WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Davids Honors Prairie Village Woman Killed in Antisemitic Attack with Moment of Silence on U.S. House Floor * Today, Representative Sharice Davids led a moment of silence (link is external) on the U.S. House Floor in honor of Sarah Milgrim, a Prairie Village native, and her partner, Yaron Lischinsky, who were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum earlier this month. Milgrim was a 2017 gradu  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- The House Financial Services Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-90) on the Promoting New Bank Formation Act (H.R. 478), which aims to require the appropriate federal banking agencies to establish a 3-year phase-in period for de novo financial institutions to comply with federal capital standards and provide relief for de novo rural community banks. The report was advanced by Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, on May 6, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary In  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on June 3, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 170 inventors who will be inducted as the 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). An induction ceremony will take place June 23-26, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia to celebrate these inventors and their incredible accomplishments. The ceremony will be presided over by the Acti  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. H. Morgan Griffith, R-Virginia, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on June 3, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise in honor of a colleague and member of the Virginia House of Delegates, Delegate Barnie Day, who passed away on May 12th at the age of 72. Born in 1952, Delegate Day grew up in North Carolina. An early part of his character development came in high school when Delegate Day started a job working in a  more

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Questions FDA's Acting Director About Steps to Remove Harmful Ingredients from OTC Drugs and Replace Animal Testing with AI * Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) today questioned Dr. Jacqueline Corrigan-Curay, Acting Director at the Center for Drug Evaluation and Research for United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA), during the most recent Senate Commit  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Touts President Trump's $9.4 Billion Rescissions Package as Major Win for American Taxpayers * Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) released the following statement today after the White House sent Congress a $9.4 billion rescissions package to save hard-earned American taxpayer dollars and begin codifying the mission of President Donald Trump's Department of Go  more

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall's Legislation to Restore Whole Milk in Schools Passes Senate Agriculture Committee * Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) today released the following statement after the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry voted to advance the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act. This legislation would expand healthy milk options in schools by reversing the Oba  more

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Lauren Underwood, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Underwood Announces $26 Million for Local Priorities Selected for Community Project Funding JOLIET - Representative Lauren Underwood (IL-14), a member of the House Appropriations Committee, announced the projects in the 14th District selected to be submitted for consideration for Community Project Funding in FY2026. If funded, the projects below will have extraordinary benefits for our communit  more