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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Agriculture – stressed the importance of Congress passing a disaster relief bill to assist producers who have been impacted by flooding across the Midwest in a speech on the floor of the United States Senate.
“In the days following the worst of the flooding, I visited areas of Kansas that were underwater,” said Sen. Moran. “I saw farm ground that cannot be planted or put in productive use until significant time, effort and resources are invested in restoring that land. Continued rainfall across the state and region has threatened to cause additional flooding in many areas, as well as delayed planting for many farmers. It is important, it is necessary, that Congress meet the challenge of providing assistance to those producers, many of whom lost everything.”
“With the market uncertainty due to trade disputes, farmers have more grain in storage than usual, waiting for prices to increase,” continued Sen. Moran. “When that grain is wiped out by floods, it is very similar to the family’s savings account drained of cash. Currently, disaster programs are not equipped to help these producers who lost a year’s worth of work and income when their stored grain was damaged or destroyed. Congress has the opportunity in the disaster bill to give USDA the authority to cover lost stored grain and to help get these producers back on their feet.”
Click Here to Watch Sen. Moran’s Full Remarks
Remarks as delivered:
“Mr. President, I rise today to speak about the devastation that I’ve seen as I’ve toured flooded areas of Kansas, as well as parts of Missouri, Nebraska and Iowa, and the need for Congress to pass a disaster bill that provides assistance to impacted agricultural producers.
“Kansas farmers and ranchers have endured several challenging years. Since 2013, net farm income has been cut in half due to low commodity prices. And the flooding across Kansas and the Midwest has been one more setback in a long list of challenges facing our farmers and ranchers.
“In the days following the worst of the flooding, I visited areas of Kansas that were underwater. I saw farm ground that cannot be planted or put in productive use until significant time, effort and resources are invested in restoring that land. Continued rainfall across the state and region has threatened to cause additional flooding in many areas, as well as delayed planting for many farmers.
“It is important, it is necessary, that Congress meet the challenge of providing assistance to those producers, many of whom lost everything.
“As negotiations continue on a disaster bill, I would like to highlight the importance of providing funds for the Emergency Conservation Program and amending the current disaster program to help cover cost of lost stored grain.
“The Emergency Conservation Program was authorized to help producers restore land damaged from natural disasters, including floods. Kansans are unfortunately familiar with ECP as a result of assistance our state received in rebuilding fences following devastating wildfires of 2017 and 2018.
“However, this program currently does not have sufficient funds to cover producers impacted by this year’s floods. I’ve asked Secretary Perdue about ECP budget shortfall at a recent Ag Appropriations Subcommittee hearing, and as expected, he gave his full endorsement and support for Congress providing funds for ECP in this bill. Secretary Perdue recognizes that funds must be provided and other ag disaster programs to help producers restore damaged land and remove flood debris.
“Congress must also provide assistance to producers who lost stored grain due to floods. Oftentimes, a farmer’s income or revenue is not money in a bank, but instead grain stored away in a bin waiting to be sold.
“With the market uncertainty due to trade disputes, farmers have more grain in storage than usual, waiting for prices to increase. When that grain is wiped out by floods, it is very similar to the family’s savings account drained of cash.
“Currently, disaster programs are not equipped to help these producers who lost a year’s worth of work and income when their stored grain was damaged or destroyed. Congress has the opportunity in the disaster bill to give USDA the authority to cover loss stored grain and to help get these producers back on their feet.
“While faced with these great challenges, farmers and ranchers continue to provide the food, the fuel and the fiber for our nation and the world. Agriculture is one of the most demanding ways of life, it is full of uncertainty, but it also a very noble calling.
“It is imperative that Congress pass a disaster bill to help producers who have lost goods to floods and other disasters, and to make certain farmers and ranchers across the nation know we appreciate what they do to provide to our nation.”
Click here to watch Sen. Moran’s full remarks.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – chairman of Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies – today recognized National Police Week and honored fallen Kansas law enforcement officers on the Senate floor. During his remarks, Sen. Moran also recognized staff member and ATF Special Agent Matt Beccio.
“During National Police Week and throughout the year, we are reminded that law enforcement needs our support,” said Sen. Moran. “We must provide them the resources they need to do their job. As the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice, and particularly those local law enforcement grants, I’m committed to doing so.”
“We know we must provide the tools that law enforcement needs to build and strengthen the bonds of trust with those they serve, and provide our best efforts to address the underlying challenges, the challenges of our society, of our country, that face each and every community,” continued Sen. Moran. ”We honor the service and sacrifice of our nation's fallen law enforcement officers, not only for the sake of those that have departed, but as a reminder to all of us that remain. May God bless our law enforcement officers, protect them from harm as they faithfully perform their duties each and every day.”
Click Here to Watch Sen. Moran’s Full Remarks
Remarks as delivered:
“Mr. President, this week, as we know, our Nation observes National Police Week, a time where we pay tribute to our law enforcement officers, especially those who died in the line of duty. Today, I rise to honor their dedication and their significant and tremendous sacrifice.
“On Monday evening, thousands of people gathered on the National Mall to pay tribute to the 371 officers who gave their lives in the line of duty. Four officers from Kansas were among those memorialized on Monday.
“Last June, Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Deputies Theresa King and Patrick Rohrer were shot and killed while preparing to transport a prisoner.
“Theresa King joined the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office in 2005. A working mother of three children, Theresa, or “TK,” was known for coming to work every day with a smile, a willingness to help out in any way she could. She was a founding member of the Kansas City-based Lancaster-Melton Peacekeepers Civitan Club, a group of law enforcement officers and their families dedicated to honoring slain officers.
