WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith at Secretary Bessent Hearing: President's Economic Agenda Igniting New Era of Prosperity Today, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) delivered the following remarks at a hearing with Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent. As prepared for delivery. "I want to start off by thanking you, Secretary Bessent, for   more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. James Comer, R-Kentucky, issued the following news release: * * * Comer: Murray State Baseball is a Real-Life Cinderella Story * WASHINGTON--Today on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives, Congressman James Comer (R-Ky.) proudly recognized and congratulated the Murray State Racers baseball program for an unforgettable season and their historic, first-ever appearance in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) College World Series. He emphasized  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Committee Approves Bills to Provide Veterans with Transportation Jobs, Enact Public Buildings Reforms, Improve Program Oversight, and More The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved 10 bills, including seven bills introduced by T&I Committee freshman Republican Members that will provide more paths t  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressional Baseball Game Shatters Previous 2024 Fundraising, Attendance Records * Washington, D.C. - The Congressional Sports for Charity Foundation announced this morning that the 2025 Congressional Baseball Game has raised over $2.75 million for local DMV charities and sold more than 30,000 tickets--shattering the previous attendance and fundraising records set in 2024 and marking the most su  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Proposes Repeal of Biden-Harris EPA Regulations for Power Plants, Which, If Finalized, Would Save Americans More than a Billion Dollars a Year * Breaking down barriers to affordable, dependable energy for American families WASHINGTON - Today, alongside U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), House Energy and Commerce Chairman Brett Guthrie (R-KY-02), U.S. Representatives Troy Balderson (R-OH-1  more

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission has issued a Supplemental Notice of Scoping Period to specifically request comments on alternate compressor station locations for the proposed Cedar Vale Compressor Station Project. This project, by Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., involves the construction and operation of new natural gas facilities in Osage County, Oklahoma, aimed at increasing capacity to deliver approximately 98,000 dekatherms per day of natural   more

WASHINGTON, June 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. International Trade Commission has issued its determinations in investigations concerning alkyl phosphate esters from China, concluding that a U.S. industry is materially injured by reason of these imports. This finding applies to imports that the U.S. Department of Commerce found to be sold in the United States at less than fair value and those found to be subsidized by the government of China. The Commission initiated these investigations, identified as   more

SPRINGFIELD, Virginia, June 12 -- The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency issued the following news: * * * NGA West Spring 2025 Construction Update This spring, the new National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency facility under construction in north St. Louis is getting its finishing touches, including wall finishes, room signage, furniture installation, IT installation, landscaping and more, in anticipation of its opening this winter. During this final stretch of the six-year construction   more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * President Trump's Pro-Growth Agenda Delivers Results for Families Strapped By Biden's Four Years of High Prices WASHINGTON, D.C. - House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) released the Consumer Price Index (CPI) report for May 2025: "With th  more

WASHINGTON, June 11 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Cleaver, Kim Reintroduce BUDS Resolution to Bolster Bipartisan Collaboration in Congress * (Washington, D.C.) \- Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Young Kim (R-CA), along with Representatives Scott Peters (D-CA), William Timmons (R-SC), Kevin Mullin (D-CA), and Mike Carey (R-OH), reintroduced the Building Unity through Dual Sponsors (BUDS) Resolution to bolster bip  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Rep. Bob Onder, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Held a Vote on Congressman Onder's Shared Property Agency Collaboration and Engagement Act of 2025 (SPACE) Act Congressman Bob Onder's bill, H.R. 3424, the Shared Property Agency and Collaboration and Engagement Act of 2025 (SPACE) Act passed out of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee.  The SPACE Act requires the Administr  more

WASHINGTON, June 12 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, ranking member of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on June 11, 2025: * * * Wyden Blasts Lax FBI Background Check of IRS Nominee Billy Long, Sounds Alarm over Court Documents Implicating Long in Major Bribery Conspiracy Washington, D.C. - In a letter sent Tuesday to White House Chief of Staff Susan Wiles, Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) blasted the FBI's background check of IRS nominee Bi  more