.S. Capitol with U.S. Senators Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.), Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.), House lawmakers, and victims of nuclear contamination--from the St. Louis area, St. Charles area, and across America--to demand justice and compensation for those who have been harmed by the federal government's decades of negligence. "Dating all the way ba  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Today, Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) and Rep. Andy Barr (KY-6) released the following statements regarding the House Financial Services Committee's passage of H.R. 760, the Chinese Military and Surveillance Company Sanctions Act. "China and Russia have enjoyed relatively unfettered access to U.S. capital markets. Both countries have essentially shrugged off past half-measures and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * Today, Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) released the following statement regarding the House Financial Services Committee's passage of H.R. 5409, the Safeguarding American Farms from Foreign Influence Act. "Chinese nationals have breached U.S. military bases at least 100 times in recent years, secretly reporting back to the Chinese government. This issue hits close to home in Missour  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) from today's hearing, entitled "Oversight of the Department of Transportation's Policies and Programs": Thank you, Secretary Buttigieg, for being here today. We certainly have a lot to discuss. As we near the two-year ma  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on Sept. 20, 2023: * * * House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the September meeting of the Federal Open Market Committee: "Even with the Federal Reserve's decision to pause rate increases, interest rates remain at the highest level in 22 years which, coupled with high inflation, continues to make life  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | Sept. 20, 2023 | New York Post Exploiting people through high interest rates is wrong. In a world of Wall Street excess, that simple idea now sounds foreign. But for thousands of years, it was basic fairness. "Thou shalt not lend upon usury to thy brother," declares Deuteronomy 23:19. The Western world took that principle to heart. From the Roman Empire on, n  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Sen. Robert Menendez, D-New Jersey, issued the following news release: JERSEY CITY, N.J. - U.S. Senator Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) led a group of colleagues in sending a letter to the Secretary of the Department of Education, Miguel Cardona, to explain its plans to ensure that Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MOHELA) better serves public service borrowers with the restart of the student debt payments. "Over the last few months, we have heard numerous concerns from p  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 20, 2023: At today's daylong oversight hearing, the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee questioned U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg on a range of issues, including inflationary impacts on Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA) funds, electric vehicles (EVs) and EV infrastructure policies, suppl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Patients are losing access to care and their health insurance covers fewer doctors, while medical providers are struggling to get reimbursed for services provided, all because of the flawed implementation of the bipartisan No Surprises Act of 2020. At a hearing before the Ways and Means Committee, witnesses testified that the system set up by unelected federal  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 22 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Abraham Accords Caucus Co-Chairs Ann Wagner (MO-02), Brad Schneider (IL-10), Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and David Trone (MD-06) introduced a resolution commemorating the third anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords. H.Res. 701 highlights the progress made since the signing of the Accords and encourages further deepening and broadening of the Accords and expansion to new countries. "In just t  more