WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Rep. Mark Alford, R-Missouri, issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * Alford Leads Bicameral Letter to USDA, HHS, EPA: MAHA Commission Stance on Crop Protection Tools Would Hurt America's Food System Today, Congressmen Mark Alford (R-MO-04) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA-04), along with Senators Pete Ricketts (R-NE) and Deb Fischer (R-NE), led a bicameral group of colleagues in sending a letter to Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins, Health and Human Serv  more

WASHINGTON, April 16 -- Rep. Jason Smith, R-Missouri, chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, issued the following news release on April 15, 2025: * * * Chairman Smith on Tax Day: Republicans Are Ready to Deliver on an America First Tax Policy WASHINGTON, D.C. - Days after Congress took a major step in unlocking the reconciliation process to provide tax relief for working families, farmers, and small businesses, Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statemen  more

WASHINGTON, April 14 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * Hawley Applauds EPA's Expedited Plan to Clean Up West Lake Landfill Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) applauded Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Lee Zeldin for announcing an expedited plan to clean up St. Louis' West Lake Landfill two years earlier than originally planned. The EPA's newly released report comes after Senator Hawley hosted Administrator Zeldin at West Lake Lan  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Missouri, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Hawley Pushes for GOP to 'Give Working-Class Americans a Historic Tax Cut' Today, U.S. Senator Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) published an opinion piece outlining a new proposal that would make a series of common income tax breaks refundable against payroll taxes. At a time when prices are high, Senator Hawley highlights how his proposal would deliver a historic tax cut for working families across the c  more

WASHINGTON, April 15 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, chairman of the Joint Economic Committee, issued the following news release on April 14, 2025: * * * New Data Show Role of Medicaid - Especially Medicaid Expansion - in Combating the Fentanyl Crisis Proposed Medicaid Cuts Would Jeopardize Progress in Combating the Fentanyl Crisis by Cutting People Off From Addiction Treatment WASHINGTON - The Joint Economic Committee - Minority today released a report with new data on Medicaid's role in   more

WASHINGTON, April 9 -- Rep. Seth Moulton, D-Massachusetts, ranking member of the House Armed Services Subcommittee on Strategic Forces, issued the following opening statement at a hearing entitled "FY26 Strategic Forces Posture Hearing": * * * As Prepared Thank you, Chairman DesJarlais - and congratulations on your first Strategic Forces subcommittee hearing as Chairman. I also want to thank you for beginning this session with a very bi-partisan series of briefings to bring us all up to speed  more