WASHINGTON, Sept. 26 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, the House Budget Committee passed Rep. Ron Estes' (R-Kansas) Executive Action Cost Transparency Act out of committee. This bill will help increase transparency and accountability by requiring the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include in the baseline or baseline update a separate table detailing the cost of judicial and executive actions (including proposed rules, finalized rules, executive orders,  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22478) on Sept. 23, 2024, entitled "Navy Ship Names: Background for Congress." Here are excerpts: * * * Summary Names for Navy ships traditionally have been chosen and announced by the Secretary of the Navy, under the direction of the President and in accordance with rules prescribed by Congress. Rules for giving Certain types of names to certain types of Navy ships have evolved over time.  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22478) on Sept. 23, 2024, entitled "Navy Ship Names - Background for Congress:" (Continued from Part 1 of 4) * * * Rules for Ship Types Now Being Procured or Recently Procured For ship types now being procured for the Navy, or recently procured for the Navy, naming rules (and exceptions thereto) are summarized below. The July 2012 Navy report to Congress discusses current naming rules (and   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 (TNSrep) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. RS22478) on Sept. 23, 2024, entitled "Navy Ship Names - Background for Congress:" (Continued from Part 2 of 4) * * * Aspects of Navy Ship Names Two State Names Not Currently Being Used, Particularly Kansas As noted earlier in the section on evolution over time in Navy ship-naming rules, state names were once given to battleships, then later to nuclear-powered cruisers and ballistic missile s  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Mike Crapo, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led 41 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to work with Congress to root out abuses in their administration's unaccompanied migrant children program and stop the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s cover-up of the crisis. The lawmakers are urging Bi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) voted against H.R. 9747, the Continuing Appropriations and Extensions Act, 2025. The legislation, which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 341-82, fails to reduce government spending, protect the integrity of the upcoming U.S. election, or tackle America's $35 trillion debt. Rep. Mann released the following statement after the vote. "I did  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) and David Scott (D-GA), Ranking Member of the House Agriculture Committee, announced the reintroduction of the Jobs, On-the-Job 'Earn While You Learn' Training and Apprenticeships for Young African Americans Act. The legislation would encourage the U.S. Department of Labor to work with African American organizations and labor unions to recruit a  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today introduced the Modern Firearms Safety Act, which would prohibit states from enforcing handgun rosters. These lists of pre-approved handguns require manufacturers to include costly features like microstamping, loaded chamber indicators, and magazine disconnect mechanisms on firearms, preventing law-abiding citizens from purchasing the firearm of their choice. "Unconstitutional  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Marshall Joins America's Newsroom on Fox to Discuss the Butler, PA, Trump Assassination Attempt Senate Report Washington U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined America's Newsroom on Fox to discuss the breaking Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee report on the security lapses surrounding the assassination attempt on President Trump at his Butler, Pennsylvania rally in July  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. questioned the CEO of Novo Nordisk, the company that created the blockbuster drugs Ozempic (semaglutide) and Wegovy (semaglutide). As part of the Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee hearing on drug pricing, Senator Marshall questioned the CEO about the role that Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) play in inflating the prices of essential drugs. His series of question  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), lead sponsors of the bipartisan Credit Card Competition Act, released the following statement after the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a lawsuit against Visa alleging that the company illegally maintains a monopoly over debit network markets through anticompetitive practices that violate federal antitrust law: "Accordin  more