WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following statement on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statement slamming Biden's DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and FBI Director Christopher Wray for canceling their scheduled public testimony before the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. Secretary Mayorkas' latest instance of avoiding responsibility comes the day after Jose Ibarra, an illegal immigrant con  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Nineteen students are graduating from Springfield's Green for Greene program, made possible by EPA Brownfields Grant * * * LENEXA, KAN. (NOV. 20, 2024) - Today, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Region 7 Administrator Meg McCollister visited the Ozark Correctional Center near Springfield, Missouri, to congratulate 19 graduates of the Green for Greene program. Green for Greene is   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Federal Reserve System posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 19, 2024, signed by Michele Taylor Fennell, Associate Secretary of the Board. Change in Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of Shares of a Bank or Bank Holding Company The notificants listed below have applied under the Change in Bank Control Act (Act) (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and Sec.225.41 of the Board's Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.41) to acquire shares of a bank or bank holding company. The factors  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The General Services Administration has released the following public communication on Nov. 13, 2024, from Docusign Inc., San Francisco, California: * * * Docusign Response to the Government Services Administration's Request for Information (RFI) on the 6th U.S. Open Government National Action Plan. Docusign welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Government Services Administration's Request for Information (RFI) on the 6th U.S. Open Government National Action Plan (  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: The U.S. House of Representatives overcame a Democrat blockade and passed bipartisan Ways and Means legislation that strengthens America's national security and provides fair tax treatment to American hostages and those wrongfully detained abroad. Last week, House Democrats blocked the same legislation from passing even though it passed out of committee with un  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement at a floor debate on Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act, on Nov. 21, 2024: * * * As prepared for delivery. "I rise today in support of H.R. 9495, the Stop Terror-Financing and Tax Penalties on American Hostages Act. This legislation ends the flow of tax subsidies to any U.S nonprofit that has clearly violated its tax-exempt s  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: American small businesses could be staring down a tax rate that will increase to 43.4 percent at the end of 2025 should Congress fail to act. The 2017 Trump tax cuts provided a 20 percent small business deduction that set Main Street on a level playing field with larger corporations. As a result, small business investment in their communities and the creation o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service posted a notice in the Federal Register on Nov. 18, 2024, signed by Ya-Wei Li, Assistant Director for Ecological Services. Endangered Species Act; Issuance of Enhancement of Survival and Incidental Take Permits for Safe Harbor Agreements, Candidate Conservation Agreements, Conservation Plans, and Scientific Activities; January 1, 2023, Through December 31, 2023 AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service, Interior. ACT  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 22 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: KANSAS CITY, Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey notified Jackson County of anticipated litigation over their newly-passed ordinance that violates Missourians' right to keep and bear arms. The illegal ordinance prohibits anyone under the age of 21 from possessing firearms or ammunition. "The right to keep and bear arms is inalienable," said Attorney   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Nov. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: A former Blue Springs, Mo., woman pleaded guilty in federal court today for her role in a conspiracy that resulted in more than $220,000 in fraudulent Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) loans being issued under the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. Daisha Sanders, 33, who now resides in Royse, Texas, pleaded guilty b  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 22 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Missouri issued the following news release on Nov. 21, 2024: The owner of a home healthcare company was indicted by a federal grand jury Wednesday and accused of defrauding the Missouri Medicaid Program and the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs out of more than $800,000. Natavia Boyd-Wells, 40, is now facing four counts of wire fraud and two counts of making false statements related to a healthcare ma  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 22 -- The Missouri Department of Transportation issued the following news: * * * Ste. Genevieve High School, Leopold High School & Perryville CTC Take Top Three * * * SIKESTON--After weeks of work to build the most efficient model bridges, Southeast Missouri high school students put their bridges to the test today (Nov. 21) at the completion of MoDOT's 21st Annual Bridge Building Competition. The competition challenges high school juniors and seniors to design   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- The U.S. Department of Agriculture's Natural Resources Conservation Service issued the following news: The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is investing $7 million in eight projects to support the development of wetland mitigation banks for agricultural producers through the Wetland Mitigation Banking Program (WMBP). Through wetland mitigation banks, wetlands are restored, created or enhanced, generating credits that can be purchased by producers looking to compensat  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 22 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) and 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), Sam Graves (MO-06), and Eric Burlison (MO-07), wrote to President Joe Biden this week demanding answers regarding reports that local law enforcement have been instructed to release illegal im  more