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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2021-12-29 ( 3 items )  
Sens. Blunt, Moran to Kansas City Star: System for Liver Transplants Is Rigged Against Those Who Live in Midwest or South (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sens. Roy Blunt, R-Missouri, and Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following joint commentary to Kansas City Star on Dec. 28, 2021: * * * Imagine you receive a devastating diagnosis: You have stage 4 liver cancer. Your doctor tells you the only thing that will save your life is a liver transplant. You are not alone. Today, just under 100 Kansans and more than 140 Missourians are waiting on a national list to receive a liver. But as you wait, your name is never called. Wh more PR

Sens. Coons, Moran in Scientific American: A $1B Boost to National Cancer Institute Will Help Us Beat Cancer (10)
WILMINGTON, Delaware, Dec. 29 -- Sens. Christopher Coons, D-Delaware, and Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Dec. 28, 2021: * * * U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), both members of the Senate Appropriations Committee, published an op-ed in Scientific American calling for a robust, sustained investment in cancer research through the National Cancer Institute (NCI), a research arm of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). The lawmakers call on more PR

Signed Into Law: Sen. Marshall Legislation to Prevent Dishonorable Discharges for Unvaccinated Servicemembers (10)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after his legislation to prevent servicemembers from receiving a dishonorable discharge for choosing to not get the COVID vaccine was signed into law by President Joe Biden as part of the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). In total, Senator Marshall secured 14 NDAA wins in his first year as a U.S. Senator to protect our national securi more PR