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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Friday January 19, 2024 ( 8 items )  

Chavez-DeRemer Urges Biden Administration to Review Massive Oregon Timberland Purchase by Individual with Ties to the Chinese Communist Party
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer, R-Oregon, issued the following news release: After new reporting uncovered that a member previously associated with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) owns 198,000 acres of timberland in Oregon, Rep. Lori Chavez-DeRemer (OR-05) is urging the U.S. Department of the Treasury to review the $85 million transaction that was completed nearly a decade ago. This purchase accounts for nearly half of all Chinese-owned farmland in the United States, accordin  more

Congressional Prior Auth Champions Welcome New CMS Regulations
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: New requirements mirror bipartisan legislation authored by lawmakers to help get seniors the care they deserve faster, address provider administrative burden Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (KS), Sherrod Brown (OH), John Thune (SD), and Kyrsten Sinema (AZ) and Representatives Suzan DelBene (WA-01), Mike Kelly (PA-16), Ami Bera, MD (CA-06), and Larry Bucshon, MD (IN-08) issued t  more

Davids Secures Federal Grant to Help Lower Gas Prices in Kansas
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded a federal grant to Love's Travel Stops & Country Stores to help lower gas prices in Kansas. The Love's Ottawa location will receive a portion of the nearly $5 million award to increase the availability of E-15, a cheaper and cleaner fuel option. This investment was made possible through the Inflation Reduction A  more

Following Marshall & Kaine's Bipartisan Push, Biden Administration Takes Step To Lower Prescription Drug Costs
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall (R-KS) and Tim Kaine (D-VA), members of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee, released the following statements after the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) withdrew its appeal of a recent court ruling that limited the use of harmful copay accumulators. Copay accumulators prevent copay assistance from counting towards a patient's ded  more

ICYMI: Senator Marshall Joins KQAM: The Voice of Reason to Discuss Sec. Mayorkas' Impeachment, and the Worsening Southern Border Crisis
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined The Voice of Reason on KQAM with host Andy Hooser to discuss Senator Marshall's call for a vote of No Confidence in Department of Homeland Security Secretary (DHS) Alejandro Mayorkas, the looming stop-gap spending bill, and Congress' broken budget process. You may click HERE or on the image above to listen to Senator Marshall's full interview. Highlights from Senat  more

Marshall, Durbin Introduce New Legislation To Bolster Public Health Efforts To Improve Dental Health
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The Promoting Dental Health Act would extend funding for CDC's Oral Health program for the next five years Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS) and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced new bipartisan legislation, the Promoting Dental Health Act, to reauthorize funding the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention's (CDC) Oral Health program for the next five years. The  more

Rep. Cleaver's Statement in Support of Continuing Resolution to Avoid Another Senseless Shutdown
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after the House of Representatives passed another Continuing Resolution to keep the government open and avoid a senseless shutdown. "Due to a minor procedure on my knee, I was unable to vote for the Continuing Resolution that was passed by the House of Representatives and U.S. Senate earlier this afternoon. While I have alwa  more

Senator Marshall Reacts to Dr. Fauci and Former NIH Dir. Collins Reversal on Legitimacy of Covid-19 Lab Leak Theory
WASHINGTON, Jan. 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Last week, former National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) Director Anthony Fauci and former National Institutes of Health Director Francis Collins both admitted that Covid-19 could have originated in a laboratory in Wuhan, China. Their statements, which were made in separate closed-door interviews with the House Select Committee on Coronavirus Pandemic, marks a key reversal from the pa  more