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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2022-02-16 ( 9 items )  
In Op-Ed, Ranking Member Moran, Chairman Tester Underscore Bipartisan Action to Deliver for Toxic-Exposed Veterans (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee Ranking Member Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) are underscoring the need for swift action in the Senate on their Health Care For Burn Pit Veterans Act--a critical step in their bipartisan effort to deliver for toxic-exposed veterans. In an op-ed published in Military Times, the senators wrote: " more PR

Rep. Davids Secures $5.8M in Electric Vehicle Funds for Kansas Highways From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 15, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids announced that Kansas will receive $5,847,059 this year under the bipartisan infrastructure law to install electric vehicle (EV) charging stations along key roads and highways. These investments will create good-paying jobs to help protect Kansas' environment and support American car manufacturers' rapidly-growing EV production. "The bipartisan infrastructure  more PR

Rep. LaTurner Joins Cole to Introduce the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Congressman Jake LaTurner (KS-02) joined Congressman Tom Cole (OK-04) to introduce H.R. 6581, the Bipartisan Social Security Commission Act of 2022. This legislation takes much-needed action to address the long-term solvency of Social Security: "Hard-working Kansans contribute to Social Security for the entirety of their working lives with the understanding that they will be able to rely on these benefits i more PR

Reps. Mann, Pfluger, McCarthy Lead Letter Urging President Biden to Hold China Accountable (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01), August Pfluger (TX-11), and House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy led 57 of their Republican colleagues in sending a letter to President Biden to make the U.S.-China agricultural trade relationship more balanced and reciprocal. More than two years ago, the United States and China signed a two-year Phase One trade deal that required China to make structural reforms to i more PR

Sen. Marshall Resolution Puts an End to COVID State of Emergency (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. has introduced a Senate resolution to end the COVID-19 national state of emergency currently in effect under the National Emergencies Act (NEA), which allows the President to make available robust powers to deal with crises other than war or natural disaster. In March 2020, President Donald Trump invoked the NEA in regard to COVID-19 and in February 2021, President Joe Bide more PR

Sen. Marshall to Washington Examiner: Email Trail Shows How Anthony Fauci and Francis Collins Distorted Public Views on COVID (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following commentary to the Washington Examiner on Feb. 15, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. penned an op-ed for the Washington Examiner about the nearly ten billion dollars in funding controlled by Dr. Anthony Fauci and Dr. Francis Collins and how those dollars appear to have influenced scientists worldwide on their opinion of COVID origins. In the op-ed Senator Marshall said in part, "failing to carry the water of more PR

Sen. Marshall: Kansas Senators Leading Effort to Re-open U.S. Capitol and Senate Office Buildings (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran are helping lead a resolution in support of re-opening the U.S. Capitol and Senate office buildings to Kansans under pre-COVID policies. "Kansans deserve access to their U.S. Capitol, and it is past time Leader Schumer and Speaker Pelosi re-open the doors to pre-pandemic levels," said Senator Marshall. "With COVID cases and hospitalizations on the decline, more PR

Sen. Moran: Kansas Senators Leading Effort to Re-Open U.S. Capitol and Senate Office Buildings (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) are helping lead a resolution in support of re-opening the U.S. Capitol and Senate office buildings to Kansans under pre-COVID policies. "The U.S. Capitol has long been a symbol of our democracy, and its defining principle is American citizens' involvement in government," said Sen. Moran. "It is long past time to reopen the United States Cap more PR

Sen. Moran: ULA Announces Contract With Milling Precision (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 16 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Feb. 15, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today released the following statement after United Launch Alliance (ULA) announced it has signed a contract with Milling Precision Tool in Wichita to help manufacture its Atlas V Rocket. "Wichita has a long history in aviation manufacturing and a talented workforce that puts the city on the map as the 'Air Capital of the World.' "I appreciate Mr. Bruno  more PR