WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) voted against the impeachment of Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas and released the following statement after the vote. "Despite bipartisan opposition from lawmakers and legal scholars alike, House Republicans, at the direction of Donald Trump and Marjorie Taylor Greene, attempted to impeach Secretary Mayorkas to distract from thei more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Tonight U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) delivered remarks on the Senate floor and called for unanimous consent on bipartisan legislation to crack down on the proliferation of child sexual abuse material (CSAM) online. The STOP CSAM Act would empower victims to bring civil suits against Big Tech platforms that knowingly host CSAM content. "These companies are the most profitable companies in the world. They  more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 6 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today in a Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs subcommittee hearing on foreign influence in the United States, Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) called out McKinsey & Company for its litany of contracts with companies engaged with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). "If [McKinsey] is going to advise foreign nations who are hostile to us and make gobs of money off of them, why should you be getting U.S. gover more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Matt Lucke, owner of Magnitude 7 Metals in Marston, Missouri. Senator Hawley urged Mr. Lucke to re-open the plant and warned him of his potential violation of the WARN Act that deprives his workers of compensation they are owed under federal law. Last week, Senator Hawley urged President Biden to use the Defense Production Act to prevent the shutdown of more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Today, the House passed H.R. 485, the Protecting Care for All Patients Act, to ban federal health programs from using discriminatory measures known as Quality-Adjusted Life Years (QALYs) by a vote of 211 to 208. The legislation is led by House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), House Ways and Means Committee Chair more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on Feb. 7, 2024: Earlier today, as first reported by Fox News, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-04) introduced legislation that would prevent foreign adversaries from purchasing real estate of any kind in the United States. The American Land and Property Protection Act would specifically prohibit nonresident aliens, foreign businesses, an agent, trustee, or fiduciaries associated with China, Russia, Iran, and North more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 7 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver released the following statement after the House GOP's standalone Israel security bill failed to pass the House of Representatives. "For some time now, I have said to those who inquire that I would follow the lead of President Joe Biden on this critically important issue. With authoritarians in Russia, China, and Iran seeking to destabilize democratic governance around more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Over 250 medications are currently in short supply, covering everything from asthma and blood clots to treatments for multiple kinds of cancers. At the same time, America is too dependent on foreign countries for ingredients and medical supplies, warned witnesses at a Tuesday Ways and Means Committee hearing on the drug shortage crisis. Over 80 percent of the  more PR