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*Kansas Editor Tipoffs Newsletter for Thursday June 05, 2025 ( 8 items )  

Davids Honors Prairie Village Woman Killed in Antisemitic Attack with Moment of Silence on U.S. House Floor
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

First Responder Network Authority: Six Trailblazers in Public Safety Receive Prestigious Patriot Award
RESTON, Virginia, June 5 -- The First Responder Network Authority, an independent agency within the Commerce Department's National Telecommunications and Information Administration that oversees the nation's communications network dedicated to emergency responders and the public safety community, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Six trailblazers in public safety receive prestigious Patriot Award Bellevue, Wash. - Today, six distinguished leaders in public safety receiv  more

Rep. Griffith: Honoring Life of Del. Day
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

Senator Marshall Questions FDA's Acting Director About Steps to Remove Harmful Ingredients from OTC Drugs and Replace Animal Testing with AI
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

Senator Marshall Touts President Trump's $9.4 Billion Rescissions Package as Major Win for American Taxpayers
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

Senator Marshall's Legislation to Restore Whole Milk in Schools Passes Senate Agriculture Committee
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

U.S. Border Patrol agents in Oswego arrest an Illegal Alien from Mexico on a felony warrant from Kansas
WASHINGTON, June 4 -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security Customs and Border Protection issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Border Patrol agents in Oswego arrest an Illegal Alien from Mexico on a felony warrant from Kansas * PORT BYRON, N.Y. - U.S. Border Patrol agents assigned to the Oswego Station arrested a 35-year-old-man from Mexico who had an active felony warrant from Kansas. On June 3, Border Patrol agents had been provided information that Guillermo Lugardo-Valerio   more

Underwood Announces $26 Million for Local Priorities Selected for Community Project Funding
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