WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: "There's nothing clean about this bill . . . It leaves Missouri filthy, dirty with nuclear radiation." Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) blasted the so-called "clean" extension of the Radiation Exposure Compensation Act (RECA) introduced by Senator Mike Lee (R-Utah). Senator Hawley objected to the proposal which would have extended the program without any additional coverage for the hundreds of thousand  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on May 23, 2024: * * * Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after participating in a bipartisan meeting with Congressional leadership and the President of the Republic of Kenya William Samoei Ruto: "American workers and businesses - particularly our farmers - would benefit from a more established and reciprocal tradi  more

WASHINGTON, May 24 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on May 23, 2024: Yesterday, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) met with state leaders from around the country, including Kansas Senate President Ty Masterson, as they voiced their support for permanently extending the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA). These legislators delivered a letter (https://alec.org/article/alec-legislator-letter-permanently-extending-the-tax-cuts-and-jobs-act-of-2017/), signed by more than 330 state leg  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Jeff Merkley, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined the reintroduction of legislation that would strengthen the U.S. Department of Justice's and state governments' ability to hold police and other officials accountable for discriminatory practices. After Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in 2014, President Obama's Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation, whi  more

WASHINGTON, May 23 -- Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Oregon, issued the following news release: Senators Ron Wyden and Jeff Merkley today joined the reintroduction of legislation that would strengthen the U.S. Department of Justice's and state governments' ability to hold police and other officials accountable for discriminatory practices. After Michael Brown was fatally shot by a Ferguson, Missouri police officer in 2014, President Obama's Justice Department launched a civil rights investigation, which   more