WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Washington, D.C.--U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) joined Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Ranking Member Tim Scott (R-South Carolina) in sending a letter with 37 colleagues urging the Federal Reserve (Fed), Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) to withdraw the Basel III Endgame proposal. The Committee is set to hear testimony fro  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2023: * * * Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after voting against H. R. 6363, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, that would extend spending at the record high levels of fiscal year 2023. The bill passed 336-95. "The two-step CR will avoid another bloated omnibus spending bill at Christmastime, but it unfortunately doesn't go far enough to address  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Tina Smith (D-MN), Tim Kaine (D-VA), Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), and Bob Casey (D-PA), along with members of the House of Representatives, led a bicameral group of their colleagues in urging congressional leadership to renew expired funding for childcare in any supplemental funding package.  Funding from the American Rescue Plan Act expired in September, and the state of childcare continue  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids joined Small Business Majority and business owners from across the country to discuss the consequences of a government shutdown for our nation's small businesses. Moody's Analytics estimated that the 2018-2019 shutdown delayed more than $2 billion in loans to small businesses, devastating small business owners and the communities they support. While Davids continues   more