KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 29 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) applauded the American Federation of Government Employees (AFGE), the largest federal employee union, representing over 700,000 federal workers, for endorsing his legislation to address climate-related risks to federal pensions. In March, Congressman Cleaver introduced the Restructuring Environmentally Sound Pensions in Order to Negate Disaster (RE more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan amendment offered by U.S. Senators Roger Marshall M.D. (R-KS) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) calling for a transparent investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak mandated by the World Health Assembly during its current session, which ends on Monday. Additionally, if China continues on its path of cover-up and obfuscation, the Marshall-Gillibrand Amendment dema more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: With the Endless Frontier Act stalling in the U.S. Senate, U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) were able to pass their Resolution calling for a transparent investigation into the COVID-19 outbreak mandated by the World Health Assembly as a stand-alone bill. The bipartisan Resolution also demands a full, transparent investigation to include the U.S. and our allies  more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, May 28 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following statement: * * * U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II released the following statement condemning the rise in despicable antisemitic attacks against Jewish Americans. "Irrational hatred of, and violence toward, Jewish Americans has been occurring with alarming frequency, and, as President Biden has said, 'This must stop.' "Having been blessed to have come of age under the tutelage of the giants of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following statement: * * * Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) released the following statement on the recent rise in anti-Semitic attacks and rhetoric: "The recent surge in anti-Semitic attacks and rhetoric is despicable, and worse still, it is part of a historic pattern. I stand with the Jewish community in condemning these incidents forcefully and completely. "Anti-semitism, bigotry, and hate have no place in our society, a more PR

KANSAS CITY, Kansas, June 2 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids visited El Centro, Inc., a community center and bilingual Pre-K academy serving the growing Hispanic community in Wyandotte and Johnson Counties, to listen to their concerns and share the impact of federal relief funds on their facilities and the families they serve. Organizations like El Centro are critical to the growth and prosperity of our communities, and even at  more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 27, 2021: Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service proposed adding the lesser prairie-chicken to the Endangered Species Act, with the Southern Distinct Population Segment (DPS) as endangered and the Northern DPS as threatened. "Kansas farmers and ranchers have been excellent stewards of land and resources for years without heavy-handed government intervention, and they have also taken extraordinary measure more PR

WASHINGTON, May 27 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) issued a proposed rule to list two designated population segments (DPS) of the lesser prairie-chicken as endangered and threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The northern DPS of the lesser prairie-chicken, whose habitat includes Kansas, was listed at threatened, and will have tailored protections under the ESA. "I am concerned to see the proposed rule to li more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a group of his colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden asking him to immediately reopen all federal offices and facilities, and require federal employees to return to the office to better serve the American people. In part, the letter reads: "Nationwide, the number of coronavirus cases has decreased more than 85% from its peak in January. The C more PR

WASHINGTON, May 28 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke about the importance of improving maternal health outcomes during a U.S. Senate HELP Committee Executive Session. Senator Marshall's remarks followed the committee vote of the bipartisan Maternal Health Quality Improvement Act, which Senator Marshall teamed up with Senators Raphael Warnock (D-GA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), Tina Smith (D-MN), Maggie Hassan (D-NH) and Bill Cas more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran, and U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann, Ron Estes, Jake LaTurner, and Sharice Davids are calling on U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and Attorney General Merrick Garland to provide an update on the investigation of the meat packing industry that was initiated following the fire at Tyson's production plant in Holcomb, Kansas and the initial market imp more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on May 28, 2021: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today released the following statement after President Joe Biden announced the Presidential budget for FY2022: "Four months into this administration, President Biden has already laid out plans for $7.1 trillion of new spending over the next couple of years. It is no surprise that his FY2022 budget proposal calls for the highest level of federal spending sin more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today announced he will present the remains of Kansan Sergeant Carol Eugene Domer to the surviving family at Nemaha County Veterans' Memorial in Seneca, Kan. on Memorial Day. Sgt. Domer was killed in action off the coast of Papua New Guinea when his crew had to ditch their B-24 plane while returning from a bombing mission on January 1, 1943. Sen. Moran and fami more PR

WASHINGTON, May 29 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on May 28, 2021: The American Legion today announced support for the Guaranteeing Healthcare Access to Personnel Who Served (GHAPS) Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) as ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee (SVAC). "We must ensure that America's veterans do not fall through the cracks of the VA healthcare more PR