Missouri U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, is calling for major changes to a federal program that lets foreign students work in the United States for up to a year after earning their degree. Schmitt told Missourinet that the Optional Practical Training Program...
Nearly two weeks and counting, the federal government remains shut down. Senate Democrats want $1.5 trillion in healthcare spending added to the spending bill the U.S. House passed last month, which Republican leaders strongly oppose. U.S. Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Mo....
Missouri U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt is urging federal officials to designate Fort Leonard Wood in southern Missouri as a training site for Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents. Schmitt made the comments during a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing in...
The U.S. Senate is exploring how drones – in the wrong hands – are a threat to national security. The Senate Judiciary Committee conducted a hearing Tuesday into the issue. Missouri U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, a member of the committee, asked Steven Willoughby from the...
U.S. Sen. Eric Schmitt, R-Missouri, is condemning the assassination of a member of the Minnesota legislature over the weekend. Melissa Hortman, the top Democrat in the Minnesota House, and her husband Mark, were shot to death Saturday at their home in a Minneapolis...
