WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith: Fed's Failure To Cut Interest Rates is Harming Working Families Who Bear The Cost of Inaction Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Federal Open Market Committee announced its decision to hold its benchmark rate flat: "The Fed is once again misreading the moment.   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: * * * Crapo Announces Finance Committee Staff Updates * Washington, D.C.-- Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today announced the following staff updates: Molly Newell, Chief International Trade Counsel Molly has been promoted to Chief International Trade Counsel. Molly joined the Finance Committee in January 2023 from Hogan Lovells US LLP, where she was an associate in the Internation  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Crapo Announces Finance Committee Staff Updates Senate Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) today announced the following staff updates: Molly Newell, Chief International Trade Counsel Molly has been promoted to Chief International Trade Counsel. Molly joined the Finance Committee in January 2023 from Hogan Lovells US LLP, where she w  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 (TNSFR) -- Two Missouri-based bank holding companies, Rhineland Bancshares, Inc., and Green City Bancshares Inc., have applied to the Federal Reserve to merge. This action would result in Rhineland Bancshares indirectly acquiring Farmbank, which is currently owned by Green City Bancshares. The Federal Reserve has published a notice of the applications, inviting public comments on the proposed merger. The applications and related documents are available for inspection at the F  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Urges Boeing to Take Action to Remedy Latest Toxic Chemical Spill * Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to the Boeing Company's President and CEO Robert Ortberg urging him to take further action following reports of a chemical leak at a Boeing facility in north St. Louis. "I write concerning new reports that a Boeing facility in north St. Louis leaked up to a thousand gall  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Aug. 1 -- The Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services issued the following news release: * * * Funds transferred to beneficiaries of state's adult-use marijuana program JEFFERSON CITY, MO -- Last week, the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services (DHSS) transferred $23,555,124 in funds generated by Missouri's adult use marijuana program to agencies as outlined in Article XIV, Section 2, of the Missouri Constitution and approved by House Bill 10.103  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on July 31, 2025: * * * Nine Key Moments: Reagan Library Field Hearing on Pro-Growth Tax Cuts in The One, Big, Beautiful Bill SIMI VALLEY, CA - Beneath Air Force One inside the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, the Ways and Means Committee heard from Americans about how The One, Big, Beautiful Bill is a needed shot in the arm for small businesses, manufacture  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Questions USDA Leadership on Proposed Agency Reorganization Plan * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - member of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry - questioned U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Stephen Alexander Vaden on USDA's reorganization plan. Under USDA's proposed plan, which was announced last week, the agency  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmit Discusses New Bombshell Evidence of the Russiagate Hoax on Fox Business * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) joined Fox Business' Kudlow to discuss new bombshell evidence that clearly show's Democrats colluded to coordinate the Russiagate hoax and discredit President Donald Trump. Watch the full interview HERE Senator Schmitt on Bombshell New Evidence of the Russiagate  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on July 30, 2025: * * * Statement on President Trump's De Minimis Executive Order Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after President Trump signed an executive order suspending de minimis tariff-free treatment for low-value commercial shipments from all countries, effective August 29: "President Trump's execut  more

WASHINGTON, July 31 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R48600) on July 16, 2025, entitled "Trump v. CASA, Inc. and Nationwide Injunctions During the Second Trump Administration" by legislative attorney Joanna R. Lampe. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY On June 27, 2025, the Supreme Court decided Trump v. CASA, Inc., a trio of consolidated cases in which the Court limited the ability of federal courts to issue nationwide injunctions - court orders   more

WASHINGTON, July 31 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education Approves Missouri to Pilot Innovative Statewide Assessment Program * Today, U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon approved the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (MDESE) request to pilot an innovative statewide assessment program focused on improving the existing statewide assessments in reading and language arts, and mathematics. MDESE was   more

WASHINGTON, July 30 -- Sen. Peter Welch, D-Vermont, issued the following news release: * * * Welch Grills Trump Admin on How So-Called 'Reorganization Plan' of USDA Hurts Vermont * WASHINGTON, D.C. - During a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing today, U.S. Senator Peter Welch (D-Vt.), Ranking Member of the Senate Agriculture Subcommittee on Rural Development, Energy, and Credit, grilled U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Deputy Secretary Stephen Vaden on the Trump Administration's reorga  more