WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. John Barrasso, R-Wyoming, issued the following news release: * * * Barrasso: Republicans are Defending Americans' Second Amendment Rights * "The Second Amendment guarantees every American has the right to own and use a firearm. Every day, people across Wyoming use this right responsibly." WASHINGTON, D.C. - U.S. Senator John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Senate Majority Whip, today spoke on the Senate Floor about how Republicans are defending Americans' Second Amendment rig  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Davids Announces New Federal Grant to Lower Energy Costs in Franklin, Anderson Counties * Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced a federal grant to help two rural Kansas nursing and rehabilitation centers lower their energy costs through solar power. The investments, totaling nearly $200,000, are part of the Rural Energy for America Program (REAP), which helps small businesses and farms in r  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. John Hickenlooper, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Hickenlooper, Colleagues Demand Trump Admin Reinstate All Fired Workers at NOAA, NWS Prior to Peak Hurricane, Wildfire Season * Staff reductions at both agencies pose a threat to public safety, wildfire preparedness WASHINGTON - As the nation enters peak hurricane and wildfire season, U.S. Senator John Hickenlooper reiterated his call on the Trump administration to fully reinstate all fired f  more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Cleaver Joins 199 Lawmakers in Bipartisan Effort to Save Job Corps * (Washington, D.C.) - This week, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined Congressmen Sanford D. Bishop, Jr. (D-GA), Brett Guthrie (R-KY), and nearly 200 other congressional lawmakers in urging the Department of Labor to continue the Job Corps program. In a letter to Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer, Cleaver   more

WASHINGTON, June 6 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Peters Introduce Legislation to Exempt National Weather Service Meteorologists from Federal Hiring Freezes * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) - both members of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies - introduced the Federal Operational Resilience in Emergency Conditions and Storm Tracking (FORECAST)  more