WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver announced that the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) will provide $101.9 million in federal grants to communities throughout the state of Missouri. The federal formula funding, which Congressman Cleaver was proud to support with his vote for the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2024, will support a wide range of activities to address Missouri's m  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $1.3 million to Health Partnership Clinic to help expand access to health care in the Greater Kansas City Area. Health Partnership Clinic, whose team provides high quality health care to low-income individuals in Kansas' Third District, will use the funding for operational expenses that include st  more

WASHINGTON, May 7 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The U.S. Senate passed legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran (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 of Veterans Affairs Clinic" or the "Captain Elwin Shopteese VA Clinic." Elwin Shopteese was born in Mayetta, Kansas, on   more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D., led a letter today to the President of the United States, Joe Biden, demanding answers torecent reports that the Biden Administration has blocked shipments of aid to Israel. In the letter, Senator Marshall also questioned whether the Biden Administration is unilaterally rerouting this aid approved for Israel to Ukraine. The lack of transparency on this issue from the Biden Admi  more