Here are today’s headlines from the Kansas congressional delegation:Iraq(National Review Online commentary) Thirty-one Senators to Harry Reid: A bipartisan group of 31 senators have written to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV) calling on him to repudiate the ad today by Moveon.org in the New York Times calling David Petraeus, Commanding General of Multi-National Forces Iraq, ‘General Betray Us.’ “Senator Reid, please join us in making it clear that you do not share the views of Moveon.org, and that you will not join Moveon.org in attacking the character of this fine officer,” wrote the Senators. “It is important that all officials in positions of responsibility speak out and defend General Petraeus as the honest and honorable military leader he is. From his years of service to our country and the important position he currently holds, he has certainly earned it.” The letter was circulated by Senator Lindsey Graham and signed by Senators Joe Lieberman, John McCain, Norman Coleman, Jim DeMint, Jon Kyl, Charles Grassley, Kit Bond, Bob Corker, Mel Martinez, Richard Burr, Johnny Isakson, Susan Collins, Wayne Allard, Judd Gregg, Kay Bailey Hutchison, Mike Enzi, Saxby Chambliss, Lamar Alexander, Pat Roberts, David Vitter, John Barrasso, Pete Domenici, Sam Brownback, Jeff Sessions, John Cornyn, Olympia Snowe, Sam Brownback, Elizabeth Dole, John Warner, and John Ensign.(LJWorld.com) Vigil honors victims on sixth anniversary of terrorist attacks: Boyda said she was not ready to respond to the specifics of Monday’s testimony of Gen. David Petraeus, the senior American military commander in Iraq, before lawmakers. “I don’t understand the specifics of what he’s recommending,” she said. “I want to take a look at it. What I was pleased to hear him say is he understands that our troops are stressed and strained.”Sen. Pat Roberts (R)!(AgWeb.com) Sen. Roberts: Senate farm bill must improve on House proposal: Sen. Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) said his greatest farm bill concerns are the House-proposed changes in crop insurance. Roberts said the farm bill should provide a safety net for farmers when they lose a crop. “We need to strengthen the crop insurance program, not cut it,” he said. Cutting billions from the crop insurance program as the House farm bill does, he said, will not strengthen the program. “That pretty well kills it out here,” he said of farmers in the High Plains. Roberts also is not keen on the notion of assessing $7.5 billion in taxes on foreign companies based in the U.S.”These are American jobs,” he said. Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R) !(Wichita Business Journal) Tiahrt votes to reduce interest on student loans: U.S. Rep. Todd Tiahrt (R-Goddard) voted Monday to adopt the conference report on the College Cost Reduction Act of 2007. The bill would gradually reduce the interest rate for Stafford student loans. It would reduce the loans from 6.8 percent to 3.4 percent over a period of four years. It would also provide increases in Pell Grants. “This legislation will help make higher education more affordable and accessible without raising taxes, and I am pleased to support a measure that will provide expanded opportunities for young people to succeed,” Tiahrt said.