WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: The Office of Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) is excited to announce that it is now accepting Community Project Funding requests from Missouri's First District to submit to the House Appropriations Committee for Fiscal Year 2025. Community Project Funding allows Members of Congress the opportunity to request direct funding for projects that address issues and benefit our community directly. Previously, our   more

WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released the below statement following the House passage of H.R. 7888, the Reforming Intelligence and Securing America Act. This bill reauthorizes Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) despite failing to impose a warrant requirement when the government wants to spy on U.S. citizens, and despite its inclusion of amendments dramatically expanding unneces  more

WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Yesterday, chairing a hearing of the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs Subcommittee on Economic Policy, U.S. Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) led a hearing on student loan servicer Higher Education Loan Authority of the State of Missouri (MOHELA) and its failures during borrowers' return to repayment, including MOHELA's mismanagement of the Public Service Loan Forgiveness (PSLF) p  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Inside the nation's oldest faith-based homeless shelter, witnesses shared how work made possible their journey from poverty to self-sufficiency during a Ways and Means Subcommittee on Work and Welfare hearing on Tuesday. The hearing made Congressional history as the first hearing held in a homeless shelter by a House committee. A common theme among witness tes  more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: The United States Senate must move to immediately pass the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, write 35 associations representing U.S. farmers and ranchers in a recent letter to Senate leadership. The associations represent both agriculture producers and workers up and down the U.S. food supply chain. As the letter notes, agriculture, food, and   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Ahead of the expiration of key components of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act in 2025, the Ways and Means Committee is examining pro-growth and pro-family policies to determine how best to build on its success. Under the 2017 Trump tax cuts, real median household income increased by $5,000 and real wages rose by 4.9 percent in the two years after the legislation was   more

WASHINGTON, April 13 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) announced that the full Committee will hold a roundtable to discuss the real-world applications of artificial intelligence (AI) in the transportation sector, as well as potential economic impacts. The roundtable entitled "Artificial Intelligence in Transportation" will   more