WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Michael T. McCaul, R-Texas, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman McCaul Delivers Opening Remarks at Task Force on Securing the Homeland for Special Events Inaugural Hearing * WASHINGTON - Today, Congressman Michael McCaul (R-Texas) -- chairman of the bipartisan Task Force on Enhancing Security for Special Events -- held the task force's first hearing, entitled "Lessons Learned: An examination of historic security incidents at mass gatherings." Chairma  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Mercatus Center at George Mason University, Arlington, Virginia, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Treasury regarding proposed modifications to the Enhanced Supplementary Leverage Ratio (eSLR) standards for global systemically important bank holding companies (G-SIBs) and their subsidiary depository institutions. The letter, authored by former regulators with extensive experience in financial oversight, expresses grave concerns regardi  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * ICMYI: Estes Joins Fox & Friends * U.S. Congressman Ron Estes (R-Kansas) joined Fox & Friends to discuss the loss of his intern Eric Tarpinian-Jachym, crime in Washington D.C., and more. See below for highlights and watch the interview on YouTube and Rumble. On Eric's legacy and the impact he left on Congressman Estes' office: "It's really a sad story, because you have such a great person, like Eric  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Logan County Board of County Commissioners, Oakley, Kansas, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of the Interior urging revisions to the Black-Footed Ferret Programmatic Safe Harbor Agreement. The letter highlights procedural and technical policy issues that are believed to impose unwarranted restrictions on adjacent, non-participating landholders, disenfranchising the public by obstructing formal reviews of Monitoring Plans and Maps as required  more

WASHINGTON, July 21 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * PASSED: Sen. Moran's Legislation to Prohibit VA Senior Executives from Exploiting PACT Act Bonuses * WASHINGTON - The U.S. House of Representatives passed legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs - to prohibit PACT Act Critical Skill Incentive (CSI) payments from going to Senior Executive Service employees at the Department of   more

WASHINGTON, July 23 -- The Rising T1DE Alliance submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, specifically to the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) and the Assistant Secretary for Technology Policy/National Coordinator for Health Information Technology (ASTP/ONC). The letter urged the agencies to extend patient access, interoperability, and certification requirements to include medical device data platforms, aligning them with existing stan  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to Missouri Small Businesses, Private Nonprofits and Residents Affected by April Storms * SACRAMENTO, Calif. - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding eligible small businesses, private nonprofits, and residents in Missouri of the Aug. 22 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset physical damag  more

WASHINGTON, July 22 -- Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Schmidt Highlights Wins in Defense Bill * WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) today highlighted wins he secured for Kansas and for military families in H.R. 3838, the Streamlining Procurement for Effective Execution and Delivery (SPEED) and National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2026 (NDAA). The legislation passed the House Armed Services Committee by a vote of 55-2. It i  more