WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Davids Works to Cut Waste Through Improper Medicaid Payments for Deceased Beneficiaries Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced her support for bipartisan legislation (link is external) to stop improper Medicaid payments for deceased individuals that had gone unnoticed. A recent Office of Inspector General (OIG) report (link is external) of just 14 states found more than $249 million in impr  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley, Marshall, Moran Introduce Legislation to Provide Consistent, Affordable Energy to Missouri, Kansas U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) introduced legislation - alongside Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) - that would provide stable energy rates and a reliable electric grid to states in the Southwestern Power Administration (SWPA) region, including Missouri, Arkansas, Ka  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 24, 2025: * * * Rep. Estes Comments on Treasury Memo Regarding OECD Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) issued the following statement after reports that Treasury delivered a memo to the White House in response to President Donald Trump's Jan. 20 executive action on OECD. "I'm pleased to hear that Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent has followed through on the president's directive to dismantle the disastr  more

WASHINGTON, March 21 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Estes Reintroduces the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act Today, on World Down Syndrome Day, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) is reintroducing the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act. The act federally prohibits doctors from knowingly performing an abortion because of a baby's prenatal Down syndrome diagnosis. "All children deserve the right to life, and aborting a child based solel  more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Rep. Doug LaMalfa, R-California, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. LaMalfa Reintroduces End Taxpayer Funding of Gender Experimentation Act Washington, D.C.-- Congressman Doug LaMalfa (R-Richvale) reintroduced H.R. 2202, 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.   more

WASHINGTON, March 24 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Reaction to Noem Saying, "We Are Going to Eliminate FEMA." WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today during President Trump's Cabinet meeting, Department of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said, "We are going to eliminate FEMA." Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) released the following reaction: "The Trump Administration's grand plan for victims of natural disasters is to abandon them--and it's a complete non-starte  more