WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Earlier this week, on the two-year anniversary of the Supreme Court overturning Roe v. Wade, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) visited Planned Parenthood Great Plains to discuss the importance of protecting reproductive rights in Kansas. Davids called on U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Johnson to pass the Women's Health Protection Act, which would guarantee abortion access across the country. Desp  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Goodland, KS- U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), lead sponsors of the Credit Card Competition Act, released the following statement after U.S. District Judge Margo Brodie rejected the Visa and Mastercard settlement with U.S. merchants to temporarily lower credit interchange rates and cap those rates into 2030: "We're pleased Judge Brodie rejected this settlement,  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Don Beyer, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: During today's House Ways and Means Committee hearing on "Strengthening Child Welfare and Protecting America's Children," Rep. Don Beyer (D-VA) asked children's advocate and hearing witness Paris Hilton about seclusion and restraint in schools. Beyer sponsors the Keeping All Students Safe Act, legislation to ban seclusion and dangerous restraint practices from being used on children in American schools. Paris  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- The Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense released the following testimony by Lt. Gen. Jody J. Daniels, chief of the U.S. Army Reserve, from a June 18, 2024, hearing entitled "A Review of the President's Fiscal Year 2025 Budget Request for the National Guard and Reserves": * * * Chairman Tester, Ranking Member Collins, distinguished members of the Subcommittee, thank you for your continued support to our Soldiers, Civilians, and Families. We thank you for the opp  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement on the United States Department of Agriculture's (USDA) new livestock marketing rule under the Packers and Stockyards Act that will only harm livestock producers and add more red tape and regulation to their operations. "This is just another example of the Biden Administrations' USDA running roughshod over livestock producers, the constitution,  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Mitt Romney (R-Utah) and Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced legislation to help states access military enlistment data to better inform students on military careers. The Military and Educational Data Integration Act would require the Department of Defense to create a data-sharing program to enable state education systems to access military enlistment data. T  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Earlier this month, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-KS), Kyrsten Sinema (I-AZ), John Thune (R-SD), Sherrod Brown (D-OH), and U.S. Representatives Mike Kelly (R-PA), Suzan DelBene (D-WA), Larry Bucshon, M.D. (R-IN) and Ami Bera, M.D. (D-CA) introduced theImproving Seniors' Timely Access to Care Act. The bipartisan, bicameral legislation streamlines the prior authorization process under Medicare Advantag  more