WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) secured $13,736,573 in Community Project Funding for Missouri's First District as part of the 2024 appropriations cycle. This funding provides direct investments in homelessness prevention, public health, youth engagement, environmental justice, and economic revitalization projects across St. Louis. With this funding, Congresswoman Bush will have successfully delivered ov more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Congresswoman Cori Bush (MO-01) announced that Dr. Intimaa Salama, a dentist and master's student at St. Louis University, will be her guest at the State of the Union Address this Thursday, March 7th in Washington, D.C. "I am humbled and honored to invite Dr. Intimaa Salama, a Palestinian dentist and graduate student from St. Louis University, as my guest for this year's State of the  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) sent a letter to U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) General Scott Spellmon and Colonel Andy Pannier following reports of more radioactive contamination around residential properties in the St. Louis region. "Decades of radioactive contamination have devastated the Coldwater Creek region of St. Louis. And this week witnessed yet another nightmare scen more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R Mo.) introduced the Declaring Our Energy Independence From China Act to counter the Biden Administration's energy surrender to America's greatest adversary. This new legislation would raise tariffs on China's green-energy goods to prioritize and protect U.S. energy independence. "President Biden's climate agenda undermines U.S. energy independence and will  more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Subcommittee Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Opening remarks, as prepared, of Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee Chairman Daniel Webster (R-FL) from today's hearing, entitled "Implementation of the Recommendations of the Accountability and Transparency Review and Efforts to Ease Coast Guard Manpower Shortages": more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-3) introduced the Secure Payments Act of 2024 directing the Federal Reserve Board of Governors to perform a thorough economic analysis of its proposed changes to Regulation II before finalizing the rule. Specifically, the analysis must measure the impact on consumers, including access to affordable debit accounts, and a review of the primary b more PR

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that $16.2 million is coming to the Third District of Kansas to benefit local projects. If accepted by local recipients, the projects will help purchase new law enforcement training vehicles, modernize a bridge that connects Kansas and Missouri, improve water access during extreme weather, and more. Out of hundreds of bipartisan submissions, 14 Davids-requested more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: Conservative thought leaders, including former elected officials like Speaker Newt Gingrich and Governor Mike Huckabee, alongside pro-life, pro-family organizations are urging the Senate to pass the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act (H.R. 7024) to "provide common-sense tax relief to families who need it most, while also encouraging economic growt more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following commentary to Fox News on March 5, 2024: * * * Stop Chinese EVs Before They Destroy Our Auto Industry Last year, President Biden announced sweeping new mandates on the American auto industry to force a transition to electric vehicles. Under these radical, Green New Deal rules, as many as two-thirds of all cars and trucks sold in the U.S. market by 2032 would have to be EVs. These rules were so terrible for consumers - more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Blaine Luetkemeyer, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 5, 2024: Today, Congressman Blaine Luetkemeyer (MO-03) responded the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) rule regarding credit card late fees. "Once again, the Biden Administration has picked campaign messaging over working families. Like nearly every action taken by the CFPB under Rohit Chopra this rulemaking will result in higher upfront costs for accessing credit and eliminate cred more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 6, 2024: Today, Senator Eric Schmitt sent a letter to the Secretary of Defense to call for Department of Defense assistance to the Philippines in response to the escalating harassment campaign by the Chinese Coast Guard and maritime militias at the direction of the Chinese Communist Party: "We must project strength, not only to send a message to our adversaries, but to reassure our allies of the Un more PR