WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled, "Higher Prices: How Shrinkflation and Technology Can Impact Consumers' Finances." Senator Brown introduced the Shrinkflation Prevention Act in February to take on corporations raising Americans' costs by reducing the size of the  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (both R-Idaho) joined the entire Senate Republican conference in sending a letter to President Biden calling for his administration to withdraw its support for two international agreements being considered at this month's World Health Assembly that would grant greater authority to the dysfunctional World Health Organization (WHO) and potentially weaken United States sovereignty.   more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Readiness issued the following testimony by Rachel Jacobson, assistant secretary of the Army for energy, installations and environment, involving a hearing on April 14, 2024, entitled "Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for Department of Defense Energy, Installations, and Environment Programs": * * * Chair Waltz, Ranking Member Garamendi, and distinguished members of the subcommittee, thank you for this opportunity to present the Army'  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) voted in favor of H.R. 6090, the Antisemitism Awareness Act. The legislation, co-sponsored by Rep. Mann, expresses that discrimination against Jewish students may violate Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and requires the U.S. Department of Education adopt the 2016 International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) definition of antisemitism and its exampl  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Yesterday, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) was recognized by the Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget as a Fiscal Hero of the 118th Congress. "Our national debt is more than $34.5 trillion and we borrow about $100,000 per second - this is a burden that will weigh down the next generation and is already slowing down our economy and contributing to the historic inflation crushing Kansas families," sa  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Sherrod Brown, D-Ohio, chairman of the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 2, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Sherrod Brown (D-OH), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs, delivered the following opening statement at today's hearing entitled, "Higher Prices: How Shrinkflation and Technology Can Impact Consumers' Finances." Senator Brown introduced the Shrinkflation Prevention Act in F  more