WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on March 7, 2025: * * * Alford, Thanedar Re-Introduce the "Loans In Our Neighborhoods (LIONs) Act" to Enhance Small Business Financing Today, Congressman Mark Alford (MO-4), alongside Congressman Shri Thanedar (MI-13), announced the re-introduction of the "Loans in our Neighborhoods (LIONs) Act," (H.R.1893) a bipartisan bill designed to amend the Small Business Act by increasing the maximum gross loan amount for section 7(a) loans. The LIONS Act seeks to r more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on March 7, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith Calls for Fair Treatment for U.S. Rice Producers After USITC Report Confirms Unlevel Playing Field WASHINGTON, D.C. - On Friday, Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) released a report from the United States International Trade Commission (USITC) examining the global competitiveness of U.S. rice producers. This report confirms the U.S. rice industry is at more PR

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Chairman Smith: Small Businesses Deserve Certainty of Tax Relief From One, Big, Beautiful Bill WASHINGTON, D.C. - Ways and Means Committee Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Bureau of Labor Statistics released the jobs report, showing the economy created 151,000 new jobs: "Under Joe Biden, out-of-control government spending and a bloated federal bureaucracy drove job more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Op-Ed: Chavez-DeRemer Is The Realization Of Trump's Pro-Worker Platform By U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) | March 6, 2024 | The Daily Caller For decades, both Democrats and Republicans put the interests of Wall Street over the interests of hardworking American families. [...] That all changed with Donald Trump. He offered a different vision -- redefining the GOP as the party of working people, winning victories on promises of better j more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Sam Graves, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, issued the following news release on March 6, 2025: * * * Hearing Highlights Needs & Challenges in the Coast Guard's Modernization Efforts Washington, DC - The Coast Guard and Maritime Transportation Subcommittee held a hearing yesterday focused on the challenges facing the U.S. Coast Guard's efforts to recapitalize its ship and aircraft fleets, shoreside infrastructure, and information technology (IT) - all major assets nec more PR

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Reps. Cleaver, Lawler Introduce Bipartisan Bill to Expand Access to Rental Assistance Program for Affordable Housing (Washington, D.C.) - Yesterday, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Ranking Member of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing and Insurance, and Mike Lawler (R-NY) introduced their Choice in Affordable Housing Act to improve the federal government's largest rental assistance program. The bipartisan bill would m more PR