WASHINGTON, July 8 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on July 7, 2025: * * * Chairman Moran Statement on VA's Workforce Announcement U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs - released the following statement today after the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced that they will not be conducting a Reduction in Force (RIF): "I spoke with Secretary Collins this morni  more

WASHINGTON, July 8 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following fact sheet (No. R44865) on July 7, 2025, by senior knowledge management librarian Devon Galena. Here are excerpts: * * * Juneteenth: Fact Sheet SUMMARY Juneteenth celebrates the end of slavery in the United States. It is also known as Emancipation Day, Freedom Day, Jubilee Day, Juneteenth Independence Day, Black Independence Day, and, by statute, Juneteenth National Independence Day. On June 19, 1865, M  more

WASHINGTON, July 7 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt's Historic Provision to Expand Medicaid Services for Americans with Disabilities Signed into Law * The Helping Communities with Better Support Act is the Largest Expansion in Home Care Services in History WASHINGTON - This weekend, Senator Eric Schmitt's (R-MO) historic provision to expand home and community-based services for individuals with developmental disabilities was signed   more