WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Alford Introduces Returning SBA to Main Street Act to Get SBA Workers Out of the Swamp and Into Rural Communities Ahead of today's House Small Business Subcommittee hearing, Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Subcommittee Chairman Mark Alford (MO-04) introduced the Returning SBA to Main Street Act. This legislation will decentralize the Small Business Administration (SBA) b  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Alford Requests SBA Relocate Kansas City Regional Office to Columbia Follows Administrator Loeffler announcing SBA will move regional offices out of sanctuary cities Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04), the Chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations, sent a letter to the head of the Small Business Administration, Kelly Loeffl  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Alford Votes to Support Trump, Keep America Open for Business Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, issued the following statement after the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.R. 1968, the Full-Year Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025 to fund the federal government through September 30, 2025. "I was proud to supp  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Cleaver, Warren, Warnock Re-Introduce Comprehensive Bill to Lower Housing Costs and Address Housing Crisis Bicameral legislation would build nearly three million new homes, bring down rents by 10%, cut unnecessary red tape (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, along with U.S. S  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cleaver's Statement on Vote Against GOP's Extremely Partisan Continuing Resolution (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) released the following statement after voting against House Republicans' extremely partisan Continuing Resolution (CR) that would cut nearly $23 billion in veterans' benefits, slash funding for healthcare and affordable housing,  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley to Lead Hearing with Durbin on Combatting CSAM, Protecting Kids Online Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)--Chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism--will convene a hearing, alongside Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), on the need to pass the lawmakers' legislation to combat the Child Sexual Abuse Material (CSAM) crisis online. This first Judiciary subc  more

WASHINGTON, March 10 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley, Booker Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Eradicate Child Labor, Hold Bad Actors Accountable Today, U.S. Senators Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J) reintroduced the Preventing Child Labor Exploitation in Federal Contracting Act, which would prohibit corporations that engage in illegal child labor practices from securing federal contracts. The bill passed out of the U.S. Senate H  more