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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Friday September 20, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Sen. Moran Questions VA Leadership on $15B Shortfall
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 19, 2024: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - today pressed Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) leaders, VA Under Secretary for Health, Shareef Elnahal, and Under Secretary for Benefits, Joshua Jacobs, during a committee hearing regarding the nearly $15 billion shortfall at VA for FY2024 & FY2025  more

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Moran Issues Statement on Passage of Emergency Budget Supplemental for VA
WASHINGTON, Sept. 20 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Sept. 19, 2024: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - today released the following statement in response to the U.S. Senate passing an emergency budget supplemental for the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) to make certain more than 7 million veterans and their s  more

Senator Marshall Demands BLS Commissioner Testifies on 800,000 Downward Revision to 2023 Jobs Report
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a letter calling for the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) Commissioner Erika McEntarfer to publicly testify about BLS' inaccurate reporting of new jobs in the United States. In August, the BLS revised its report on job creation in 2023 downward by over 800,000 jobs, showing that the Harris-Biden Administration's economic policies are not as successful as publicl  more

Senator Marshall Leads Letter Slamming ABC for Presidential Debate Bias, Suspected Collusion with Harris Campaign
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. wrote a letter to ABC President Almin Karamehmedovic and Harris-Walz Campaign Manager Julie Chavez Rodriguez calling out ABC for their partiality and suspected collusion with the Harris-Walz Campaign pre-debate. In his letter, Senator Marshall demanded that ABC release all pre-debate correspondence, records, and internal communications with the Harris-Walz Campaign to clarify a  more

Senator Marshall Urges Additional Protection for President Trump at Homeland Security Hearing
WASHINGTON, Sept. 18 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke at today's Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing to demand that the Biden Administration immediately grant President Trump the same level of Secret Service protection as President Biden and Vice President Harris. Yesterday, after the September 15th assassination attempt against President Trump, Senator Marshall led his Senate GOP co  more

Sens. Moran, King Introduce Legislation to Motivate Rural Housing Construction & Expansion
WASHINGTON, Sept. 19 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Angus King (I-Maine) introduced legislation to address the national housing shortage and make it easier for rural workers to live in the communities they serve. The Farmhouse-to-Workforce Housing Act would expand the existing Housing Preservation Grants (HPG) program to allow rural homeowners to construct additional housing on their property such as an attached apartment unit  more