WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Harold Rogers, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Harold "Hal" Rogers (KY-05) voted for the bipartisan Federal Disaster Tax Relief Act to provide tax relief for flood survivors who have been impacted by federally declared disasters since in February 2021. The House bill would allow survivors of those storms to claim a deduction for losses that exceed $500, in addition to the standard deduction. "As families continue to rebuild and recover from t  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. Brett Guthrie, R-Kentucky, chair of the House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Health Chair Brett Guthrie (R-KY) delivered the following opening remarks at today's subcommittee hearing titled "Check Up: Examining FDA Regulation of Drugs, Biologics, and Devices." "Today, three important center directors at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration are here with us to s  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) and Rep. Katie Porter (D-Calif.) today are introducing the Presidential Ethics Reform Act, a landmark federal ethics reform bill to deliver transparency to the American people and enable robust congressional oversight. In addition to requiring disclosure of  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: The House Committee on Oversight and Accountability today held a hearing titled "Oversight of Our Nation's Largest Employer: Reviewing the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Pt. II" to examine the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM)'s exercise of its responsibilities as the government's chief human resources agency, includin  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, chairman of the House Oversight and Accountability Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today delivered opening remarks at a hearing titled "Oversight of Our Nation's Largest Employer: Reviewing the U.S. Office of Personnel Management, Pt. II" to examine how the U.S. Office of Personnel Management (OPM) is delivering services for the American   more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, discussed the dangers presented by the ability of the President to grant himself extraordinary emergency powers that threaten the rule of law and individual rights. During a hearing entitled "Re  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Rand Paul, R-Kentucky, ranking member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 22, 2024: Today, U.S. Senator Rand Paul (R-KY), Ranking Member of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Attorney General Merrick Garland requesting an investigation into the alleged improper concealment and intentional destruction of records by  more