Town Halls Cancelled for Week of July 4th

Press Release

Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) released the following statement regarding the Senate's new work schedule for the week of July 4, 2011. Earlier this week, Republican Senators refused to allow the Senate to recess for the week of July fourth, so Congress and the White House can continue working toward an agreement on the debt ceiling.

"The struggling economy we are experiencing and the financial collapse around the corner is the most expected economic crisis in our lifetime. Americans deserve leadership in our Nation's Capital to confront these challenges -- yet Senate leadership continues to ignore these problems and has filled this week's schedule with work on unrelated legislation.

The President and Congressional leaders must get past their empty rhetoric and get serious about confronting our debt crisis today. We know what is going to happen if we don't act, and it would be immoral for us to look the other way or to kick the can down the road because the politics of these issues are too difficult to deal with."

Due to this new schedule, Sen. Moran will return to Washington, D.C. on Tuesday, July 5, and the following town halls that were scheduled for July 6-8 have been cancelled: Republic, Jewell, Smith, Pratt, Barber, Harper, Reno and Stafford counties.

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