WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: * * * Cotton, Colleagues: No Student Loan Bailouts for Campus Criminals Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) today introduced the No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, legislation preventing any pro-Hamas protestor on college campuses convicted of a crime from having their student loans forgiven. The bill comes after widespread, anti-Semitic protests continue to spread on college campuses across the United States.  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) joined Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) to introduce the No Bailouts for Campus Criminals Act, legislation preventing any pro-Hamas protestor on college campuses convicted of a crime from having their student loans forgiven. The bill comes after widespread, antisemitic protests continue to spread on college campuses across the United States. "This legislation sends a str  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led a meeting with Rich Cordray, President Biden's Chief Operating Officer for the Office of Federal Student Aid (FSA), and Melanie Storey, the Director of Federal Student Aid's Office of Policy Implementation and Oversight (PIO), to question their botched rollout of the Federal Application for Student Aid (FAFSA), which has hurt farm families. Because Cordray bears responsi  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01), Chairman of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, along with Representative Jim Costa (CA-21), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee's Subcommittee on Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry, and U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-KS), led 70 of their colleagues in penning a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack,  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke on the Senate Floor on National College Decision Day. Today, millions of students' futures are in limbo due to the Department of Educations botched FAFSA Application process. In Kansas alone, thousands of students have been affected by the new FAFSA roll out failures. For months, Senator Marshall has written letters demanding answers and updates from the Department of Ed  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. addressed witnesses during a Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee hearing on the maternal mortality in the US. Senator Marshall's experience as an Obstetrician-Gynecologist who has delivered over 5,000 babies, as well as ran a rural hospital, expressed his personal experiences and the challenges within the health care industry to address maternal deaths  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Topeka, KS- U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D., a member of the Senate Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry Committee, issued the following statement after the Chairwoman, Debbie Stabenow (D-MI), released the Democrats' Farm Bill framework unexpectedly without Republicans input. "Putting pen to paper on the Farm Bill is long overdue and is welcomed by our farmers and ranchers as the next step in negotiations.  more

WASHINGTON, May 4 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: The U.S. Senate passed legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - and Sen. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) to name the VA outpatient clinic in Kansas City, Kansas, after Captain Elwin "Al" Shopteese. The legislation formally designates the clinic as the "Captain Elwin Shopteese Department  more