WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cleaver Joins More than 100 House Democrats in Pushing Federal Agencies to Regain Order, Renounce Musk Chaos (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II, along with more than 100 other House Democrats, demanded that the heads of 24 federal agencies immediately clarify to their agencies that federal employees do not have to respond to Elon Musk's ill-conceived,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- The U.S. Department of Defense issued the following news: * * * Contracts for Feb. 24, 2025 AIR FORCE A&M BERS JV LLC, Tulsa, Oklahoma (FA8903-25-D-0023, awarded Jan. 27, 2025); Ahtna Engineering Services, Anchorage, Alaska (FA8903-25-D-0014, awarded Jan. 22, 2025); Arcadis US Inc. Highlands Ranch, Colorado (FA8903-25-D-0025, awarded Jan. 29, 2025); AECOM Technical Services Inc. Austin, Texas (FA8903-25-D-0002, awarded Jan. 23, 2025); Aerostar SES LLC. Oak Ridge, Tenn  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Davids' Bipartisan Bill to Help Veteran Business Owners Succeed Today, the U.S. House of Representatives passed Representative Sharice Davids' (D-KS-03) bipartisan Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans (SERV) Act (link is external). Introduced alongside Representatives Mark Alford (R-MO-04) and Herb Conaway (D-NJ-03), this bipartisan bill aims to help veteran small bus  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Davids Leads Discussion on Kansas City's World Cup Preparations Last week, Representative Sharice Davids hosted her fifth World Cup Community Conversation, bringing together local, state, regional, and federal officials alongside trade professionals and business experts. With the 2026 World Cup expected to generate more than $650 million (link is external) for the Kansas City region, these co  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 25 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: * * * Sens. Moran, Fischer, Boozman, Budd Introduce Legislation to Improve Community Care Scheduling for Veterans WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs - and Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Ted Budd (R-N.C.) introduced legislation that would permanently authorize and expand the E  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Warner Lead Introduction of Legislation to Prevent Taxation of Broadband Deployment Grants WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) led 10 of their colleagues in introducing legislation to amend the Internal Revenue Code to make certain that federal broadband deployment funding will not be considered taxable income. Grants awarded to broadband providers for  more

WICHITA, Kansas, Feb. 24 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the District of Kansas issued the following news release: * * * Three men indicted for distribution of methamphetamine WICHITA, KAN. - A federal grand jury in Wichita returned indictments charging three defendants in two separate cases of distribution of methamphetamine. According to court documents, Yonivert Martinez-Montano, 36, of Wichita is charged with five counts of distribution of methamphetamine and one count of use a t  more