WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- The American Soybean Association, St. Louis, Missouri, has submitted a public comment letter to the U.S. Department of Labor advocating for the rescission of a previously established rule aimed at improving protections for temporary agricultural workers in the United States. The ASA, which represents nearly 500,000 soybean farmers across the nation, expressed gratitude for the opportunity to share its views and outlined the adverse impacts of the existing rule on farmers'   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Bryan Steil, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the House Administration Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 2, 2025: * * * Chairman Steil Receives Classified Briefing on ActBlue at FBI Headquarters Today, Committee on House Administration Chairman Bryan Steil (WI-01) received a classified briefing from the Federal Bureau of Investigation about their ongoing investigations into campaign finance violations. This follows Chairman Steil and then-Senate Permane  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Chairmen Smith, Schweikert Launch Investigation into Tax Exempt Organ Procurement Organization "Network for Hope" Following Alarming Patient Safety Report In a letter to Network for Hope, a Kentucky-based tax exempt Organ Procurement Organization (OPO), Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) and Oversight Subcommittee Cha  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Sept. 4 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site conceptual development plan survey now online Representatives from DNR's Division of State Parks invite the public to provide input for Bothwell Lodge State Historic Site's conceptual development plan update. A 30-day comment period begins Sept. 3, and a survey is available online at mostateparks.com/CDP. This survey ki  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 3, 2025: * * * T&I Approves Bipartisan Bill to Dramatically Reform FEMA The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved legislation to provide the most robust legislative reform of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal disaster assistance programs in decades. The Fixing Emergency Management for A  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: * * * T&I Approves Bipartisan Bill to Reauthorize and Reform Counter-UAS Authorities The Transportation and Infrastructure Committee today approved legislation to reauthorize, reform, and reasonably expand the existing counter-unmanned aircraft system (counter-UAS) authorities of the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Department o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: * * * T&I Leaders' FEMA Reform Bill Attracts Support from Emergency Management Stakeholders A House bill to provide the most robust legislative reforms of the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and federal disaster assistance programs in decades is garnering the support of numerous emergency management stakeholders. Tomorrow - Tuesd  more

VICKSBURG, Mississippi, Sept. 4 -- The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center issued the following news story: * * * Vibration Proof: ERDC engineer helps protect B-2 bombers By Tim Reeves, ERDC Corporate Communications Office For nearly four decades, the B-2 Spirit, commonly referred to as the stealth bomber, has been the tip of the spear in the United States' ability to project force on a global scale. The aircraft's capabilities - developed in secret and once thought impossibl  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 3 -- The White House sent to the Senate on Sept. 2, 2025, the nominations of 16 individuals for positions in the federal government: * * * Tammy Bruce, of California, to be the Deputy Representative of the United States of America to the United Nations, with the rank and status of Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary; the Deputy Representative of the United States of America in the Security Council of the United Nations; and to serve concurrently and without additiona  more