WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Jeanne Shaheen, D-New Hampshire, issued the following news release: * * * After 30 Years Making A Difference, Jeanne Shaheen Announces She Will Not Seek Reelection in 2026 Shaheen Made History as First Woman Elected Governor of New Hampshire, First Woman in American History to Serve as Both Governor and US Senator, and the First Woman to Lead the Senate Foreign Relations Committee (Washington, DC) - U.S. Senator Jeanne Shaheen announced she will not seek reelect  more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, Midwest Region - February 2025": * * * Regional prices rose 0.3 percent in February, up 3.1 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the Midwest Region advanced 0.3 percent in February, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics   more

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, March 13 (TNSres) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report on March 12, 2025, entitled "Consumer Price Index, St. Louis area - February 2025": * * * Area prices rose 0.5 percent in January and February, up 2.0 percent over the year * * * The Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) in the St. Louis area advanced 0.5 percent for the two months ending in February 202  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith: Biden IRS Crypto Rule Is Unfair and Unworkable Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks during floor debate on H.J.Res 25, a Congressional Review Act resolution disapproving of a Biden DeFi Broker IRS rule. As prepared for delivery. "I rise today in strong support o  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith: Democrats Attempting to Undermine Critical Work Being Done to Root Out Waste, Fraud, and Abuse Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks during a committee markup of H.Res. 127. As prepared for delivery. "Welcome to today's markup of two resolutions of inquiry from committee Democrats  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith: If Congress Doesn't Extend Statute of Limitations, Criminals Will Get Away With Unemployment Insurance Fraud Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks during floor debate on H.R. 1156, the Pandemic Unemployment Fraud Enforcement Act. As prepared for delivery. "The   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith: President Trump and House Republicans Are Committed to Preserving Social Security Benefits Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks during a committee markup of H.Res. 195. As prepared for delivery. "Last November, the American people overwhelmingly rejected the Biden Administration'  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith: Workers Need the Relief and Prosperity to Come from Extending Trump Tax Cuts and Enacting the America First Economic Agenda WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report: "Any lower  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Committee Leaders' Joint Statement on NTSB's Preliminary Report on Crash at Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport Washington, DC - Joint statement of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO), Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Ranking Member Rick Larsen (D-WA), Aviation Subc  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- Rep. Bob Onder, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Onder Introduces Bill to End the Trafficking of Aborted Babies Washington, D.C. - Congressman Bob Onder (R-MO-03) introduced the Protecting Life and Integrity in Research Act alongside Congressman Chris Smith, Chair of the House Pro-Life Caucus, to defend the dignity of unborn children killed by abortion. This legislation would end taxpayer support of any research using fetal tissue obtai  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve has received an application under the Change in Bank Control Act from a group of individuals and trusts seeking to acquire voting shares of Monticello Bancshares, Inc., and thereby gain indirect control of the Bank of Monticello, both based in Monticello, Missouri. The application, submitted by the Leland Phillips and Peggy Phillips Living Trust, includes trustees and beneficiaries from Missouri, Arizona, and North Carolina, as well as HNB Na  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve has received applications under the Change in Bank Control Act to acquire voting shares in multiple banking institutions. The applications, which involve individuals and trusts across several states, are available for public inspection at the respective Federal Reserve Banks and the Board of Governors' offices in Washington, D.C. Among the applications, a group of individuals from Arkansas, Missouri, and Oklahoma, including Tony Steele, Tyler   more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer Joins the National Corn Growers Association's "Cobcast" to Talk Year-Round E15 U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) joined the National Corn Growers Association's "Cobcast" to discuss her bill securing the year-round, nationwide sale of E15. During the episode, she emphasized the vital role ethanol plays for Nebraska producers and rural communities. She highlighted her decade of advocacy for pe  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Hearing Highlights Importance of Reauthorizing Loan Programs to Help American Communities Address Wastewater Infrastructure Needs Washington, D.C. - The Water Resources and Environment Subcommittee today held a hearing to examine the benefits to states and local communities of federal water infrastructure financing p  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Overwhelmingly Bipartisan Legislation to Empower Law Enforcement to Continue Prosecuting Pandemic Unemployment Fraud and Recoup Hundreds of Billions in Tax Dollars WASHINGTON, D.C. - Sixteen days before the statute of limitations to prosecute the theft of COVID-era unemployment insurance (UI) fraud expires, the U.S. House of Representative  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * House Passes Ways & Means Legislation to Rollback Biden Administration's Midnight Crypto Rule in Bipartisan Vote The House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly to rollback a last-minute cryptocurrency rule published by the Department of Treasury in the waning days of the Biden Administration that would cripple American digital asset leadership, stif  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Tim Kaine, D-Virginia, issued the following news release: * * * Kaine, Klobuchar & Warner Formally File Legislation to Undo President Trump's Senseless Taxes on Canadian Goods WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senators Tim Kaine, Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, (D-VA), Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), and Mark R. Warner (D-VA) formally filed legislation to undo President Donald Trump's wildly unpopular tariffs on Canadian goods, w  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 (TNSFR) -- The Legal Services Corporation (LSC) has announced the availability of funding for basic field grants to support civil legal aid organizations across the United States and its territories. The funding, contingent on congressional appropriation for Fiscal Year 2026, aims to ensure access to high-quality legal representation for low-income individuals facing civil legal matters. The grants will commence in January 2026 and will be awarded to eligible organizations  more

