WASHINGTON, July 29 -- Sen. Eric Schmitt issued the following press release:

Today, U.S. Senator Eric Schmitt (R-MO) praised passage of his bill, the bipartisan Gateway Partnership Act (https://www.congress.gov/bill/119th-congress/senate-bill/2767), through the Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources. Senator Schmitt's bill would authorize the Gateway Arch National Park to enter into an agreement with the Gateway Arch Park Foundation allowing the Foundation to manage private events on Park property.

"The Gateway Arch is not just an impressive piece of engineering on the banks of the Mississippi River. This beloved monument helps tell the story of a nation. The Arch's 630-foot stainless-steel arc rises over the very river where a ...