“Patrick Rohrer, a husband and a father of two children, joined the Wyandotte County Sheriff’s Office in 2011. Patrick was known as a dedicated deputy that never lost his sense of humor and often peppered his colleagues with his favorite "Star Wars" quotes. He was also known for his competitive spirit. Patrick had been a varsity letterman on the swim team at Shawnee Mission Northwest High School. And his family's motto was "Keep on Swimming."
“I will echo Wyandotte County Sherriff Don Ash’s words in memorializing the deputies:
“Theresa and Patrick were heroes in every sense of the word” when they put “their lives between a cold-blooded killer and the citizens they swore an oath to protect.”
“In September, Deputy Sheriff Robert Kunze was fatally shot during an encounter with a suspect in a stolen vehicle. He, too, was a husband and father who had served with the Sedgwick County Sheriff's Office for 12 years and had previously served with the Shawnee County Sheriff's Office for six.
“Robert Kunze’s impact on the department was made apparent when Sedgwick County Sherriff Jeff Easter referred to his death as a loss of a ‘family member.’ Robert was known as an exceptional law enforcement officer and has been remembered by his colleagues as having a contagious laugh that always made others feel welcome.
“This year we also memorialize Jefferson County Undersheriff George Burnau, who died in the line of duty on April 29, 1920. His dedication set an example for generations of law enforcement officers in Kansas and around the country, those that followed him.
“I would like to honor one law enforcement officer who is serving on my staff as a Department of Justice fellow. ATF Special Agent Matt Beccio has become an integral part of our team over the past year, giving me sound advice on issues related to Justice and traveling to Kansas to meet with local law enforcement officials.
“His firsthand enforcement experience and passion for bettering the lives of law enforcement officers across the country has been a tremendous asset to our office. And this week, Matt led members of my staff in participating in Police Week’s 5k Memorial Run, alongside Kansas law enforcement and their colleagues from across the country.
“Thank you, Matt, for your dedication to using your role in our office to better support your colleagues in law enforcement.
“During National Police Week and throughout the year, we are reminded that law enforcement needs our support. We must provide them the resources they need to do their job. As the chairman of the Appropriations Subcommittee that funds the Department of Justice, and particularly those local law enforcement grants, I’m committed to doing so.
“We know we must provide the tools that law enforcement needs to build and strengthen the bonds of trust with those they serve, and provide our best efforts to address the underlying challenges, the challenges of our society, of our country that face each and every community.
“We honor the service and sacrifice of our nation's fallen law enforcement officers, not only for the sake of those that have departed, but as a reminder to all of us that remain.
"May God bless our law enforcement officers and protect them from harm as they faithfully perform their duties each and every day.”
Click here to watch Sen. Moran’s full remarks.
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) – chairman of the Senate Commerce Subcommittee on Manufacturing, Trade, and Consumer Protection – introduced the Global Leadership in Advanced Manufacturing Act, bipartisan legislation that would promote expansion of the national network of Manufacturing USA institutes and strengthen American manufacturing.
“Kansas continues to demonstrate leadership in a number of advanced manufacturing sectors, including aerospace, defense, technology and agriculture,” said Sen. Moran. “As the Chairman of the Commerce Subcommittee for Manufacturing, I remain committed to ensuring federal programs such as the Manufacturing USA network are well-resourced and modernized while also accounting for our small- and mid-sized manufacturers to contend with foreign competitors that threaten not only our economic security, but our national security as well.”
The Manufacturing USA program is a national network of 14 public-private partnership institutes with 1,300-member companies and institutions working to keep the U.S. on the cutting edge of advanced manufacturing. The institutes have generated $2 billion in industry-matched funding to transition innovative technologies from lab to market and to expand the production of goods made in America.
The successful Manufacturing USA program is being copied by China, with the “Made in China 2025” plan directly replicating the U.S. institutes. China is making enormous investments in its manufacturing capabilities and has committed to establishing 40 Manufacturing USA-like institutes by 2025. This bill continues U.S. investments to develop new Manufacturing USA institutes and strengthen advanced manufacturing resources for the national network to compete globally and maintain U.S. economic and national security.
The bill also embeds a liaison of the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) in each Manufacturing USA institute to assist with cybersecurity training, workforce development and technology transfer for small- and medium-sized manufacturers.
The legislation is authored by U.S. Senators Chris Coons (D-Del.) and Cory Gardner (R-Colo.), and is also cosponsored by U.S. Senators Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.).
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WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) – chairman and ranking member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies, respectively – announced that they have secured a commitment from the United States Trade Representative (USTR) regarding an exclusion process for the third tranche of tariffs applied to goods from China under Section 301 of the Trade Act of 1974.
“As the trade war with China continues to escalate, it is critical that American manufacturers and businesses have the opportunity to apply for an exclusion from the tariffs,” the senators said. “As leaders of the Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee, we have secured a commitment from U.S. Trade Representative to implement an exclusion process for the third round of tariffs on China. We must reach a deal that eliminates these harmful tariffs, while also addressing China’s bad behavior on trade policy. Until that occurs, we will work with USTR to ensure a fair exclusion process be made available to manufacturers and companies impacted by the tariffs as soon as possible.”
Items to Note:
- On March 12, 2019, Sens. Moran and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Lighthizer requesting an exclusion process.
- Included in Sen. Moran and Shaheen’s FY2019 Commerce, Justice, Science, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act is report language requiring that USTR “establish an exclusion process for tariffs imposed on goods subject to Section 301 tariffs in round 3.”
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