Open Congress : News Articles for Sen. Pat Roberts [R, KS]

Hemp debate hits farm bill

2013-05-23T01:00:00Z

...about food ingredients derived from genetically modified” crops, said Agriculture Chairwoman Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.). Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) told his colleagues: “Let science be the judge.” “We shouldn’t be putting on lab coats individual

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BREAKING: USAF selects McConnell AFB as main tanker base

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...tankers will be based at McConnell. Here’s more from a news release: WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), as well as Representatives Mike Pompeo (R-Kan.) and Lynn Jenkins (R-Kan.), issued the following stat

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U.S. Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...chamber rejected a GOP effort to expand the cuts and rejected a Democratic effort to eliminate them. The amendment by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., would have expanded the cuts to $3.5 billion a year; the amendment by Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would

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McConnell to be top base for air tanker

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...also help protect McConnell against any action under future Base Realignment and Closure activities, he said. Republican Sen. Pat Roberts said in a phone interview that the events leading up to the decision to base the new tankers in Kansas have their r

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IRS unit leader at center of scandal to plead 5th at Congress hearing

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...I answered them truthfully." Former IRS commissioner Douglas Shulman's answers didn't seem to settle senators' concerns. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas says, "Senator, (It's easy, three words, 'I was responsible')", Shulman says, "I understand the words, wh

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Senate Rejects Gillibrand's SNAP Plan

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

...Her proposed cuts would have affected guaranteed profit margins for insurers but not payments to farmers. Even so, Republican Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas said changes to the crop insurance program would endanger Midwestern farmers who have experienced th

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McConnell selected for new Air Force tanker base

2013-05-22T01:00:00Z

Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...Republican effort to expand the cuts and also rejected, 70-26, a Democratic effort to eliminate them. The amendment by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., would have expanded the cuts to $3.5 billion a year; the amendment by Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., would

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Ex-IRS commissioner won’t apologize for abuses, accept blame

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...he was willing to say. “Could you just sort of come along with Mr. Miller and say, ‘yes, I was responsible,’?” asked Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas. “I understand … what I’m telling you is this happened on my watch, and I accept that,” said

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Senate rejects Gillibrand’s SNAP plan

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...this week. Food stamps now cost almost $80 billion annually. The chamber rejected by a 58-40 vote an amendment by Republican Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas to expand the cuts to $3.5 billion a year. Senators also rejected, 70-26, an amendment by Democratic

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'I Was Dismayed' To Learn What Agency Did, Ex-IRS Chief Says

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...on Capitol Hill, where Republicans are accusing the agency of partisan bias. At Tuesday's hearing, Republican Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas said "we can all see what has happening. ... Partisan harassment and abuse." The inspector general's report did not

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Senate votes to make small cut to food stamps

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...a Republican effort to expand the cuts and also rejected, 70-26, a Democratic effort to eliminate them. The amendment by Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kan., would have expanded the cuts to $3.5 billion a year; the amendment by Sen. Kristen Gillibrand, D-N.Y., wou

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Farm bill beats back foes

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...Barbara Mikulski of Maryland — who chose to stand with their fellow chairwoman, Stabenow. The second amendment came from Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.), who was Stabenow’s fellow farm bill manager just a year ago. Having lost his position as the ranking

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No Apologies From Former IRS Chief

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...does the buck stop at the IRS? Mr. Shulman: I mean, I think I’ve said clearly that all of this happened on my watch. * * * Sen. Pat Roberts (R., Kansas): [To Mr. Shulman] [Y]ou said you’re not personally responsible, but then I think you sort of bac

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Pat Roberts abides

2013-05-21T01:00:00Z

...after she has laid the egg." To my mind, The Hutch News is laying zero editorial eggs in its recent fretting about Sen. Pat Roberts' re-election campaign. On March 11, one of The News' guest columnists ran an epistle on Roberts (titled "Roberts' road ma

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Internet back doors would create cyber risks

2013-05-20T01:00:00Z

...by a prosecutor is sufficient. That standard falls far short of usual and proper judicial oversight. Last month, U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas and 11 other senators from both major parties sent a letter to the Internal Revenue Service questioning its

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Kansas Views on core services, Roberts’ pandering, waiting lists, closed records, AP probe, Amtrak

2013-05-17T01:00:00Z

...service,” it’s troubling to consider what other functions of government will soon be added to that list. Roberts – U.S. Sen. Pat Roberts is Kansas’ most experienced lawmaker. At age 77, the Republican has announced he will seek a fourth term in

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House panel set to OK cut in food-stamp program

2013-05-16T01:00:00Z

...approved its version of the bill Tuesday. The legislation would achieve the cuts Senate Agriculture Committee member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, makes a call outside the hearing room. This is the third year in a row that farm-state lawmakers have tried

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House panel set to OK cut in food stamps

2013-05-15T01:00:00Z

...Agriculture Committee member Sen. Pat Roberts, R-Kansas, voices his concerns as lawmakers begin mark up on the Farm Bill, officially known as the Agriculture Reform, Food, and Jobs Act of 2013, Tuesday, May 14, 2013, on Capitol Hill in Washington. This

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