The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers must do a better job in finding and implementing sustainable solutions to massive flooding in Iowa, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) said during an April 17 U.S. Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on April 11 introduced bipartisan legislation to establish an energy storage and microgrid grant and technical assistance program. “This commonsense, bipartisan legislation will increase grid reliability and resilience and help communities in Kansas and across Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Pat Roberts (R-KS) and Cory Gardner (R-CO) are among a bipartisan contingent of federal lawmakers who recently appealed to Amtrak for continued and improved long-distance services through America’s rural regions, particularly in their home states. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) is among a dozen bipartisan members of Congress concerned that America’s national security is threatened by imports of foreign vehicles and their parts. The 12 senators requested that U.S. Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross release the Read more…
Gun silencers would be removed from the federal definition of a firearm making them easier to buy and transfer under legislation introduced on March 14 by more than a dozen Republican members of the U.S. Senate. “The bill we are Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to incentivize grocers and nonprofits to locate operations in America’s rural and urban areas. “All Kansans and Americans, regardless of where they live, deserve access to healthy food,” Sen. Moran said. The Read more…
U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) last week championed a bipartisan, bicameral bill to support the continued growth of America’s $1.5 trillion technology sector by reducing the nation’s shortage of qualified tech workers. “As the technology sector Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) aims to improve how the nation fights financial crimes via the recent introduction of bipartisan legislation to strengthen the government’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN). Sen. Cassidy is the lead original cosponsor of the FinCEN Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) this week urged that a solution be found to end an ongoing trade dispute with Brazil that is negatively impacting U.S. wheat farmers. Specifically, Sens. Roberts and Moran say that American Read more…
U.S. Sens. Cory Gardner (R-CO), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Susan Collins (R-ME) on Feb. 14 pointed to their bipartisan bill as being critical for holding the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) more accountable for the mistakes Read more…
U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA) this week introduced a bipartisan bill that would reform how alcoholic beverages are taxed across the nation. The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act, H.R. 1175, sponsored on Feb. 13 by U.S. Rep. Ron Read more…
U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Deb Fischer (R-NE) on Jan. 30 introduced legislation that would require wireless providers to divulge specific caller location information during life or death situations. The Kelsey Smith Act, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), chairman of the U.S. Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection, introduced bipartisan legislation to protect the nation’s senior citizens from consumer financial fraud. Sen. Moran on Jan. 16 introduced Read more…
America’s border security would be improved under newly introduced legislation offered by U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH) and Jerry Moran (R-KS). The senators on Jan. 10 introduced S. 108 to establish a $25 billion trust fund for such purposes, and Read more…
Dozens of Republican senators signed on to support the reintroduced Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scrutiny (REINS) Act of 2019. S. 92, sponsored by U.S. Sen. Rand Paul (R-KY), would increase accountability and transparency in the federal regulatory Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on Jan. 8 unveiled a revised bipartisan bill that would expand the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) health care program to include chiropractic services. The Chiropractic Health Parity for Military Beneficiaries Act, S. 30, would Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) recently voiced their concern to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) regarding a national policy change that could cause extended waits for Americans seeking liver transplants. Changes made Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) and 43 other Republican members of Congress made a bicameral plea to President Donald Trump requesting that he restart and hasten construction of the $8 billion Keystone XL project, a proposed 1,180 mile-long crude oil Read more…
U.S. Sens. Steve Daines (R-MT) and Jerry Moran (R-KS), along with U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO), commended the Trump administration for releasing a newly proposed definition this week of the “Waters of the United States” (WOTUS) rule that would clarify Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) said he introduced bipartisan legislation this week to ensure the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) reimburses America’s military veterans for missed or underpaid GI Bill housing benefits while they’re attending institutions of higher education. Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) want to know what’s behind the Marriott International cybersecurity data breach that has affected roughly 500 million people. Marriott International on Nov. 30 announced measures were taken to investigate and address Read more…
U.S. Sens. John Hoeven (R-ND) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) commended a proposed rule by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would discontinue reporting requirements for livestock emissions. “Imposing reporting requirements for livestock emissions from animals in a pasture doesn’t Read more…
U.S. Sen. Orrin Hatch (R-UT), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS), chairman of the U.S. Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, separately traveled to Europe for official overseas business Read more…
A dozen Republican senators led by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) last week requested that the U.S. Treasury Department improve protections for America’s community banks via tax relief provided in federal laws. The lawmakers have requested that the final rule Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Roger Wicker (R-MS) last week requested that the CEO of Google Inc. explain the corporate actions taken to address an in-house vulnerability that presumably exposed the private profile information of some half a million Read more…
Bicameral, bipartisan legislation from U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH) and U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) became federal law last week, entitling new federal employees who are U.S. military veterans with a service-connected disability to a specified amount of leave to Read more…
