WASHINGTON, March 16 -- The Congressional Budget Office issued the following cost estimate for the Brown vs. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act (S. 270): S. 270, Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site Expansion Act as reported by the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources on March 2, 2022. View link to table below. S. 270 would authorize the expansion of the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site in Topeka, Kansas, to include two school s more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: On the anniversary of the American Rescue Plan's passage, Representative Sharice Davids highlighted the positive impact of the law on Kansas. Davids is the only member of the Kansas delegation who voted to bring targeted COVID relief to the state and help distribute life-saving vaccines, keep schools and businesses open, and support Kansans through the biggest public health and economic crisis in generatio more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids, the daughter of a postal worker, joined Andy Tuttle, President of the Kansas Association of Letter Carriers and current city letter carrier, to break down what's in the Postal Service Reform Act and what it means for Kansans. After recent mismanagement and 14 years of financial losses, this bipartisan bill aimed at shoring up the Postal Service's finances and improving reliab more PR

WASHINGTON, March 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids announced that more than $15.7 million is coming to projects in the Third District of Kansas, including a new cancer imaging machine for The University of Kansas Cancer Center, funding to protect Merriam homes and businesses from flooding with the Upper Turkey Creek project, and more. Out of hundreds of bipartisan submissions, eight Davids-requested projects were passed into l more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Congressman Jake LaTurner issued the following statement after accepting an invitation to serve as an Assistant Whip on the House Republican Whip Team. Congressman LaTurner will assist GOP Whip Steve Scalise in advancing the Republican agenda on the House Floor: "I am honored to have the opportunity to serve on the House Republican Whip Team to help advance common-sense conservative solutions that get our  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today applauded the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee for advancing the PREVENT Pandemics Act out of committee. Senator Feinstein in November introduced the National Commission on the COVID-19 Pandemic Act, a bill to create a 9/11-style commission to investigate the Covid-19 outbreak and identify lessons learned regarding our more PR

WASHINGTON, March 15 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. led members of the Kansas Congressional delegation in sending a letter to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration calling on the agency to address consumer safety concerns in its upcoming over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aid regulation. Kansas stakeholders including the Board of Examiners in the Fitting and Dispensing of Hearing Instruments, the State Attorney General, and lic more PR

WASHINGTON, March 16 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on March 15, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke on the Senate floor today, urging Democrats to support legislation offered by Senator Rand Paul (KY) to put an end to the mask mandate for public transportation - including on airlines. Senator Marshall served as an original cosponsor of the resolution to repeal travel mask mandates which the Senate passed with a bipartisan vote of 57-40. In his sp more PR