U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) recently sponsored bipartisan, bicameral legislation to ensure that mental health screenings and assessments are provided to children and youth entering the nation’s foster care system. “With data showing an alarming decline in outpatient mental health Read more…
U.S. House Foreign Affairs Committee Ranking Member Michael McCaul (R-TX) led a bipartisan contingent of almost two dozen congressmen in seeking to ensure that Iran never obtains a nuclear weapon. “We urge you to work with our allies and consult Read more…
U.S. Rep. Fred Upton (R-MI) on March 3 met with President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris, and a bipartisan, bicameral group of congressional lawmakers to make plans on how to end cancer. Rep. Upton was joined in the meeting Read more…
Legislation introduced on Feb. 25 by U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roy Blunt (R-MO), and Deb Fischer (R-NE) would expedite law enforcement’s help in locating missing persons during emergency situations by requiring cell phone carriers to provide them with limited Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), co-chair of the Senate Travel and Tourism Caucus, recently introduced two bipartisan bills aimed at supporting the tourism industry during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. On Feb. 8, Sen. Blunt cosponsored the Sustaining Tourism Enterprises During Read more…
Over $2 billion in federal economic support would be provided during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic for organizations that promote and host tourism, travel and other special events under bipartisan legislation proposed by U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO). “As co-chair of Read more…
U.S. Sen. Rob Portman (R-OH) recently offered a bipartisan bill that would make permanent the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), which is set to expire on Dec. 31, 2025. The WOTC provides an employer a tax credit of between $1,200 Read more…
U.S. Sens. Rob Portman (R-OH), Bill Cassidy (R-LA), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) on Feb. 8 introduced a bipartisan bill that would permanently extend the Work Opportunity Tax Credit (WOTC), which is set to expire at the end of 2025. “Because Read more…
More than half of the $850 million that U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) helped secure for the national Certified Community Behavioral Health Clinic Expansion Grants program in COVID-19 relief legislation signed into law last year will be used to expand Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) recently helped lead a Republican contingent in seeking increased accountability and transparency in the federal regulatory process. “Congress must play a role in approving major federal rules and regulations to ensure Americans’ best interests are Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) last week led 19 Republicans in reintroducing a bill that would require U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) to detain illegal immigrants criminally charged in the United States with killing or seriously injuring another person. Read more…
An agreement on modifications to the sewer overflow control program could be reached soon between the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Kansas City, Mo., a move that received kudos from U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), who said the tentative deal Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Reed (R-NY) has introduced a bipartisan bill to make certain improvements to the New Markets Tax Credit Program (NMTC), which provides an incentive for investment in America’s low-income communities. Without congressional action, the NMTC is set to Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) applauded congressional approval of their bipartisan, bicameral bill to bolster policies that advance early childhood development internationally. The Global Child Thrive Act, H.R. 4864/S. 2715, which the lawmakers introduced Read more…
U.S. Sen. Todd Young (R-IN) led 18 Republican senators in support of a proposed pilot program by the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA) that is modeled after bipartisan, bicameral legislation he unveiled in 2019. “We write to express our Read more…
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation offered by U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) to improve information for Americans seeking to adopt children from foreign countries became law on Oct. 30 with the president’s signature. “As co-chair of the Congressional Coalition on Adoption, I’ll Read more…
As the U.S. State Department searches for new accrediting entities for intercountry child-placement adoption service providers, U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and a bipartisan group of colleagues last week requested that the department prioritize policies to promote intercountry adoption. “Since Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) recently introduced a bipartisan bill that would determine the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the nation’s travel and tourism industry and recommend policy changes designed to help the industry recover. “The coronavirus pandemic has Read more…
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS) and Susan Collins (R-ME) on Sept. 21 introduced a bipartisan bill that would extend the airline worker Payroll Support Program (PSP) through March 2021 and provide a total of $56 billion in federal assistance. “The Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) on Sept. 17 introduced the bipartisan Military Spouse Licensing Relief Act to provide for the portability of professional licenses of members of the uniformed services and their spouses. “I’m proud that Missouri has been a Read more…
U.S. Rep. Bob Latta (R-OH) on Sept. 17 introduced a bipartisan bill that would allow healthcare professionals who have a valid and unrestricted license to provide in-person care or telehealth visits from any state during national public health emergencies, including Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (MO) recently requested information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about what has been done to plan for the distribution of a coronavirus vaccine, what criteria will be used to determine priority for Read more…
U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) joined several of his Republican colleagues in requesting that Attorney General William Barr provide details about the violence against America’s law enforcement officers. “We know that you and the Justice Department are doing everything you Read more…
The furloughs of roughly 800 contract employees in the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) Kansas and Missouri offices prompted U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and several of his colleagues to request that the agency provide them with a briefing. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) joined a bipartisan group of two dozen lawmakers in calling on the Trump administration to ensure America’s trading partners abide by the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). Specifically, Sen. Ernst and her colleagues asked U.S. Department Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) last week applauded action by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), which awarded more than $48 million in coronavirus relief funding to children’s hospitals in his home state of Missouri. “This funding Read more…