WASHINGTON, March 13 (TNSFR) -- Meridian Medical Technologies, LLC, a pharmaceutical company based in Saint Louis, Missouri, has applied for registration with the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) as an importer of Morphine, a Schedule II controlled substance. The company, located at 2555 Hermelin Drive, has stated that the importation will be strictly for analytical purposes, ensuring that the substance is used solely for research and testing rather than for distribution or commercial sal  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 13 -- Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued the following news release on March 12, 2025: * * * Attorney General Andrew Bailey Moves to Protect Missourians by Issuing Cease and Desist Against Planned Parenthood JEFFERSON CITY Mo. - Today, Missouri Attorney General Andrew Bailey issued a Cease and Desist Order against Planned Parenthood facilities in Missouri, formally prohibiting them from performing chemical abortions in violation of state law. This o  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cleaver Joins 159 Lawmakers in Condemning Any Effort by Trump Administration to Privatize USPS (Washington, D.C.) - This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Representative Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) and 158 members of Congress in condemning any effort by the Trump Administration to privatize the U.S. Postal Service (USPS). In a letter to President Trump, the lawmakers ex  more

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Hawley Chairs Hearing on Fighting Online Child Sexual Abuse Material, Calls for Empowering Big Tech's Victims Today in the first Judiciary Committee subcommittee hearing of the 119th Congress, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.)--chair of the Senate Subcommittee on Crime and Counterterrorism, alongside Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.)--urged the Committee to quickly pass their marquee legisl  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Reintroduces End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act Washington -U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) today reintroduced the End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act. This legislation prohibits the use of federal funding for gender transition procedures and bars federal healthcare facilities, physicians, and providers from providing such procedures. I  more

WASHINGTON, March 12 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations and Regulations, issued the following news release on March 11, 2025: * * * Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations Holds Hearing on Restoring the SBA to Its Intended Mission: Serving Main Street WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, Congressman Mark Alford (R-MO), Chairman of the Small Business Subcommittee on Oversight, Investigations, and Regulations,   more

WASHINGTON, March 13 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * Trump EPA to Reconsider Biden-Harris MATS Regulation That Targeted Coal-Fired Power Plants to be Shut Down WASHINGTON - U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin announced the agency will reconsider the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS) from the Biden-Harris Administration that drew a lawsuit from 23 states. The Trump Administration is considering a 2-year compl  more