WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: Last week Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) was appointed to the House Budget Committee's new Budget Oversight Task Force. The formation of the task force follows the Committee's passage of a budget resolution that would reduce the deficit by $16 trillion and balance the federal budget in 10 years. "Our government currently borrows one out of every five dollars it spends, which is completely unsustaina  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 17, 2023: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined his Senate Republican colleagues to demand that the Biden Administration freeze and rescind the $6 billion in assets that Joe Biden sent to Iran last month, just weeks before Hamas' barbaric attack on Israel. It has since been widely reported that Iran helped plan Hamas' the attacks on Israel that left 30 American citizens dead and dozens more unacco  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: October 16, 2023 Senator Warren Reintroduces Youth Voting Rights Act to Empower Young People, Expand Access to Ballot Box Text of Bill (PDF) Washington, D.C. -- United States Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reintroduced the Youth Voting Rights Act of 2023, comprehensive legislation to enforce the Twenty-Sixth Amendment and expand youth access to voting, in the Senate. Representative Nikema Wi  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), and John Boozman (R-Ark.) introduced a resolution designating World Food Day on October 16 in 2023 and 2024 and recommitting to fighting hunger in the face of rising food insecurity around the world. U.S. Representatives Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), Maria Elvira Salazar (R-Fla.), and Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) introduced a c  more