WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Sharice Davids celebrated a new U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) grant for the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC). The $1.9 million award will help local governments replace traffic signals and street lighting with new energy efficient technology. Davids was the only member of Kansas' congressional delegation to vote for the bipartisan infrastructure law, which created this award. "I  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Florida, issued the following news release: Yesterday, Congresswoman Luna led a letter, along with nine other members co-signing, to the House Committee on Agriculture opposing the inclusion of the Ending Agriculture Trade Suppression (EATS) Act, H.R. 4417, in the 2024 Farm Bill. Members co-signing on the letter include House Freedom Caucus Chairman Bob Good, R-VA, as well as Rep. Byron Donalds (R-FL), Matt Gaetz (R-FL), Marjorie Taylor Greene   more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) announced that he has secured $18.79 million in federal funding for 14 separate local projects throughout Missouri's Fifth Congressional District. Last week, Rep. Cleaver voted to pass the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, a package of six government funding bills focused on supporting families, communities, and the critical services they rely  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) issued the following statement in response to President Biden's Fiscal Year 2025 budget proposal. "President Biden is spending money and buying votes," said Rep. Mann. "His new budget is more of the same. It's wasteful government spending to fund a partisan wishlist that American taxpayers will have to pay for. We can't afford it. We are $34 trillion in debt, an  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on March 11, 2024: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.) - members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - today introduced the Veteran Caregiver Reeducation, Reemployment, and Retirement Act to direct the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to support former family caregivers of veterans as they transition back to work or into ret  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - authored a provision in the Military Construction and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act of 2024 to protect veterans from losing their Second Amendment right to purchase or own firearms when they receive help managing their VA benefits. This legislation was signed i  more