Majority News

Johnson Statement on U.S. Postal Service Report
Tue, Dec 4
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, said this on Tuesday after the Treasury Department released a report examining the U.S. Postal Service: “The United States Postal Service as currently structured is financially unsustainable. I appreciate Secretary Mnuchin and the Postal Task Force’s effort to accurately assess the Postal Service’s financial reality and propose viable solutions without relyi...
Johnson Presses Commerce for Tariff Exclusion Information
Fri, Nov 30
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter Friday to Commerce Secretary Wilbur Ross seeking information about the length of the tariff exclusion process and the ability of domestic steel companies to meet demand. “As the Department processes exclusion requests, it should provide certainty and timely responses to American businesses,” Sen. Johnson wrote. “If the Department inten...

Minority News

BREAKING: McCaskill Report Shows Missouri Patients in Versailles, Milan, and Sedalia Pay up to 7x More for Common Brand-Name Drugs than Residents of Versailles, France; Milan, Italy; and Sedalia, Canada
Tue, Oct 30
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, today released her latest report in her ongoing investigation into dramatic increases in prescription drug prices. The report found that, on average, Missourians pay up to 591% more than their foreign counterparts for some of the most commonly prescribed brand-name drugs in the Medicare Part D program. The report comes on the heels o...
McCaskill Demands Answers on Online Group Trading Suggestive Photos of Female Servicemembers, Spouses
Fri, Oct 26
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, the top-ranking Democrat on the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, called on a Pentagon watchdog to investigate a website containing suggestive photos of women who are current servicemembers or spouses of current servicemembers. “The exploitation of our brave women in uniform is repugnant, and the targeting of our servicemembers’ spouses is just as appalling,” said McCaskill, a former sex crimes prosecutor. &...