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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for Saturday November 16, 2024 ( 6 items )  

Davids Celebrates Three-Year Anniversary of Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: On the three-year anniversary of the bipartisan infrastructure law being signed into law, Representative Sharice Davids highlighted key ways the legislation is already improving Kansas roads, water quality, broadband access, and more. In total, approximately $3.3 billion has been announced and is headed to Kansas with more than 376 specific projects identified for support. Davids, a member of the U.S. House  more

Mann, Colleagues Blast FEMA's Political Discrimination, Demand Accountability
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01), Sam Graves (MO-06), and Scott Perry (PA-10), alongside their Republican House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee colleagues, sent a letter to Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) Administrator Deanne Criswell blasting the agency's guidance to withhold disaster relief efforts from homes with pro-Trump signage. The lawmakers expressed outrage over the series of  more

Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Moran Statement on President Trump Nomination of Rep. Doug Collins to Be Secretary of Veterans Affairs
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following statement on Nov. 14, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - released the following statement in response to President Donald Trump announcing his nomination of former Congressman Doug Collins to be the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA): "Congratulations to Congressman Doug Colli  more

Senator Marshall Blasts Biden-Harris Methane Emissions Rule
WASHINGTON, Nov. 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. slammed the Biden-Harris Administration's new rule that would tax methane emissions from the oil and gas sector. "In his final days in the Oval Office, Joe Biden has sadly doubled down on attacks on our oil and gas producers," Senator Marshall said. "This ill-advised move by the Biden-Harris Administration will cripple small producers and their operations. Kansans spoke loudly   more

Senator Marshall Calls for Federal Watchdog to Investigate Intelligence Community's Covid-19 Origins Assessment
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. is releasing the latest developments in his ongoing investigation into Covid-19 origins which includes new information from a Department of Defense (DoD) whistleblower. New records from the whistleblower confirm that the U.S. Intelligence Community (IC) had access to evidence during its assessment of the COVID-19 origin that points to the virus' laboratory origins at   more

Sens. Moran, Tester Bill to Authorize New VA Medical Facilities Nationwide
WASHINGTON, Nov. 16 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: The U.S. Senate passed legislation led by Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - to authorize several new Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) construction projects for medical facilities across the nation. The Fiscal Year 2024 Veterans Affairs Major Medical Facility Authoriz  more