WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) voted to advance H.R. 9456(link is external), the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act. The legislation, which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 269-149, will add the U.S. Secretary of Agriculture to the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS), ensuring that foreign purchases of American farmlan  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 10 -- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news: In June, Pressley & Advocates Urged ED to Fire MOHELA Due to Ongoing Harms to Student Borrowers Text of Letter (PDF) Congresswoman Ayanna Pressley (MA-07) joined Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), Representative Jim Clyburn (SC-06), and 55 of their colleagues in a letter to the Department of Education (ED), calling on the Department to conduct an analysis as to whether the Higher Education Loan Authority o  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 12 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Sept. 11, 2024: Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), chair of the Ways and Means U.S. Innovation Tax Team, released an update on the Team's summer activity and upcoming site visits in Silicon Valley. "Here in the United States, we've invented everything from the air conditioner to the zipper. Our country is full of innovative people and businesses, and we need to give them the tools and tax code to unleash the  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and John Hickenlooper (D-Colo.), alongside U.S. Representatives Brittany Pettersen (CO-07) and Juan Ciscomani (AZ-06), introduced the Water Project Navigators Act. The bill would establish a new program at the Bureau of Reclamation (BOR) to fund navigator positions with states, Tribes and rural communities to boost capacity for developing, funding and implementing water managemen  more