WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Davids Announces 2025 Congressional App Challenge Winner * Student-built app helps improve academic success Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the winner of the 2025 Congressional App Challenge for Kansas' Third District: Drake Semchyshyn, a twelfth grader at Blue Valley West High School. Semchyshyn's winning app, Catalyst (link is external), is designed to improve students' academic   more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Estes Reintroduces Legislation Benefiting Nursing Homes In-House CNA Programs * WASHINGTON - Ron Estes (R-Kan.) and Rep. Josh Harder (D-Calif.) reintroduced the Ensuring Seniors' Access to Quality Care Act. This bill allows nursing homes to continue operating their in-house CNA training program even if they incur fines above a certain amount, so long as the fines are issued for reasons unrelated to  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Working Families Tax Cuts Fuel American Manufacturing The Working Families Tax Cuts, driven in the U.S. Senate by Finance Committee Chairman Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), power American reindustrialization through key provisions like immediate research and development expensing, full expensing for new capital investments and full expensing for the construction of new fac  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Op-Ed: Why America is Getting Healthy Again One Year Later * Topeka - On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), published an op-ed in the Topeka Capital-Journal, writing that President Trump's first year in office has brought a lot of change for the health of Americans. While American tax dollars have gone towards treating chronic disease for years, the Trump admini  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 21 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF12466) on Jan. 20, 2026, by foreign affairs analyst Cory R. Gill. Here are excerpts: * * * U.S. Passport Services: Background and Issues for Congress Background The U.S. Department of State (DOS) defines a passport as "an internationally recognized travel document that verifies the identity and nationality of the bearer." Congress has authorized DOS to grant, issue, and verif  more