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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2021-07-17 ( 4 items )  
Rep. Davids Announces $46 Million in Federal Relief to 3rd District Restaurants and Bars (10)
WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids announced that the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) granted more than $46 million in pandemic relief aid to 165 eligible small businesses in the Third District of Kansas. Additionally, Davids joined the RRF Replenishment Act of 2021, which would allow for all existing applications to the program to be fully funded. The Restaurant Revitalization Fund, a tar more PR

Sen. Marshall Pushes for Federal Offices, Eisenhower Presidential Library to Reopen (10)
WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led his colleagues in sending a letter to Office of Management and Budget Acting Director Shalanda Young, Office of Personnel Management Acting Director Kathleen McGettigan, and General Services Administrator Acting Administrator Katy Kale to reiterate the need to quickly resume pre-pandemic levels of service for federal offices, including the Dwight D. Eis more PR

Sens. Moran, Fischer, Klobuchar Introduce Legislation Expanding Market for Biofuels Year-Round (10)
WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) this week introduced the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. The bill would extend the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) volatility waiver to ethanol blends above 10 percent. This would increase market access and continue to allow retailers across the country to sell E15 and other higher-ethanol fuel blends year-round, eliminating  more PR

Sens. Moran, Marshall, Rep. Mann Urge FWS to Extend Public Comment Period on Lesser Prairie-Chicken Listing (10)
WASHINGTON, July 17 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 16, 2021: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and Congressman Tracey Mann (KS-01) today urged Deputy Director of the Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) Martha Williams to extend the comment deadline on the FWS's proposed listing of the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). "A listing will impose burdensome regulations on farmers and ranchers, more PR