WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: D.C. (September 24, 2024) Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released the following statement after the State of Missouri executed Marcellus "Khaliifah" Williams, despite a credible case of his innocence and mass scrutiny over the fairness of his trial. Last week, Congresswoman Bush sent a letter to Missouri Governor Mike Parson, urging him to grant clemency and halt Mr. Williams' execution. "Sometimes injusti  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: In today's Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC) hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) made the case for his legislation, the Time to Choose Act, which would restrict consulting firms like McKinsey & Company from receiving government contracts while, at the same time, advising U.S. adversaries like China. "Why are [U.S. consulting firms] getting taxpayer money,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Today U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ben Ray Lujan (D-N.M.) held a press conference with House lawmakers and victims of nuclear contamination across America - including those from the St. Louis and St. Charles, Mo., areas - to push the House to pass their Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) in an effort to provide justice and compensation for those who have been harmed by the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Jonathan Jackson, D-Illinois, issued the following news release on Sept. 24, 2024: Today, Congressman Jonathan L. Jackson (D-IL) joined activist around the country calling on the Missouri Supreme Court to step in and spare the life of an innocent man set to be executed tonight, Marcellus Williams. Williams was convicted in 2001 of killing Felicia Gayle in 1998. The top Prosecutor fought to have his conviction repealed based on new evidence.The family of the woman he  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and David Scott (D-GA), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, announced the reintroduction of the Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn While You Learn' Training and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act. The legislation would encourage the U.S. Department of Labor to work with African American organizations and labor unions to recruit a  more