WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Deb Fischer, R-Nebraska, issued the following news release: * * * Fischer, Smith Lead Delegation in Reintroducing Bill to Honor North Platte Canteen Volunteers U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and U.S. Representative Adrian Smith (NE-03) led their Nebraska colleagues in reintroducing the North Platte Canteen Congressional Gold Medal Act. The bill would award the Congressional Gold Medal to the collective individuals and communities who volunteered or donated food   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Rep. Sharice Davids Speaks Out Against Trump's Dangerous Purge of Federal Workers In case you missed it, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) has been speaking out forcefully against President Trump's reckless mass firing of federal workers, including employees at the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), and Internal Revenue Service (IRS). In multiple T  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Derek Schmidt, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 21, 2025: * * * Schmidt, Colleagues Urge Small Business Administration to Undo Biden Era Damage WASHINGTON, DC: This week, Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) joined his Republican House Small Business Committee colleagues in urging newly confirmed Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Kelly Loeffler to restore the agency to its original purpose of helping small businesses. Under the Bide  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Questions Steven Bradbury, Nominee to be Deputy Secretary of Transportation WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation, Space and Innovation - questioned President Trump's nominee to be the Deputy Secretary of Transportation, Steven Bradbury, about the importance of flight safety, a strong aviation workforce and the Essential Air Servic  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sen. Moran Votes to Pass Legislation to Strengthen Southern Border & National Security WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today released the following statement after voting to pass a Senate budget resolution - a necessary first step - to provide increased protections for the southern border and strengthen national security: "The crisis at the southern border has posed a national security  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-293) on the Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2024 (S. 4898), which aims to amend the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act to include extreme heat in the definition of a major disaster. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 16, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. Purpose and Summary S. 4898, the Extreme Heat Emergency Act of 2024,   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- The Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee issued a report (S.Rpt. 118-295) on the Plum Island Preservation Act (S. 5099), which aims to prescribe requirements relating to the management of the Federal property commonly known as Plum Island, New York,. The report was advanced by Sen. Gary Peters, D-Michigan, on Dec. 16, 2024. Here are excerpts: * * * I. PURPOSE AND SUMMARY S. 5099, the Plum Island Preservation Act, would protect in perpetuity the f  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Marshall Releases Statement After Senate Agrees to Budget Resolution to Secure the Border Washington, DC - U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas) today issued the following statement after the Senate agreed to the Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget resolution to deliver on President Donald Trump's promise to secure our southern border. Senator Marshall is a member of the Senate Budget Commit  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Senators Marshall, Cornyn, and GOP Colleagues Urge ATF to Rescind Biden's Unconstitutional 2A Rules and Align with Trump Agenda Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), John Cornyn (R-Texas), and 28 of their Senate GOP colleagues today sent a letter to the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (ATF) Deputy Director Marvin Richardson, urging him to align the agen  more