WASHINGTON, Dec. 3 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy and Regulatory Affairs, and Rep. Glenn Grothman, R-Wisconsin, chairman of the Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services, issued the following news release: * * * Burlison and Grothman Announce Hearing on Technology Lowering the Cost of Healthcare Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric B more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Burlison and Grothman Announce Hearing on Technology Lowering the Cost of Healthcare * WASHINGTONSubcommittee on Economic Growth, Energy Policy, and Regulatory Affairs Chairman Eric Burlison (R-Mo.) and Subcommittee on Health Care and Financial Services Chairman Glenn Grothman (R-Wis.) today announced a hearing titled " Lowering the Cost of Healthcare: Technology's Role in Driving Affordability (li more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following In Focus white paper (No. IF11672) on Dec. 4, 2025, by naval affairs specialist Ronald O'Rourke. Here are excerpts: * * * Coast Guard Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) Program: Background and Issues for Congress Introduction The Coast Guard's Waterways Commerce Cutter (WCC) program envisages procuring 30 replacements for the Coast Guard's 35 aging river buoy tenders (WLRs), inland construction tenders (WLI more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- House Majority Leader Steve Scalise, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Committee Cliff Notes: Weekly Recap - Week of December 1, 2025 * Here's a recap of key moments from House Republican committees during the week: Budget On Wednesday, December 3, the Committee on the Budget held a Member Day hearing. Education & Workforce On Tuesday, December 2, the Subcommittee on Health, Employment, Labor, and Pensions held a hearing called "Pension Pr more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Congressman Jason Smith Highlights Southeast Missouri Resident's Heartbreaking Story, Pledges to Hold Organ Procurement Organizations Accountable Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08), chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, held an Oversight subcommittee hearing on organ procurement organizations (OPOs) this week and called Heather Knuckles from Southeast Missouri to share her heartbreaking story t more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (TNSFR) -- The Malden Regional Airport & Industrial Park, Missouri, has moved forward with a request to the U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration to sell a 0.52-acre parcel of federally obligated airport property. This action is necessary because the land was originally acquired with Federal Aviation Administration grants. The grant assurances require that federally funded airport property be used only for aviation purposes. By releasing the land, more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Dec. 5 (TNSLrpt) -- The U.S. Department of Labor's Bureau of Labor Statistics - Mountain-Plains Regional Information Office issued the following report: * * * Kansas Job Openings and Labor Turnover -- August 2025 * Kansas had 67,000 job openings in August 2025, compared to 69,000 openings in July, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today. (See table 1.) Assistant Commissioner for Regional Operations Michael Hirniak noted that the job openings rate in Kansas w more PR

BALTIMORE, Maryland, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services' Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services issued the following news release: * * * Marketplace 2026 Open Enrollment Period Report: National Snapshot * The Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) reports that nearly 950,000 consumers who do not currently have health care coverage through plans in the individual market Marketplace have signed up for coverage in 2026, since the start of the Marketplace Open more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Adrian Smith, R-Nebraska, issued the following column: * * * Maximizing Nebraska's Resources * Spanning our state - Missouri River to panhandle - Nebraska's Third District has been blessed with a breadth of natural resources. Although much of our state is naturally arid, generations of hard work, determination, and feats of engineering have maximized our resources to provide for local needs, feed the world, and minimize flooding risks. In order to help our state ma more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 6 -- The Missouri Department of Conservation issued the following news on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * MDC welcomes three new conservation agents to the Central Region The Missouri Department of Conservation (MDC) congratulated 20 new conservation agents upon their graduation from MDC's 2025 Conservation Agent Training Academy in September. Since then, these new conservation agents have been gaining experience in the field training program. Now, they're looking forward t more PR

JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri, Dec. 6 -- The Missouri Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Department of Natural Resources awards almost $785,000 to Elsberry R-II School District District will install lighting/HVAC upgrades and new building management system for energy savings * The Missouri Department of Natural Resources' Energy Loan Program has awarded a low-interest loan of $783,355 to assist the Elsberry R-II School District with an energy more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Eric Burlison, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Eric Burlison Announces New Healthcare Plan to Solve Affordability Crisis * Washington, D.C. Congressman Eric Burlison (MO-07) today announced his vision for a new, patient-centered healthcare framework, MAHA, a two-part plan designed to lower costs, expand choice, and return control to American families. "For too long, families have been stuck with a system that is too expensive, too regula more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Schmitt Leads Colleagues in Calling for Repeal of Harmful Biden-Era Housing Regulation * Letter Urges FHFA to Reverse Mandate Limiting Homeowners' Insurance Choice WASHINGTON U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) led a letter to Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Director William "Bill" Pulte calling for the repeal of a Biden-Era guidance that would prohibit actual cash value (ACV) homeowner more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Smith Praises CMS Approval of Rural Emergency Hospital Status for Pemiscot Memorial Hospital Congressman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) approved Pemiscot Memorial Hospital for Rural Emergency Hospital (REH) status and confirmed that the facility will receive approximately two million dollars in backpay: Congressman Smith s more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Dec. 5, 2025: * * * Smith Statement on PCE Report: Federal Reserve Should Lower Interest Rates Next Week Inflation beat expectations and paychecks continue to rise faster than prices. * Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the release of the September 2025 reading of the Federal Reserve's preferred infl more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Education issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Department of Education and U.S. Department of Labor Celebrate Successful Implementation of Workforce Development Partnership * Today, the U.S. Departments of Education (ED) and Labor (DOL) provided an update on the Trump Administration's historic actions to integrate the federal government's workforce development portfolio. The Departments transitioned the Workforce Innovation and Opportunit more PR

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- The U.S. Department of Labor issued the following news release: * * * US departments of Labor, Education celebrate successful implementation of workforce development partnership * WASHINGTON - The U.S. Departments of Labor and Education provided an update today on the Trump Administration's historic actions to integrate the federal government's workforce development portfolio, announcing that the departments transitioned the Workforce Innovation and Opportunity Act stat more PR