WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Cleaver Joins 88 U.S. Representatives to Condemn Trump Administration's Attacks on National Institutes of Health The Trump Administration's Threats Endanger Critical Research on Cancer, Alzheimer's, and Other Health Conditions (Washington, D.C.) - Today, U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) joined 88 House Democrats in decrying the Trump Administration's attacks on the Nati more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 5 -- Gov. Laura Kelly, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Governor Kelly, Senate Minority Leader Sykes, House Minority Leader Woodard Release Joint Statement Regarding Proposals to Eliminate Taxes on Tips, Raise Kansas' Minimum Wage TOPEKA - Governor Laura Kelly, Senate Minority Leader Dinah Sykes, and House Minority Leader Brandon Woodard released Wednesday the below joint statement regarding the Kansas Legislature's proposals to eliminate income taxes on more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Davids Joins Kansas Delegation to Honor Victims of Flight AA5342 Collision Washington, D.C. - Last night, Representative Sharice Davids joined (link is external) her colleagues from the Kansas congressional delegation in a moment of silence on the House floor to honor the victims (link is external) of last week's tragic flight collision. The moment of silence served as a recognition of the liv more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 6 -- The Kansas Corporation Commission announced the following dockets on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * 25-CONS-3251-CEXC Docket Type: CEXC - Exception To Rules And Regulations Docket Description: Application - IGWT, Inc. Date Filed: 02/05/2025 * * * 25-SEPE-309-TAR Docket Type: TAR - Tariff Docket Description: Application for Sunflower Electric Power Corporation Date Filed: 02/05/2025 * * * Original text here: https://estar.kcc.ks.gov/estar/portal/kscc/page/NewDockets/por more PR

TOPEKA, Kansas, Feb. 6 -- The Kansas Department of Commerce issued the following news release: * * * Lt. Governor Toland Announces More Than $4 Million Available in Community Service Tax Credit Program Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of Commerce David Toland today announced $4.13 million in tax credits will be made available under the Kansas Department of Commerce's Community Service Tax Credit Program (CSP). "Revitalizing our communities and state requires targeted investments that make p more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Feb. 6 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Western District of Missouri issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: A Strafford, Mo., man who purchased more than 50 firearms has been indicted by a federal grand jury for illegally trafficking firearms and methamphetamine. David Allen Gaunt, 57, was charged in a 16-count indictment returned by a federal grand jury in Kansas City, Mo., on Tuesday, Feb. 4. The indictment replaces a criminal complaint that was f more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Jahana Hayes, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * On the 32nd Anniversary of FMLA, Hayes, Durbin Introduce Bicameral Caring for All Families Act to Expand Family Leave WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, on the 32nd anniversary of the historic Family and Medical Leave Act (FMLA), Congresswoman Jahana Hayes (CT-05) and Senator Dick Durbin (D-IL) introduced legislation to expand and modernize FMLA. The Caring for All Families Act would guarantee small necess more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- The White House issued the following executive order on Feb. 5, 2025: * * * Keeping Men Out of Women's Sports By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, and to protect opportunities for women and girls to compete in safe and fair sports, it is hereby ordered: Section 1. Policy and Purpose. In recent years, many educational institutions and athletic associations have allowed men to compete in women's sport more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on Feb. 4, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of the service and accomplishments completed by Colonel Reginald L. Bassa, Sr. Colonel Bassa dedicated his life to service on behalf of the United States, with an extensive career of thirty years. Today, I invite us all to celebrate and reflect on the contributions of Colonel Bassa more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) announced he introduced the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act alongside Representatives Ann Wagner (MO-02), Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), Jim Costa (CA-21), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Stephanie Bice (OK-05). The bill redirects unobligated funds collected through the False Claims Act to the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) through fiscal year (FY) 2029, stabilizi more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on Feb. 5, 2025: Today, U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs - and Sen. Reverend Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) introduced legislation to allow surviving spouses of fallen servicemembers to retain certain survivor benefits if they remarry. Under current law, most benefits from the Department of Defense and the Department  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Introduces Bill to Cut Regulatory Red Tape for Main Street Grocery Stores Washington, D.C. - Today, Senator Marshall introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution of disapproval to block the implementation of the Biden Administration's EPA "management" rule related to phasing out hydrofluorocarbons used in refrigeration units. The EPA's rule goes way too far and would raise  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall on Fox News: We Need to Get President Trump's Nominees Across the Finish Line Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined The Story with Martha MacCallum on Fox News to discuss President Trump's Cabinet nominees. Secretary nominee for Health and Human Services (HHS) Robert F. Kennedy, Jr. and nominee for Director of National Intelligence (DNI) Tulsi Gabbard both advan more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall on Newsmax: President Trump is Protecting Women's Sports, Another Promise Made, Promise Kept Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined National Report on Newsmax to discuss the Senate advancing the nomination of RFK, Jr. to be Secretary of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), the National Prayer Breakfast, and National Girls and Women in Sports Da more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall, Rep. Van Duyne Reintroduce Legislation to Reduce Overbearing Regulations for America's Small Businesses Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D., and U.S. House Representative Beth Van Duyne (R-TX-24) introduced the bicameral Small Business Regulatory Reduction Act to protect our small businesses from the financial burden of top-down federal regulations. When Washingto more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall, Blackburn Introduce Bill to Reduce Excessive Taxation on Social Security Benefits Washington, D.C. - U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) introduced the Reducing Excessive Taxation and Inefficiencies by Reforming Elder Exemptions to Support Fairness, Inflation Relief, and Simple Taxes (RETIREES FIRST) Act. This legislation will lower the tax burden on Soci more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Duckworth Call on FAA to Continue Restricting Non-Essential Helicopter Operations Near Ronald Reagan National Airport WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) - the chair and ranking member of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation - called on the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to continue the restrictions placed on non- more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Peters, Rep. Norton Reintroduce Legislation to Remove Derogatory Language from D.C. Code WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Congressional Down Syndrome Task Force - Sen. Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-D.C.), today reintroduced legislation that would update the District of Columbia (D.C.) Code by eliminating the words "mentally  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Wagner, Colleagues Introduce Legislation to Stabilize Crime Victims Fund Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement after she introduced the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act with Representatives Nathaniel Moran (R-TX), Jim Costa (D-CA), Debbie Dingell (D-MI), Stephanie Bice (R-OK), and Derek Schmidt (R-KS). The bill redirects unobligated funds collected thro more PR