WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and all House Ways and Means Committee Republicans have introduced H.R.5586 - the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act - to counter proposed legislation that weaponizes the IRS against American citizens. The current Democrat proposal gives the IRS new power to spy on Americans' private bank information with as little as $600. "This Democrat legislation that the Biden administrati more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: Congressman Jake LaTurner issued the following statement after cosponsoring the Prohibiting IRS Financial Surveillance Act, a bill introduced by Rep. Drew Ferguson (R-GA), that would ban the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) from implementing any new reporting requirements for banks or other financial institutions as part of the Biden Administration's aggressive bank surveillance regime. Strong more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led a group of colleagues in introducing the Viral Gain of Function Research Moratorium Act to place a moratorium on all federal research grants to universities and other organizations conducting gain-of-function research and risky research on potential pandemic pathogens. This legislation is in response to the congressional inquiries and various media investigations reveal more PR

WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Oct. 19, 2021: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today spoke during a press conference on the Democrats' proposal to expand the scope of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), allowing it unprecedented authority to review individual financial accounts. "The reaction by Kansans to this proposal is exactly the right one: this is a terrible intrusion in our lives, our families' lives and our businesses," said Sen more PR