U.S. Sens. Roger Wicker (R-MS), Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV), and Marsha Blackburn (R-TN) on Monday introduced legislation to accelerate rural broadband deployment in the United States. “One of my top priorities is expanding access to broadband for communities of all Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) last week led 23 of her colleagues in seeking federal protections for America’s biofuels. Specifically, the senators urged the Trump Administration to uphold the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) and to reject the requests from five Read more…
U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-LA) joined more than two dozen of his U.S. Senate Republican colleagues in urging the government against allowing early releases for violent offenders incarcerated in federal prisons during the COVID-19 pandemic. “We have serious concerns about Read more…
Following the recent closure of the Smithfield pork processing plant in Sioux Falls, S.D., due to a COVID-19 outbreak, U.S. Sen. Mike Rounds (R-SD) and a bipartisan, bicameral contingent of congressional lawmakers requested federal assistance for the nation’s pork producers Read more…
U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-IA) and more than a dozen other senators called on U.S. Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue to help sustain the U.S. dairy industry by utilizing authorities under the recently signed Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security (CARES) Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R- KS) led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in expressing concerns about coronavirus-related scams targeting America’s senior citizens, and requested additional protections and information from the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) about what it is doing to Read more…
The Trump Administration approved a major disaster declaration for Missouri on Thursday following a request from the entire Missouri congressional delegation, including U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Billy Long (R-MO), who urged the Read more…
U.S. Sen. Jerry Moran (R-KS) last week urged that the federal government authorize federal funds to help sustain the nation’s beef cattle producers during the coronavirus pandemic. “It is important that we act quickly to provide assistance to cattlemen in Read more…
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ process for managing flood prevention projects along the lower Missouri River would be overhauled under newly proposed legislation introduced by several United States Republican senators from the Midwest. U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) on Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Billy Long (R-MO) on Jan. 28 applauded a new U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) investment of almost $61 million in high-speed broadband infrastructure across their home state of Read more…
U.S. Sens. Roy Blunt (R-MO), Steve Daines (R-MT), and Joni Ernst (R-IA) on Jan. 10 said they support the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed regulatory changes to ensure a level playing field for participation by students of faith and faith-based Read more…
U.S. Rep. Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) praised the Dec. 18 committee passage of the bipartisan, bicameral Global Child Thrive Act of 2019, which he introduced in October to support early childhood development around the world. “I applaud my colleagues on the Read more…
A bipartisan, bicameral bill introduced by U.S. Rep. French Hill (R-AR) and U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) passed out of a conference committee last week as part of a larger defense policy bill. The World War I Valor Medals Review Read more…
The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) must identify how it’s addressing federal disaster efforts in Missouri, according to a bipartisan, bicameral letter sent by members of the state’s congressional delegation, which included U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and U.S. Reps. Read more…
U.S. Sens. Joni Ernst (R-IA), Deb Fischer (R-NE), Mike Rounds (R-SD), and Roy Blunt (R-MO) this week reiterated recommendations that the Trump administration take corrective action on its proposed supplemental Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rulemaking. “This supplemental rulemaking is an Read more…
Republican senators representing Midwest states expressed concerns that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed supplemental rule on the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program would harm the economies of biofuel-producing states. In separate comments submitted last week to the Federal Read more…
The Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) should provide greater education and outreach to increase access to comprehensive dementia care planning services, U.S. Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and a bipartisan group of lawmakers wrote in an Oct. 17 letter Read more…
U.S. Rep. Tom Cole (R-OK) and U.S. Sens. Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) recently traveled to the U.S.-Mexico border to ascertain how much federal funding is needed to deal with the ongoing security and humanitarian crisis there. Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO), who continues to lead efforts on Capitol Hill to increase federal resources for programs targeting America’s opioid epidemic, applauded the recent award of additional State Opioid Response grant funds. “This investment will provide key resources Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) are “deeply concerned” about the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network’s (OPTN) proposed policy changes for allocating kidney and pancreas organs for transplant. “We believe the new allocation policies reward historically low-performing, Read more…
U.S. Sen. Roy Blunt (R-MO) and U.S. Reps. Sam Graves (R-MO) and Billy Long (R-MO) joined their home-state colleagues in requesting the president’s support of a federal disaster declaration for 114 Missouri counties impacted by tornadoes and severe flooding. “We Read more…
U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran (R-KS), Roy Blunt (R-MO), Pat Roberts (R-KS) and U.S. Rep. Sam Graves (R-MO) on June 13 commended selection of the Kansas City area as the new location for two U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) agencies. Both Read more…
U.S. Sens. Todd Young (R-IN) and Roy Blunt (R-MO) proposed legislation to reinstate criminal penalties for persons charging unauthorized fees to United States military veterans who file disability claims with the federal government. “It is absolutely reprehensible for anyone to Read more…
U.S. Rep. Darin LaHood (R-IL) is the lead original cosponsor of the newly proposed, Republican-led Stop Dangerous Sanctuary Cities Act, which would ensure that state and local law enforcement cooperate with federal officials to protect local communities from violent criminals Read more…