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WASHINGTON – At the weekly Republican leadership press conference today, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, continued pushing back on Democrats’ election takeover. Blunt highlighted how Democrats have, from one election cycle to the next, reinvented their justification for federalizing elections, this time relying …

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WASHINGTON, D.C.  – On Tuesday, January 11, 2022, the Federal Disaster Declaration requested by Governor Mike Parson, Congressman Smith and Missouri’s U.S. Congressional delegation was approved by the Federal Emergency Management Agency for local Missouri communities heavily impacted by the severe storms and deadly tornadoes that swept across the state on the evening of December …

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WASHINGTON, D.C.  – Congresswoman Ann Wagner (R-MO), Vice Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, today announced the launch of the Abraham Accords Caucus in order to build on the success of the historic Abraham Accords. For decades, Congress has played a key role in promoting peace between Israel and its neighbors. The Caucus …

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WASHINGTON – This week, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the SenateAppropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, spoke on the Senate floor to discuss the current shortage of COVID-19 tests and the Biden administration’s failure to utilize billions in congressionally-approvedfunding to ensure tests are available to …

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WASHINGTON, DC. – On Friday, the Missouri Attorney General’s Office appeared in front of the United States Supreme Court to deliver oral arguments in Biden v. Missouri, the lawsuit brought by the Missouri Attorney General’s Office that challenges the federal vaccine mandate on health care workers. “Missouri was the first state to file suit against the …

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By Jason Smith, member of Congress On January 7, the Supreme Court held one of the most important hearings of my lifetime.   They considered two challenges to rules that have been brought forth by the Biden administration to impose vaccine requirements on employers. Overturning these rules is absolutely essential to Americans’ freedom and liberty, …

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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08), House Energy & Commerce Committee Republican Leader Cathy McMorris Rodgers (WA-05), and House Ways & Means Committee Republican Leader Kevin Brady (TX-08) in a letter to President Biden, slammed the Administration for its failure to account for how, when, and where funding supposedly meant to address COVID-19 …

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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.), the top Republican on the U.S. Senate Committee on Rules and Administration, delivered an opening statement Wednesday at a hearing with U.S. Capitol Police Chief Thomas Manger about Capitol security improvements since the January 6th attack.   Following his opening statement, Blunt questioned Chief Manger about U.S. Capitol …

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