Following successful U.S.-Mexico negotiations to preliminarily update the North American Free Trade Agreement, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) wants assurance for his home-state constituents from the Trump administration that Canada will be included in any final NAFTA deal. “I fully Read more…
The U.S. Senate-approved bipartisan, bicameral Veterans Providing Healthcare Transition Improvement Act, introduced by U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and U.S. Rep. Steve Stivers (R-OH), now awaits the president’s signature to make it a federal law. S. 899 guarantees additional paid Read more…
The recently enacted federal law authorizing defense spending for fiscal year (FY) 2019 stands to benefit military personnel and their families in Kansas, U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) said. “It is has always been my priority in Congress to make Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) led a bipartisan delegation in seeking increased volume obligations and to ensure compliance for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuel in the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final rule for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). “While these Read more…
U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) on Aug. 16 introduced companion legislation that would direct the U.S. Secretary of Transportation to issue regulations related to commercial motor vehicle drivers under the age of 21 to help get Read more…
A bipartisan amendment offered by U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Cory Gardner (R-CO), and Pat Roberts (R-KS) that supports a key Amtrak passenger rail route made it into the U.S. Senate’s newly approved fiscal year 2019 appropriations bill to fund Read more…
Newly hired American military veterans working medical positions at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), known as Title 38 employees under federal law, would be able to take paid sick leave under a bipartisan bill introduced by U.S. Rep. Read more…
Hoping to avert a heightening trade war between the United States and China, U.S. Rep. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and a team of bipartisan lawmakers have introduced legislation mirroring a U.S. Senate bill that would reiterate the authority Congress has under Read more…
America’s military veterans would receive their yearly increased disability benefits under bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and every other member of the U.S. Senate Veterans’ Affairs (VA) Committee. “We made a promise to the men and Read more…
With more than $4.5 billion in federal support becoming available for state, local and tribal governments around the United States to expand rural wireless broadband over the next 10 years, the nationwide map depicting the correct eligible areas is vitally Read more…
Under bicameral legislation introduced by U.S. Sens. Pat Roberts (R-KS), Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roy Blunt (R-MO) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), wireless communications providers would be required to provide call-location information to law enforcement officers who respond to emergency calls from Read more…
U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR), Majority Whip on the U.S. House Financial Services Committee, and U.S. Rep. Mike Kelly (R-PA), chairman of the bipartisan House Automotive Caucus, both gave President Donald Trump a thumbs up for repealing another Obama-era rule. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) on May 3 lauded introduction of a bill in the U.S. House of Representatives that would significantly reform federal legislation authorizing services for America’s military veterans. The Department of Veterans Affairs Maintaining Internal Systems and Read more…
U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE), Mike Rounds (R-SD), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Pat Roberts (R-KS), John Hoeven (R-ND), and Jerry Moran (R-KS) led a bipartisan effort to give Americans more fuel choices beginning this summer. On the heels Read more…
U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) has spearheaded a bipartisan congressional effort seeking the release of Pastor Andrew Brunson, an American imprisoned in Turkey since 2016 on what the lawmaker’s office deems as bogus charges related to terrorism and espionage. Turkish Read more…
Citing statistics indicating that agricultural workers have higher suicide rates than any other occupation, U.S. Sen. Cory Gardner (R-CO) introduced a bipartisan bill on April 19 that would expand access to mental health services and support for farmers, ranchers and Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) recently led congressional efforts to prevent the U.S. National Guard from cutting the Military Funeral Honors (MFH) program and coordinator positions in eight states, highlighting the importance of military funeral Read more…
U.S. Reps. Leonard Lance (R-NJ) and Fred Upton (R-MI) have mobilized 17 Republican colleagues and put the pressure on House Speaker Paul Ryan to fast track a bill that aims to update the National Instant Criminal Background Check System (NICS). Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) teamed up with U.S. Sen. Chris Van Hollen (D-MD) to lead 42 Senate colleagues in recommending that President Donald Trump support a joint proposal from the United States, Canada and Mexico to host the 2026 Read more…
U.S. Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) on Feb. 14 introduced the bipartisan Families of Fallen Servicemembers First Act, a measure to guarantee immediate military death-benefit payments for survivors who lose their loved ones during any future shutdown of the United Read more…
U.S. Sen. Steve Daines (R-MT) spearheaded a group of his Senate colleagues in urging President Donald Trump to revisit consideration of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) in talks this week with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull that are expected to encompass Read more…
U.S. Sens. Deb Fischer (R-NE), Joni Ernst (R-IA), Mike Rounds (R-SD) and Pat Roberts (R-KS) on Feb. 13 joined Senate Democrats in introducing the Fair Agricultural Reporting Method (FARM) Act, S. 2421, which would relieve agricultural producers from certain requirements Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) led a bipartisan group of his colleagues in asking Senate leadership to immediately reauthorize community health center funding and ensure health care access for center patrons and business stability for center staffs. “For more than Read more…
U.S. Senate Aging Committee Chairman Susan Collins (R-ME) continues a bipartisan collaboration with Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) on fighting Alzheimer’s disease and has requested President Donald Trump bolster related research funding in his fiscal year 2019 budget proposal. Alzheimer’s disease Read more…