The Fence Post
Vilsack takes small farm message to Senate ag
By Jerry Hagstrom, The Hagstrom Report
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack told the Senate Agriculture Committee today that the next farm bill should create more markets for small- and medium-sized farmers. When he got some pushback from...
Freight Waves
Buttigieg addresses teen drivers, truck parking at Senate hearing
DOT secretary using social media to boost lackluster turnout for entry-level truck driver program
By John Gallagher
WASHINGTON — Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg told concerned Senate lawmakers on Capitol Hill...
MedPage Today
Senators Press HHS Chief on Alzheimer's Drugs, Opioids at Budget Hearing
Collins blasts lack of Medicare coverage for new Alzheimer's treatment
By Joyce Frieden
WASHINGTON -- Alzheimer's disease treatments, the opioid epidemic, and funding for rural healthcare were all in the...
SuperTalk Mississippi News
Hyde-Smith requests temporary payments to rural hospitals from federal government
By Caleb Salers
As 28 hospitals across Mississippi are in danger of closing, U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., is seeking help from the federal government.
Hyde-Smith encouraged U.S...
Agri-Pulse
Vilsack: USDA strapped by low staff salaries
By Philip Brasher
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack said Wednesday that relatively low salaries are making it difficult for USDA to retain employees, including Farm Service Agency field staff.
During his second appearance on Capitol Hill in...
WAVY-TV Norfolk, Va.
Virginia senators reintroduce bill to help rural hospitals recruit, retain staff
By Julius Ayo
WASHINGTON, D.C. (WAVY) — Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine were among politicians who recently reintroduced legislation to help rural hospitals recruit and retain staff.
...
Alabama Today
Katie Britt backs balanced budget amendment
By Brandon Moseley
U.S. Senator Katie Britt joined U.S. Senator Cindy Hyde-Smith and 22 additional Senate cosponsors in introducing a balanced budget amendment to the U.S. Constitution to force the President and Congress to pass annual...
The Epoch Times
Lawmakers Reintroduce Bill to Strengthen Gun Rights for Nomads, Military
By Caden Pearson
A bill reintroduced in the U.S. Senate aims to fix the problems faced by people who live a nomadic lifestyle or don’t have a permanent address and wish to register a firearms license.
The...
Financial Regulation News
Sens. Cassidy, Hyde-Smith sponsor bill to lower flood insurance costs
By Dave Kovaleski
U.S. Sens. Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-LA) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-MS) introduced legislation that seeks to protect policyholders from higher National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP)...
Breitbart
Senate Republicans Seek to End Biden’s Welfare-Dependent Immigration
By John Binder
Senate Republicans are seeking to end President Joe Biden’s welfare-dependent legal immigration inflow to the United States after former President Trump had written new regulations to make it more...
