WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Pramila Jayapal, D-Washington, issued the following news: * * * Jayapal, DeLauro, Schakowsky, Doggett Lead Effort to Protect Medicare WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) are leading 74 lawmakers in calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to enact urgent reforms to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. As the Trump administration and Elon Musk look fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following weekly report entitled "Unemployment Insurance Weekly Claims" for week ending March 22, 2025. * * * REVISION TO SEASONAL ADJUSTMENT FACTORS Note: This week's release reflects the annual revision to the weekly unemployment claims seasonal adjustment factors. The seasonal adjustment factors used for the UI Weekly Claims data from 2020 forward, along with the resulting seasonally adjusted values for initial claims and conti  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Lloyd Doggett, D-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Members Demand End to Fraud, Waste, and Abuse by Corporate Medicare Advantage Plans Contact: Alexis.Torres@mail.house.gov (link is external) Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Lloyd Doggett (D-Austin), Ranking Member of the Ways & Means Health Subcommittee, joined by Representatives Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), led 74 lawmakers in calling on   more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 28 -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued the following news release: * * * Funds transferred to beneficiaries of state's adult-use cannabis program JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- This week, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) transferred $23,363,968 in funds generated by Missouri's adult use marijuana program to agencies as outlined in Article XIV, Section 2, of the Missouri Constitution. This transfer was authorized by  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 28 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Missouri Historic Preservation symposium planned May 1 JEFFERSON CITY, MO, MARCH 27, 2025 - The second annual Missouri Historic Preservation symposium, hosted by the Missouri State Historic Preservation Office, the City of Jefferson and The Missouri Alliance for Historic Preservation, is set for 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Thursday, May 1, at the Lewis and Clark S  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Rep. Estes Reintroduces Legislation to Protect American Taxpayers Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), joined by every Ways and Means Republican, reintroduced the Unfair Tax Prevention Act to discourage foreign countries from attacking U.S. jobs and tax revenues through the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)'s Pillar 2 so-called Under Taxed Profit Rule (UTPR) su  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Bob Onder, R-Missouri, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on March 26, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, today I am introducing the Do No Harm Act. As a physician, I took an oath to do no harm, but over the past several years, doctors working at pediatric transgender clinics have prescribed medications or done procedures that they know will permanently sterilize children or leave them with irreversible medical and psychological   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Schakowsky, Jayapal, DeLauro, Doggett Lead Effort to Protect Medicare Full Text of Letter (PDF) WASHINGTON - U.S. Representatives Jan Schakowsky (IL-09), Pramila Jayapal (WA-07), Rosa DeLauro (CT-03), and Lloyd Doggett (TX-37) are leading 74 lawmakers in calling on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to enact urgent reforms to Medicare Advantage (MA) plans. As the Trump adminis  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, March 28 -- The Missouri Farm Bureau issued the following news release on March 27, 2025: * * * Senate Passes Legislation Bringing Farm Bureau Health Plans One Step Closer The Missouri Senate passed Senate Bill 79 on Thursday, bringing Missouri Farm Bureau (MOFB) members one step closer to accessing affordable, effective and reliable health coverage. Many farmers, small business owners, and individuals not covered by group health insurance plans struggle to find affo  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Coons, Wicker introduce bill to better financially protect poultry growers against avian flu outbreaks WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) yesterday introduced the Healthy Poultry Assistance and Indemnification Act (HPAI ACT) to ensure that all poultry growers and laying operations in highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI) control areas whose o  more

WASHINGTON, March 28 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: * * * T&I Republicans Highlighted in Washington Times Washington, DC - Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and other Committee Republican leaders are featured in the Washington Times in a series of columns focused on the Committee's agenda for the 119th Congress and their goals as leading members on T&I.   more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Wagner, Colleagues Reintroduce Bipartisan, Bicameral DETERRENCE Act Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) reintroduced legislation to protect U.S. citizens from violence directed by foreign powers. She was joined by her colleagues Congressman Nathaniel Moran (R-TX) and Congressman Brad Schneider (D-IL). Congresswoman Wagner said: "The United States of America must and will make it clea  more

WASHINGTON, March 27 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Wagner, Gottheimer Reintroduce Legislation to Protect Seniors from Financial Exploitation Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (MO-02), Chair of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Capital Markets, and Congressman Josh Gottheimer (D-NJ) released the following statement after they reintroduced the Financial Exploitation Prevention Act: "Seniors in our community can be particularly vulnerab  more