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Washington, D.C. – Earlier today, House Appropriations Committee Chairman Hal Rogers (R-KY) announced the list of Appropriations Subcommittee Vice Chairs for the 114th Congress. Representative Kevin Yoder issued the following statement after being named the Vice Chairman of the Transportation, Housing, and Urban Development Subcommittee:
Overland Park, KS – Representative Kevin Yoder will hold a Town Hall Forum tomorrow in Overland Park. The event will take place at Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, located at 11902 Lowell Avenue in Overland Park.
The Overland Park Town Hall Forum will be open to the public. Media is also invited to attend.
Overland Park, KS – Representative Kevin Yoder will hold a Town Hall Forum in Overland Park on Wednesday, April 1, 2015. The event will take place at Tomahawk Ridge Community Center, located at 11902 Lowell Avenue in Overland Park.
The Overland Park Town Hall Forum will be open to the public. Media is also invited to attend.
Washington, D.C. – Today, the House of Representatives passed H.R. 2, bipartisan legislation that repeals the Sustainable Growth Rate (SGR) and strengthens Medicare through needed reform, by a vote of 392-37. The SGR formula is a cap on spending approved by Congress in 1997 that attempted to reduce Medicare payments for physician services.
Washington, D.C. – Last night, the American Society of Transplantation (AST) presented Representative Kevin Yoder with the 2015 Legislator of the Year Award. AST, formed in 1982, represents more than 3,500 medical professionals engaged in the field of organ transplantation.
Washington, D.C. – A bipartisan coalition of members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives today introduced the Fair Access to Science and Technology Research (FASTR) Act, a bill to improve public access to federally-funded research.
Washington, D.C. – This morning, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed a joint session of the United States Congress on the United States-Israel relationship and the pending nuclear negotiations between the U.S. and the Islamic Republic of Iran. Representative Kevin Yoder issued the following statement on the proposal:
Washington, D.C. – Representative Kevin Yoder is now accepting entries from all interested Third District high school students for the 2015 Congressional Art Competition.
Washington, D.C. – Today, a bipartisan, bicameral group of legislators introduced a bill to modernize our nation’s electronic privacy laws and bring our protections against warrantless searches into harmony with the technological realities of the 21st century.
Washington, D.C. – This morning, the White House released President Barack Obama’s 2015 Budget Proposal. The plan featured about $4 trillion in spending and $3.53 trillion in tax revenues, the highest amount in American history, while still leaving a $474 billion deficit for the fiscal year beginning on October 1.