WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Last night, U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) made a unanimous consent request to call for the Senate to immediately pass legislation to combat the sexual exploitation of children online and hold Big Tech accountable. Graham was joined on the floor in support of this effort by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minnesota), Jos  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) released the following statements, announcing his lift of holds on the nominations of Andrew Ferguson to be a Commissioner of the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) and Todd Inman, who is under consideration for the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB). Senator Hawley previously sent a letter to U.S. Senator Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) this past December  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: During a March 7th Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing on U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) competitive discretionary grant programs, witnesses representing state, local, and private industry entities related their experiences navigating the grant program application processes. Witnesses highlighted the various challenge  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on March 8, 2024: * * * Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the February 2024 jobs report: * "With the unemployment rate rising to the highest in more than two years, it makes no sense that the President wants to double down on more of the same failed policies that gave  more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 7, 2024: Today the U.S. Senate passed Senator Josh Hawley's (R-Mo.) legislation to reauthorize and expand the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA), by a vote of 69-30. "This isn't about a handout. This isn't about some kind of welfare program. This is about doing basic justice by the working people of this nation, whom their own government has poisoned. This is the day when we break the cycle   more

WASHINGTON, March 9 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 8, 2024: Today, Senator Eric Schmitt introduced an amendment to cut the National Telecommunications and Information Administration's (NTIA) ability to fund Orwellian "algorithmic justice" bureaucracy with funding meant for broadband development: "A bloated bureaucracy is the kiss of death when it comes to fiscally responsible practices, and the NTIA's outlandish request of $337 million for which th  more