WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.) and Jeff Merkley (Ore.) today announced the introduction of their No Facial Recognition at the IRS Act, a bipartisan bill to ban the use of biometric recognition technology by the IRS. The introduction of Blunt and Merkley’s bill comes less than a month after the senators sent a letter to the […]
By Jason Smith, member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. –This week, millions of people around the globe watched in disbelief as Russian President Vladimir Putin declared an unprovoked war on Ukraine. This marks the first major full-scale invasion by a major power in Europe since World War II. While the tragic events are just beginning, the
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By Jason Smith Member of Congress WASHINGTON, D.C. – Since his first day in office, Joe Biden insisted that his priority was crushing the coronavirus and restoring normalcy to America. He claimed President Trump failed – even going so far as to state at one point that “220,000 deaths. If you hear nothing else, I
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — The USEPA and WaterISAC are alerting the water and wastewater systems sector to new information regarding a potential cyber threat to United States critical infrastructure. All water and wastewater system owners and operators should read this alert. Due to current events between Russia and Ukraine, WaterISAC and the USEPA strongly encourage
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – House Foreign Affairs Committee Vice Ranking Member Ann Wagner (R-MO) and the Republican Members of the Committee have released the following joint statement commemorating six months since the fall of Kabul, Afghanistan. Wagner was joined by Reps. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chris Smith (R-NJ), Steve Chabot (R-OH), Joe Wilson (R-SC), Scott Perry (R-PA),
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WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Senator Roy Blunt (Mo.) joined 31 of his Senate Republican colleagues in introducing the Never Yielding Europe’s Territory (NYET) Act to provide the critical support Ukraine needs to defend itself and deter Russian aggression today, while imposing real costs on the Kremlin for its ongoing and potential future aggression against
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By Jason Smith, member of Congress This week, the Department of Labor reported that the consumer price index, the measurement of inflation, hit a 40-year high when it came in at 7.5 percent. The numbers shocked many and outpaced even the most dire predictions from economists. Unfortunately, this comes as no surprise to working-class
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KANSAS CITY — Prices in the Midwest Region, as measured by the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U), advanced 0.8 percent in January, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported Thursday. Increases in the indexes for food at home, new and used motor vehicles, household furnishings and operations, and apparel were the largest
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WASHINGTON – On Thursday, U.S. Senators Roy Blunt (Mo.), Susan Collins (Maine), and Joe Manchin (W.Va.), all of whom serve on the U.S. Senate Committee on Appropriations, sent a letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra seeking answers regarding HHS’s recent funding opportunity announcement that could open the door
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – On Thursday, House Budget Committee Republican Leader Jason Smith (MO-08) issued the following statement after the Consumer Price Index showed inflation continuing to run at the highest pace in 40 years: “Families are being crushed under this continued explosive spike in prices. And the only answer from Washington Democrats has been to spend more. The
