WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After her final stop over the weekend in Clayton County, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) officially finished her tenth annual River to River Tour marking a decade of Ernst crisscrossing the state to meet with Iowans from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River. Ernst addresses constituents at her Harrison County town hall meeting. "That's a wrap on another phenomenal River to River Tour across Iowa! Hearin  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) must immediately revoke the tax-exempt status of the Alliance for Global Justice (the Alliance) for its financial support of the terrorist-linked Samidoun organization - which was recently designated a "sham charity" by the U.S. Department of the Treasury - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) demanded in a le  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) joined his colleagues in a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough, urging the department to streamline the current scheduling system for veteran mental health appointments. The letter was led by Congresswoman Marilyn Strickland (WA-10). "We owe a deep debt of gratitude to our veterans for their selfless service to this nation.   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: On the heels of the deadly Hurricanes Helene and Milton, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) joined a bipartisan group of representatives in a letter urging Congress to include $21.6 million for America's National Urban Search & Rescue (US&R) task forces to replace aging and obsolete rescue equipment that could put future rescue efforts, the public, and first responders at risk. US&R task forces are always on c  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2024: Congressman Sam Graves (MO-06), joined by Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and Representatives Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Ann Wagner (MO-02), Jason Smith (MO-08), Mark Alford (MO-04), and Eric Burlison (MO-07), wrote to President Joe Biden today demanding answers regarding reports that local law enforcement have been instructed to release illegal immigrant gang members fr  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 2024: Today, U.S. Representative Jason Smith (Mo.) and members of the Missouri congressional delegation sent a letter to the Biden administration demanding answers regarding reports that local law enforcement have been instructed to release illegal immigrant gang members from Venezuela back into the community. In addition to Smith, the letter was signed by U.S. Representatives Sam Graves, Mark Alf  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02), joined by Senators Josh Hawley (R-MO) and Eric Schmitt (R-MO), and Representatives Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03), Sam Graves (MO-06), Jason Smith (MO-08), Mark Alford (MO-04), and Eric Burlison (MO-07), wrote to President Joe Biden today demanding answers regarding reports that local law enforcement have been instructed to release illegal immigrant gang members from Venezuela ba  more