WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Alford, Colleagues Urge Administration to Urgently Secure Soybean Deal with China, Use Tariff Revenue to Make Farmers Whole * Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) led a letter to Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins urging the administration to urgently finalize the reported deal to open Chinese markets to U.S. soybean producers and swiftly implement President Trump's  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2025-030) on October 24, 2025, by Stefan Song and Juan Sanchez entitled "Earnings Misperceptions and Household Distress." Here are excerpts: * * * Households learn whether income changes are temporary or persistent from the history of their own paychecks. This paper develops a quantitative model of household financial distress that incorporates this inference and uses survey d  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Oct. 29 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2025-029) on October 21, 2025, by Ana Maria Santacreu and Leo Lam entitled "Technology, Geopolitics, and Trade." Here are excerpts: * * * We study when unilateral export controls are optimal by quantifying how geopolitical rivalry reshapes trade in ideas. Empirically, cross-border technology flows are far more sensitive than goods trade to geopolitical distance, especially whe  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 28 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Op-Ed: No American Should Go to Bed Hungry * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) penned the following op-ed on his legislation to fund food benefits that are set to run out on November 1 due to the ongoing government shutdown. Read the full op-ed here or below. The federal government has been shut down for 28 days and counting. That's 28 days too long and already the second  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Oct. 30 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Department of Natural Resources awards $4.28 million to Anderson City will make drinking water system improvements * The Missouri Department of Natural Resources has awarded $4.28 million to the city of Anderson for upgrades to its drinking water distribution, storage and supply systems. The city anticipates that the funding will cover the entire cost o  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Blasts Biden FBI's Spy Campaign: 'We Should Have Watergate Style Hearings for Months' * Operation Arctic Frost Targeted RAGA During Schmitt's Tenure as Chairman WASHINGTON Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) joined Senate Republican colleagues in a press conference to strongly denounce the Biden administration's weaponization of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to tar  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt on the Pain of Schumer's Shutdown, Left-Wing Political Violence * Schmitt Calls for Antifa Networks to be Designated as Foreign Terrorist Organizations WASHINGTON Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) joined Fox News' Faulkner Focus to discuss the pain the government shutdown is causing the American people, the disturbing rise of politically motivated violence, and the need to d  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Oct. 29, 2025: * * * Smith Calls on Trump Administration to Reverse Plan to Expand Argentine Beef Imports Today, Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08), Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, joined Congressman Greg Steube (FL-17) and other Republican Members of the Committee in writing to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Brooke Rollins and U.S. Trade Representative Ambassador Jamieson G  more