WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Derek Schmidt Bill To Strengthen Police Background Checks Passes House * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Bipartisan legislation to strengthen background checks for law enforcement officers, led by Republican Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) and Democrat Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), was passed today by the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support. The Criminal History Access Ac  more

WASHINGTON, May 14 -- The Government Accountability Office has denied a protest filed by Covenant Aviation Security LLC, Bolingbrook, Illinois, challenging the award of a U.S. Department of Homeland Security Transportation Security Administration contract to VMD Systems Integrators LLC, McLean, Virginia, for passenger and baggage screening services at San Francisco International Airport. The dispute involved a task order issued by the TSA for security screening operations under the agency's Scr  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Mann Votes to Support Kansas Farmers, Give Americans Choice at the Pump * WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) voted to pass the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act, legislation he cosponsors, in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 218 to 203. The bill allows E15 fuel to be sold year-round nationwide by removing burdensome federal restrictions t  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Introduces Bill to Support Families Experiencing Pregnancy Loss * Washington - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) introduced the Bereaved Parents Rights Act, legislation that ensures hospitals and freestanding birth centers provide clear information about the rights that grieving parents have regarding the cremation or burial of their miscarried or stillborn child. "As an OB-G  more

WASHINGTON, May 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall: Kansas Farmers Need Competitive, Affordable Fertilizer Markets * Senator Marshall Questions Witnesses at the Senate Ag Committee Washington - On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), questioned witness Mr. Corey Rosenbusch, President and CEO of the Fertilizer Institute, at the Senate Agriculture Committee hearing. The hearing focused on the fertilizer industry an  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Warren, Hawley, Harshbarger, Auchincloss Renew Bipartisan Push to Rein in Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs), Cut Drug Costs PBM Act picks up key bipartisan cosponsors, including Senators Fetterman and Marshall and representatives on committees of jurisdiction in the House. Tennessee Governor could sign their version of the PBM Act into law as early as this week. * Today, Senators Elizabe  more

WASHINGTON, May 13 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * WATCH: Davids Urges Colleagues to Join Bipartisan Movement to Lower Gas Prices, Support Farmers * Effort comes as Iran war drives up fuel costs, reaching highest levels this week Today, on the House floor, Representative Sharice Davids urged her colleagues to support year-round sales of E15 to help lower gas prices and strengthen American agriculture. E15 is a lower-cost fuel made from domestical  more