WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) released the following statement ahead of a vote in the House of Representatives to fund over $14 billion on military assistance to the Israeli government, and over $3 billion on U.S. military operations in the Middle East. "With over 27,000 Palestinians killed, and after the preliminary ruling from the International Court of Justice on potential violations of the Genocide Conve more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | Feb. 5, 2024 | Compact Magazine This week, the Senate is supposedly voting on the biggest immigration overhaul in decades. That is a polite way of saying that US workers are on the chopping block. The Senate's "border deal" is a terrible bargain hashed out behind closed doors, one that sells out the American working class in favor of illegal immigrants, the biggest corpo more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves (R-MO) and Aviation Subcommittee Chairman Garret Graves (R-LA) from today's hearing entitled, "The State of American Aviation and the Federal Aviation Administration": Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Chairman Sam Graves The United Stat more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following opening statement on Feb. 6, 2024, at a hearing on chronic drug shortages: * * * "Today, in the United States, there are over 250 medicines in short supply. These drugs treat everything from blood clots to asthma. Especially worrisome, some of these medications include those needed to treat and beat multiple kinds of cancer. Most of these are low-cost generics that make a re more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer questioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on banking regulators' lackluster efforts to prepare banking models for artificial intelligence-spurred banking crises. Watch the full exchange HERE (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gQ6YqWWeXWA). Rep. Luetkemeyer: "As we saw with Silicon Valley, social media, and the 24-hour news cycle, suddenly within, y more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 6, 2024: One year ago today, the Ways and Means Committee held the first hearing under the Republican majority inside a lumber facility in Petersburg, West Virginia. The Committee heard from a lumber industry veteran, a mom of three and local restaurant owner, a veteran and co-owner of a local distillery, and a West Virginia native who has worked in the c more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Ann Wagner, R-Missouri, issued the following statement on Feb. 6, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO) released the following statement after the Enhancing Detection of Human Trafficking Act, legislation of which she is an original cosponsor, passed the House of Representatives. This bipartisan bill would ensure that Department of Labor employees receive the proper training to recognize instances of human trafficking and refer these cases to law enforcement ag more PR