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Tipoffs for Great Bend, Kansas (Congressional) Newsletter for Saturday August 03, 2024 ( 5 items )  

Crapo, Risch, 46 Senate GOP Colleagues to Biden-Harris Administration: Delaying Weapons to Israel Undermines Our Ally, Accommodates Iran
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, and Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) led 45 Senate Republican colleagues in sending a letter to the Biden Administration, protesting its partial arms embargo against Israel. The Senators urged the White House to cease accommodating Iran, stop jeopardizing the lives of American servicemembers, and to deliver the  more

Marshall, Senate GOP Colleagues to Biden-Harris Administration: Delaying Weapons to Israel Undermines Our Ally, Accommodates Iran
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. signed a letter led by Senator Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and 46 other Senate Republican colleagues to the Biden-Harris administration, protesting its partial arms embargo against Israel. The senators urged the White House to cease accommodating Iran, stop jeopardizing the lives of American servicemembers, and to deliver the necessary weapons systems to Israel. In part, the senator  more

Senator Marshall Releases Statement on U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's Announcement to Not Issue Call For Water in Quivira Wildlife Refuge
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Stafford, KS U.S. Senator Roger Marshall issued the following statement in response to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service's announcement that it would not be issuing a call for water for Quivira Wildlife Refuge in 2025: "Once again, Kansas farmers and ranchers have come together to resolve issues, putting water reduction strategies and conservation practices in place to reduce water while maintaining their   more

Senator Schmitt Sends Letter to Kansas City Council Regarding Council's Adoption of Green Building Codes
WASHINGTON, July 31 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Eric Schmitt sent a letter to the Kansas City Council regarding the Council's recent adoption of the 2021 International Energy Conservation Code, which are building standards contrived by the International Code Council: "Keeping these onerous building codes might placate climate activists and similar parties for the time being. In the long term, however, these regulations will continue to c  more

Sens. Moran, Cantwell, Cornyn, Coons, Klobuchar Introduce Bill to Combat Fentanyl-Laced Pill Production
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Chris Coons (D-Del.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) today introduced their Fight Illicit Pill Presses Act, which would help stop the production of counterfeit and fentanyl-laced pills and make it easier for federal law enforcement to take action against cartels' illegal use of pill presses by requiring them to be engraved with serial   more