WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Sept. 4, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith Exposes U.S. Nonprofit as Likely CCP-Funded Propaganda Arm Operating Under Tax-Exempt Status Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) is demanding records from The People's Forum, a New York-based 501(c)(3) organization, in a letter today following mounting evidence that shows that this organization has acted  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Railroad Administration announced it is reviewing a petition from American Heritage Railways (AHR), Durango, Colorado, regarding regulations for injury and illness reporting. AHR, acting on behalf of the Durango and Silverton Narrow Gauge Railroad, Durango, Colorado; Great Smoky Mountains Railroad, Bryson City, North Carolina; and Branson Scenic Railway, Branson, Missouri, seeks relief from certain recordkeeping requir  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Federal Reserve System has published a series of applications under the Change in Bank Control Act. These filings involve individuals and partnerships that seek to either acquire or retain voting shares in various bank and holding companies. The filings include an application from a family partnership in Scotia, New York, to join a family control group and acquire voting shares in a financial institution and its holding company. Another filing comes from   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 (TNSFR) -- The Federal Reserve System is reviewing an application from Southern Bancorp Inc., Arkadelphia, Arkansas, to acquire Ozarks Heritage Financial Group, Inc., Gainesville, Missouri. This acquisition would also give indirect control of Legacy Bank and Trust Co. The proposal is being evaluated under the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956 and Regulation Y, which govern how companies can become bank holding companies or acquire banks. The public aspects of the application,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Following Push from Reps. Cleaver and Davids, Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area Secures Federal Funding Passed by Congress * (Kansas City, MO) - Following a call from U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and Sharice Davids (D-KS) to restore federal funding obligated to Freedom's Frontier National Heritage Area (FFNHA), the FFNHA received its full federal funding for 2025 that   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy calls for better inspection of foreign seafood sold in the US: "The shrimp was radioactive" * # Watch Kennedy's comments here. WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) delivered the following remarks on the U.S. Senate floor: "Mr. President, this is a photograph of the alien from the movie 'Alien.' This is what you could end up looking like if you eat some of the raw frozen shrimp being   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Big, Beautiful Success Story: Empowering Parents and Students to Choose the Best Education for Them Parents can now cover additional educational expenses for their kids, including tutoring, standardized test prep, and assistance for children with disabilities, using tax-advantaged 529 savings accounts. Thanks to The One, Big, Beautiful Bill, these accou  more