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On Jan. 1, amid celebrations, fireworks and last-minute resolutions, American health care policy took a major step forward for patients. You may have missed it — but for millions of Americans who have been asking for relief on health care costs and me, it was the culmination of years of work to make our system more affordable, fair and accessible.

Because on New Year's Day, new consumer protections against surprise medical billing went into effect, essentially ending one of the most egregious practices in our country's health care system.

On Thursday, U.S. Representatives Dusty Johnson (R-S.D.), Tom O'Halleran (D-AZ), Tom Cole (R-OK), and Sharice Davids (D-KS) introduced bipartisan legislation to establish a Congressional Charter for the National American Indian Veterans (NAIV). NAIV is a nonprofit organization on the Cheyenne River Reservation with a mission to advocate for tribal veterans.

Missouri and Kansas are set to receive $96.9 million and $45 million respectively in federal funding over the next year to help fix thousands of bridges that have fallen into disrepair, the White House announced Friday.

The money is the first tranche of hundreds of millions in federal aid for bridge repairs over the next five years — Missouri is set to receive $484 million and Kansas is set to receive $225 million — part of a larger $1.2 trillion infrastructure measure signed into law by Biden in November and backed by a bipartisan coalition of Republican and Democratic lawmakers.

Kansas has received $72.1 million to help families pay their energy bills this winter, according to Rep. Sharice Davids' office.

The increase in energy cost assistance -- a record -- is due to the American Rescue Plan, which Davids was the only member of the Kansas delegation to vote for.

Heating costs are predicted to rise as much as 30% this winter.

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., announced that Kansas has received a record $72.1 million to help families afford energy costs this winter—more than double the state's typical annual investment.

Rep. Davids is the only member of the Kansas delegation to vote for the American Rescue Plan, which delivered this increase in energy cost assistance to Kansans across the state.

Rep. Davids helped secure this funding through the Low-Income Home Energy Assistance Program (LIHEAP) in the American Rescue Plan and annual appropriations.

Thursday marks one year since members of Congress gathered to certify the presidential election results, and it quickly descended into chaos.

Hundreds of supporters of former President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol Building on Jan. 6, 2021.

Kansas Democratic Rep. Sharice Davids was in the building on that day she said was traumatizing.

Her mother called early in the day, asking if she was OK and if she had a plan just in case something went wrong. Davids told her she was in "the safest place in D.C.," she told FOX4, but that would change.

The new legislation will bring $3.8 billion to Kansas for infrastructure projects and create two million jobs per year for the next decade.

Representative Sharice Davids flew into Kansas City with President Joe Biden last week to tout the bipartisan bill he signed into law.

Paying down debt. Taking a family vacation. Defraying child care costs.

These are a few of the ways Kansas City families have used extra income they received this year from monthly federal child tax credits.

Since 1997, most working families have been eligible for an income tax credit based on the number of children in a household. This year, millions of families across the U.S. benefited more from the federal program.