WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Martin Heinrich, D-New Mexico, issued the following news release: Senator Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture, Rural Development, Food and Drug Administration and Related Agencies, is pressing the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to immediately rectify mounting delays with the Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) and address root causes of the situation. Tribal families have been experie  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 27 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D., led a letter to Department of Labor Deputy Secretary Julie Su demanding answers for the latest jobs report that egregiously overestimated the number of U.S. jobs added. As we approach a crucial election in November, this Administration is seemingly cooking the books to boost public support for the Biden-Harris Administrations despite their record of failed economic policies and  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 28 -- Sen. John Boozman, R-Arkansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator John Boozman (R-AR) joined Senators Jerry Moran (R-KS) and Chris Coons (D-DE) in calling on the Department of Labor to exempt volunteer fire departments from parts of a proposed rule that would put burdensome regulations on volunteer fire departments across the country. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) proposed a new rule earlier this year that would require fire depar  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Tina Flint Smith, D-Minnesota, issued the following news release: MINNEAPOLIS, MN U.S. Senator Tina Smith (D-MN) joined a bipartisan group of senators pushing the USDA to fix problems with Tribal federal food aid programs, which have caused widespread disruptions in food distribution to more than 100 Tribal organizations and some 50,000 people who rely on the program nationwide. The Food Distribution Program on Indian Reservations (FDPIR) provides food to income-elig  more