WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted to pass a package of six government funding bills that will help families with the high cost of living, support education and job training programs, prevent attacks on women's reproductive freedom, reinforce America's global leadership, and invest in the health and safety of Missouri communities. The bill will now go to the U.S. Senate, which i  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a letter urging the U.S. Department of Education (ED) to take two specific actions to help alleviate administrative headaches for colleges and universities rolling out financial aid packages for prospective students. This letter comes on the heels of widespread troubles with the department's new process for the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA). Senato  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called out the CEOs of Visa, Mastercard, United Airlines, and American Airlines forbalking at his invitation to testify at a public hearing regarding competition in the credit card market and Durbin's Credit Card Competition Act. During his speech, Durbin made clear that if the  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on March 21, 2024: In a speech on the Senate floor today, U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, called out the CEOs of Visa, Mastercard, United Airlines, and American Airlines for balking at his invitation to testify at a public hearing regarding competition in the credit card market and Durbin's Credit Card Co  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Derek Kilmer, D-Washington, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Derek Kilmer (WA-06) and Russ Fulcher (ID-01) introduced the Tribal Border Crossing Parity Act to redouble America's efforts to end a half-century-old U.S. immigration policy which requires Native Americans to carry proof of their blood quantum, documents showing that they are at least 50 percent Native American, when exercising their treaty-protected right to freely cross between th  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded President Joe Biden for cancelling another $6 billion in student loan debt for 78,000 public service workers, such as teachers, nurses, and firefighters, across the country. Following the President's latest round of student debt cancellation, the White House has now approved nearly $144 billion in federal loan forgiveness for about 4 millio  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) voted no on H. Res. 1102, the Further Consolidation Appropriations Act, 2024, which would further exceed bipartisan spending caps that were signed into law less than a year ago under the Fiscal Responsibility Act and bypass regular order on passing 12 individual appropriation bills. "Kansans are tired of Washington recklessly spending their hard-earned tax dolla  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) introduced the Countering Threats and Attacks on Our Judges Act to provide technical assistance, training and threat monitoring for state and local judges and court personnel through establishing a State Judicial Threat Intelligence and Resource Center. "Judges perform a critica  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D., joined his GOP Colleagues for a press conference on the Laken Riley Act. In the press conference, senators slammed Joe Biden's border crisis and discussed its impacts on communities across the country. The Senators also called for an immediate vote on the Laken Riley Act on the Senate Floor. Lakens murder was completely preventable; she was killed at the hands of an il  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Mornings with Maria on Fox Business to discuss the broken budget process in Washington, D.C. and the $1.2T spending bill the House of Representatives dropped at 2:32 AM ET this morning. We are almost six months into FY 2024 and still using bogus stop-gap spending measures to keep the government funded for the remainder of this year. These massive spending bills ar  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a letter to the Chairman of the Senate Republican Conference, John Barrasso (R-WY), requesting a member meeting to discuss much-needed reforms to the budget process. "Our federal budget process is broken," Senator Marshall said. "The cycle of the White House and Congress continually missing their spending deadlines and undermining the budget process has to end. As we  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement on Joe Biden canceling $6 billion in student loan debt for 78,000 public service workers. This brings Joe Biden's total student debt cancellation to nearly $150 billion in his scheme which comes at a significant cost to American taxpayers, many of whom already paid back their student loans or never took out any loans. "Joe Biden thinks sp  more

WASHINGTON, March 22 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on March 21, 2024: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Angus King (I-Maine) - members of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - today introduced legislation to expand veterans' access to exams that are often required for the disability claims process. This bill would make permanent a pilot program that was created by Congress in 2020 to permanently expand  more