WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Doris O. Matsui, D-California, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congresswoman Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO), Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA), and John Sarbanes (D-MD) reintroduced the TREES Act, a bill that will help homeowners lower energy costs, increase tree canopy in underserved communities, and help mitigate the effects of climate change through residential tree planting. The TREES Act would create a cost-sh  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) highlighted this week's release of the Federal Housing Finance Agency's (FHFA) FHLBank System at 100: Focusing on the Future report, the first comprehensive review of the Federal Home Loan Bank (FHLBank) System in decades. The FHLBank system has played a key role in the nation's housing finance system since its creation over 90 yea  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Doris Matsui (D-CA), John Sarbanes (D-MD), and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) reintroduced The Residential Energy and Economic Savings (TREES) Act. The bipartisan legislation would create a federal grant program to support the planting of millions of trees across the country, helping to lower energy costs, increase tree canopy in under  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Rep. Hillary Scholten, D-Michigan, issued the following news release on Nov. 9, 2023: Today, Rep. Hillary Scholten (MI-03) joined a bicameral group of her colleagues in urging Congressional leadership to renew expired funding for child care in any supplemental funding package. Without this funding, many child care providers are struggling with how they're going to continue to operate and serve families. The letter comes after President Biden's supplemental funding request  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 9 -- Rep. John P. Sarbanes, D-Maryland, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman John Sarbanes (D-MD) joined Representatives Doris Matsui (D-CA) and Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (D-MO) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) to reintroduce the TREES Act, a bill that will help homeowners lower energy costs, increase tree canopy in underserved communities and help mitigate the effects of climate change through residential tree planting. The TREES Act wou  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - a senior member of the Senate Committee on Appropriations - today questioned Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas during an Appropriations Committee hearing on President Biden's $106 billion supplemental funding package, which includes funding for the southern border. "I continue to believe the circumstances we face at our borders and elsewhere aro  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- The Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee issued the following testimony by Nancy Hagans, president of the New York State Nurses Association and National Nurses United, involving a hearing on Oct. 27, 2023, entitled "Overworked and Undervalued: Is the Severe Hospital Staffing Crisis Endangering the Well-Being of Patients and Nurses?": * * * Good morning and thank you, Chairman Sanders, Ranking Member Cassidy, and members of the committee, for giving me t  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 10 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Nov. 9, 2023: U.S Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - and Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) today introduced legislation to name the VA outpatient clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, after Captain Elwin "Al" Shopteese. The legislation formally designates the clinic as the "Captain Elwin Shopteese Department of Ve  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D., led the Kansas delegation and nearly the entire Missouri delegation in sending a letter to Jennifer Granholm, Secretary of the Department of Energy (DOE), opposing their proposed rule that would impact the ability of electric utilities to get distribution transformers. Electric distribution transformers are critical in ensuring reliable and safe electric  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 8 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Roger Marshall voted in support of a measure prohibiting the federal government from waiving "Buy America" requirements when using taxpayers' dollars to purchase electric vehicle (EV) chargers. The measure passed the Senate. Without Buy America requirements, federal funds risk going to EV charging station manufacturers overseas, primarily adversarial countries like China, in  more