WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) and Representatives Barbara Lee(CA-12) led a letter with Reps. Sheila Jackson Lee (TX-18), and Jamaal Bowman (NY-16) calling on the Biden Administration to help advance critical racial equity and reparative justice legislation introduced in the 118th Congress through executive actions that would ensure these bills receive the attention needed to pass swiftly. With more than 150 more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 22 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to Department of Justice (DOJ) Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division Jonathan Kanter, urging him to block the merger between Capital One and Discover Financial Services. "This is destructive corporate consolidation at its starkest. If consummated, this merger will create a new juggernaut in the credit card market, with unprecedented powers to ex more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * Almost nine years after Congress enacted a law to protect seniors from improper Social Security payments, the Social Security Administration (SSA) is finally taking steps to implement it. Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released the following statement after the SSA proposed a rule to combat improper payments through u more PR

WASHINGTON, Feb. 23 -- Rep. Nikki Budzinski, D-Illinois, issued the following statement on Feb. 22, 2024: * * * Today, Congresswoman Nikki Budzinski (IL-13) released the following statement on the Environmental Protection Agency's newly finalized rule that will allow eight midwestern states to sell E15 year-round beginning in 2025. The rule applies to Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, Missouri, Nebraska, Ohio, South Dakota and Wisconsin. "We know that higher blends of biofuels help to save consumer more PR