KANSAS CITY, Missouri, June 4 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) presented a long-awaited medal and certificate to retired Army veteran, Steven Fuhr. After retiring from the Army in 2013, Mr. Fuhr initiated casework with Rep. Cleaver's district offices in 2016, seeking assistance in obtaining requisite retirement documents and entitled, but unawarded, service medals. In April, Rep. Cleaver's office received Mr.  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 7, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) announced that two infrastructure projects in Kansas' Third District, the expansion of US Highway 69 and purchase of electric buses for KCATA, have been selected for federal funding through the INVEST in America Act, the comprehensive federal surface transportation bill. Additionally, two bills introduced earlier this year by Davids, the Resilient Repairs  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 8 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 7, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids stopped by her alma mater Johnson County Community College (JCCC) to attend a welcome back event for JCCC staff and tour the vaccine clinic on campus. Davids met with Dr. Andy Bowne, President of JCCC, to hear about the impact of federal pandemic relief aid on students, colleges, and universities in the Third District of Kansas and how the American Rescue Plan is more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined his colleagues in introducing the Defending Keystone Jobs Act, which would require the Department of Labor to submit a report to Congress on the number of jobs lost as a direct or indirect result of the Biden administration's move to cancel construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. Cancelation of Keystone construction stands in contrast with the Biden administration' more PR

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, June 5 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after the release of today's Department of Labor (DOL) jobs report showing employers only adding 559,000 jobs in May and an unemployment rate of 5.8%. The current labor shortage has led to companies struggling to find employees and a record breaking 8.1 million open jobs across the country. In Kansas, there are 58,000 job openings, and more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined his colleagues in sending a letter to Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Republican Leader Mitch McConnell urging them to bring the Protecting Individuals with Down Syndrome Act to the Senate floor for a vote during the June work period. The Senators wrote in part, "...All individuals have inherent value, regardless of their age, status, disability, race, sex or any  more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement addressing concerns with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposal of new federal clean-water regulations that reverse the deregulatory actions of the previous administration, and target private landowners. "This is the Administration's attempt to revive the Obama era WOTUS rule which was already blocked by the courts, and is furthe more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 3, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today in an interview with WIBW, reacted to the release of Dr. Anthony Fauci's emails saying in part: "These emails are really damning. If there is a smoking gun out there, I think that these emails really point to the credibility of Dr. Fauci. What these emails show is that he was not being honest with the President or the American public; that he wasn't be more PR

WASHINGTON, June 10 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 9, 2021: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and 10 of his Senate Republican colleagues today introduced the Defending Keystone Jobs Act, which would require the Department of Labor to submit a report to Congress on the number of jobs lost as a direct or indirect result of the Biden administration's move to cancel construction of the Keystone XL pipeline. This project was expected to provide approximately more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following commentary to the High Plains Journal: * * * U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. penned an op-ed for the High Plains Journal highlighting the importance of respecting the environmental judgment of farmers and ranchers and warning against the long-term effects of President Biden's 30x30 initiative. In his op-ed, Senator Marshall said in part, "We have to ask what this directive means for the people of Kansas--not only for  more PR