WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Cleaver, Waters, Lead Call to Protect Rural Housing Funding in Congress (Washington, D.C.) - As Congress begins the appropriations process to determine funding levels for federal programs, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and Maxine Waters (D-CA), Ranking Member of the House Committee on Financial Service  more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Op-Ed: FDA Commissioner Can't Ignore Damning New Data on Dangers of Mifepristone Today, U.S Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) published an opinion piece outlining why Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Marty Makary must reinstate safety regulations surrounding the chemical abortion drug mifepristone. The op-ed comes after a bombshell report revealed the dangers of mifepristone, including   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * In Bipartisan Push, Hawley & Welch Introduce Major Legislation to Lower Prescription Drug Prices Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) and Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.) introduced legislation to lower the cost of drug prices for Americans. The Fair Prescription Drug Prices for Americans Act would offer relief for millions of patients while ensuring Americans are no longer financing lower drug costs for   more

WASHINGTON, May 5 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt on Fox News: President Trump is the Law-and-Order President Touts President Trump's Common Sense Deportation Agenda WASHINGTON - Senator Schmitt earlier today appeared on Fox News' Faulkner Focus, touting the Trump administration's deportation plans and broader immigration agenda: WATCH THE FULL INTERVIEW HERE. Senator Schmitt on President Trump's Deportation Plans: "Every tool  more

WASHINGTON, May 6 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on May 5, 2025: * * * Smith: China's Free Ride is Officially Over Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after a ban on the duty-free entry of low-value Chinese goods under the de minimis privilege took effect, pursuant to President Trump's April 2 executive order: "For too long, the de minimis privilege has been abused by Ch  more