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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2023-02-11 ( 6 items )  
Crop Insurance In Focus During Second Ag Committee Hearing On 2023 Farm Bill (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 9, 2023: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. questioned witnesses today during the U.S. Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, & Forestry's second hearing on the 2023 Farm Bill, a five-year legislative package that is critical for providing support to Kansas' agriculture industry. Today's hearing focused on the Farm Bill's commodity programs, crop insurance, and credit titles of the Farm Bill. Sen more PR

DAVIDS ANNOUNCES NEW FUNDING TO IMPROVE ROAD SAFETY IN THE KANSAS THIRD (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Representative Sharice Davids announced $1.28 million is coming to Kansas' Third District to improve roads and address traffic fatalities in Olathe and Wyandotte County. The Safe Streets and Roads for All (SS4A) Grant Program was established by the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, which Davids voted to support, to redesign roads and streets to prevent deaths and serious injuries. Last year, D more PR

King Cosponsoring Bipartisan Legislation To Maximize Broadband Funds, Prevent Taxation Of Federal Grants (10)
BRUNSWICK, Maine, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Angus King, Co-Chair of the Senate Broadband Caucus, is cosponsoring bipartisan legislation led by Senators Mark Warner (D-Virginia) and Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) to ensure historic broadband funding is used efficiently to expand connectivity across Maine. The Broadband Grant Tax Treatment Act (BGTTA) would classify broadband funding from the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law and the American  more PR

Sen. Marshall Joins Senate Colleagues On Waters Of The United States Resolution Of Disapproval (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. has joined U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito's (WV) Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval for the Biden administration's recently announced Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. Senator Marshall joined all 48 of his Senate Republican colleagues on this resolution that, if enacted, would prevent the proposed WOTUS rule from taking effect. Senator Mars more PR

Sen. Marshall Named To U.S. Senate's Top Panel On Government & Corporate Accountability (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2023: Following his appointment last week to the Senate Committee on Homeland Security & Governmental Affairs (HSGAC), U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. announced today that he will serve on the Committee's Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations (PSI). Senator Marshall issued the following statement regarding his appointment to this subcommittee: "The unelected bureaucratic class in Washington more PR

Sens. Marshall, Moran Join Colleagues In Filing Amicus Brief Challenging President Biden's Student Loan Cancellation (10)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) and Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) recently joined their Senate colleagues in filing an amicus brief to the Supreme Court of the United States in Biden v. Nebraska and Department of Education v. Brown, dual cases challenging the Biden administration's student loan cancellation plan. The Senators argue that the Biden administration's unilateral decision to forgive federal st more PR