WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Five Judicial Nominations * June 04, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on the nominations of Whitney Hermandorfer to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circ more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Graves, Budzinski Introduce Save America's Rural Hospitals Act * Congressman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (D-IL) reintroduced the bipartisan Save America's Rural Hospitals Act to help struggling rural hospitals stay open and continue serving their communities. Rising costs and falling Medicare reimbursement rates have pushed many to the brink--this bill gives them the lifeline t more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Chairs Missouri District Judge Nominations Hearing * Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) chaired the Judiciary Committee nominations hearing featuring the four Missourians President Trump has tapped to serve as district judges for Missouri-his first tranche of judicial nominees. The nominees are: * Maria A. Lanahan, to be United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Missou more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Takes Liberal Professor to Task for Flip-Flopping on Injunctions Stance * In a joint Senate Judiciary subcommittee hearing, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) took Kate Shaw, a professor at the University of Pennsylvania Carey Law School, to task over her double standard for nationwide injunctions issued against the Trump Administration versus those against the Biden Administration. Senator Hawl more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, June 5 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * Echo Bluff State Park conceptual development plan survey now online JEFFERSON CITY, MO, JUNE 4, 2025 - Representatives from Missouri State Parks invite the public to provide input for Echo Bluff State Park's conceptual development plan update. A 30-day comment period will begin June 4, with a survey available online at mostateparks.com/CDP. For more inform more PR

WASHINGTON, June 5 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * The One, Big, Beautiful Bill Fights Back Against Unfair Taxation by Foreign Governments WASHINGTON, D.C. - On day one of his new administration, President Trump signed an executive order fighting back against unfair taxes imposed by foreign governments that harm American companies and workers. These taxes, which were supported by Democrat more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Rep. Kathy Castor, D-Florida, posted the following statement in the extensions of remarks section of the Congressional Record on June 3, 2025: * * * Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the 170 inventors who will be inducted as the 2024 Fellows of the National Academy of Inventors (NAI). An induction ceremony will take place June 23-26, 2025, in Atlanta, Georgia to celebrate these inventors and their incredible accomplishments. The ceremony will be presided over by the Acti more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Schmitt Chairs Senate Judiciary Hearing for Eastern District of Missouri Nominees * All Four Nominees Worked for Schmitt in Missouri AG Office WASHINGTON -- Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) co-chaired a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on President Trump's four judicial nominees to serve the Eastern District of Missouri. All four nominees worked for Schmitt when he served as Missouri Atto more PR

WASHINGTON, June 3 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Discusses Existential Threat of Communist China on Fox News' Ingraham Angle * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) appeared on Fox News' Ingraham Angle this evening to discuss mounting threats from Communist China: Watch the full interview HERE. Senator Schmitt on the threat of Communist China "We have to understand the true nature of the threat that is Communist China more PR

WASHINGTON, June 4 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Discusses President Trump's Big, Beautiful Bill on Fox Business' Mornings With Maria * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) appeared on Mornings with Maria this morning to discuss President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill, yesterday's hearing on rogue left-wing district court judges, his upcoming hearing on Biden's mental decline as President, and the Agroterrorism attempt by ind more PR

ST. LOUIS, Missouri, June 5 -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis issued the following news release on June 4, 2025: * * * St. Louis Fed Releases Beige Book ST. LOUIS -- The Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis released its portion of the Federal Reserve's latest Beige Book, published today. The local report summarizes economic conditions for the Eighth District, which is based in St. Louis and covers all of Arkansas and parts of Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, Mississippi, Missouri and Tennesse more PR