WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Big, Beautiful Success Story: Working Families Tax Cuts Target Relief to Middle Class The working families tax cuts provides the largest benefit to middle-income Americans, finds a study from the Tax Foundation. The middle 60 percent of earners will see the largest changes in after-tax income for 2025 and 2026, while the top 20 percent   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Housing & Insurance Subcommittee Leaders Highlight Proposed Major Reforms to Top Federal Housing Program * (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) and Mike Flood (NE-01), Ranking Member and Chairman of the Housing & Insurance Subcommittee, hosted a press conference (link is external) to highlight historic reforms they have introduced in the HOME Reform  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Rep. Bob Onder, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Bob Onder Introduces the Endorsement Transparency Act * Contact: Brooke Morgan (link sends email) (Washington, D.C.) - Today, Congressman Bob Onder (MO-03) introduced the Endorsement Transparency Act, which bans labor unions from endorsing a presidential candidate unless the union polls its members. The Endorsement Transparency Act ensures that union leaders can't make unilateral endorse  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * EPA Delivers Additional 100 Top Environmental Accomplishments, 300 Environmental Wins Now Highlighted Since President Trump Took Office in January * DALLAS, TEXAS (November 19, 2025) - Monday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin shared 100 additional environmental accomplishments EPA has achieved in the last 100 days, recognizing 300 days of fulfilling the agenc  more

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, Nov. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following white paper (No. 2025-032) on November 12, 2025, by TOdd Sandler and Subhayu Bandyopadhyay entitled "A Strategic Analysis of Narcoterrorism: Counterterrorism, Terrorist Extortion, and Illicit Drug Trafficking." Here are excerpts: * * * The paper presents a novel strategic analysis of narcoterrorism where a developing country's terrorist group extorts home drug farmers to finance terror attacks  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. French Hill, R-Arkansas, chairman of the House Financial Services Committee, issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Financial Services Committee Examines Federal Deposit Insurance Framework Yesterday, the House Committee on Financial Services, led by Chairman French Hill (AR-02), held a hearing examining the current deposit insurance framework in the United States. Members and witnesses assessed the potential costs and benefits of proposed reform  more

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Nov. 20 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Nov. 19, 2025: * * * Kristen Pattinson selected as November 2025 Missouri Department of Natural Resources Team Member of the Month Kristen Pattinson, an environmental program manager with the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Division of Environmental Quality, is the Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Team Member of the Month for November 2025. She was selected  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Maggie Hassan, D-New Hampshire, ranking member of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release: * * * NEW DATA: Under Trump, Families Have Already Spent An Average of $700 More Due to Inflation The Joint Economic Committee - Minority released a new report finding that the average U.S. household has already spent $700 more in the first eight months under President Trump. On the campaign trail, the President claimed that he would "bring the cost o  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 (TNSLrpt) -- Pacific Northwest National Laboratory has issued report number PNNL-38243, 'Developments in Processing Criteria for Iron Phosphate Waste Form Design for Treating Electrorefiner Salt Wastes,' authored by Harmony S. Werth, Krista Carlson, Jade Beland, Julian D. Escobar Atehortua, Paige Murray, Dave Liang, Laurel Sharpless, Brian J. Riley, Michael Simpson, and Charmayne Lonergan. The report, prepared for the U.S. Department of Energy under Contract DE-AC05-76RL01830  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Warns New Jersey Organ Procurement Organization: Compliance Is Not Optional After Alarming Whistleblower Claims Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08), along with Oversight Subcommittee Chairman David Schweikert (AZ-01), are demanding documents and transcribed interviews with more than 30 employees and executives of the New Jersey S  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * US Department of Labor awards more than $10.5M in grants to support mine safety, health training across the nation * WASHINGTON - The U.S. Department of Labor announced today that its Mine Safety and Health Administration has awarded more than $10.5 million in grants to organizations in 45 states, the Navajo Nation, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands to reduce mining accidents, inju  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- The Environmental Protection Agency issued the following news release: * * * What They are Saying: Leaders Throughout the Country Applaud EPA's Proposal to Clearly Define Definition of Waters of the United States * WASHINGTON - On Monday, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin and Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Adam Telle, unveiled a proposed rule that would establish a clear, durable, common-sense definition of "waters of  more