WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: Tonight, the Senate passed the Honoring our PACT Act, bipartisan legislation that expands Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care eligibility to 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxins and airborne hazards while deployed. Last month, Representative Sharice Davids, whose mother served in the army for 20 years, voted to pass this bill, which authorizes $40,027,000 to expand outpatient se more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids toured the Cedar Lake Dam in Olathe, which is currently designated as a high hazard dam by the Kansas Division of Water Resources. Davids' funding request to design and build a new dam and spillway at Cedar Lake is one of 15 local projects that have been approved by the U.S. House Appropriations Committee, eight of which have passed the House thus far. Davids serves as the Vice  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 3, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall asked questions during a U.S. Senate hearing on the federal government's involvement with gain-of-function (GoF) research projects in China. Senator Marshall's opening statement and questions centered on Dr. Anthony Fauci's, Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, efforts to push GoF research out of the United States and into China th more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Hudson Institute Senior Fellow David Asher, who led the State Department's COVID-19 origins investigation for the Trump Administration, interviewed U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. about his leadership in the investigation into the COVID-19 pandemic's origins and the implications of future gain-of-function research to avoid these types of leaks from reoccurring. Nearly three years after COVID-19's emergenc more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Aug. 3, 2022: * * * U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. - an OBGYN who delivered more than 5,000 babies - released the following statement on the result of the Value Them Both Amendment: "Words could never express the sadness and emotion myself and many Kansans are feeling after the Value Them Both amendment was not adopted. This is an enormous blow to efforts to protect the sanctity of life in Kansas. "Too  more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement after voting in favor of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act, legislation that expands Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care coverage and benefits to include toxic-exposed veterans. "As a veteran myself, and one of the first Republicans in the Senat more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 3 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 2, 2022: This evening, the U.S. Senate passed the Sergeant First Class (SFC) Heath Robinson Honoring Our Promise to Address Comprehensive Toxics (PACT) Act of 2022 with a vote of 86-11. This historic and bipartisan legislation was introduced by U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - the ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. This legislation now head more PR

WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Rep. Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after the passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski. "I was devastated to hear about the tragic passing of Congresswoman Jackie Walorski and her staff, Emma Thomson and Zachery Potts," said Rep. Estes. "Jackie was an integral part of the Ways and Means Committee, a steadfast advocate for Hoosiers and a dear friend. "As the ranking member on Worker and Famil more PR