WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) joined Senator Ben Ray Lujan (D-NM) and her colleagues, in a bicameral letter urging House Speaker Mike Johnson to immediately act to pass the Radiation Exposure Compensation Reauthorization Act (RECA). This legislation would reauthorize and expand the RECA program to include Missouri and was approved by the Senate with strong bipartisan support in March. This legislation is criti  more

WASHINGTON, May 3 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: President Biden's plan to enact the highest tax increase in American history is completely backwards and will hurt workers, families, farmers, and small businesses already reeling from "Bidenomics," warned Ways and Means Republicans in a hearing with Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen. The President's proposed budget breaks his pledge to not raise taxes on Americans  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Recently, Senator Eric Schmitt introduced the Taiwan and America Space Assistance (TASA) Act as an amendment to this year's FAA Reauthorization bill, to further build cooperation with a strategic ally in the Indo-Pacific, Taiwan, and counter the threat of China in space: "Cooperation in space with a strategic partner such as Taiwan is undoubtedly a net-positive for the United States. The Taiwan and America S  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Recently, Senator Eric Schmitt, alongside Senator John Ossoff (D-GA), introduced the bipartisan Think Differently Database Act to direct the Secretary of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a comprehensive website that provides much-needed resources to benefit those with intellectual disabilities: "Those with disabilities deserve the best care possible, and many families of those with an intellectual d  more