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As gas and oil CEOs line up to testify over allegations of price-gouging, Congresswoman Sharice Davids has again called for the suspension of the federal gas tax.
As oil and gas company CEOs testify before Congress over price-gouging allegations, U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) says she continued her efforts to get Kansans immediate relief at the pump through the suspension of the federal gas tax.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., made a friendly wager on the NCAA championship game with Rep. David Price of North Carolina.
According to Rep. Davids' office, she bet barbecue. Rep. Davids enjoyed the Hershey's Kit Kats she received from a fellow legislator in her bet on the University of Kansas against Villanova on Saturday.
The championship game between KU and North Carolina started about 8:05 p.m. Monday in New Orleans.
Rep. Sharice Davids, who represents Kansas' 3rd Congressional District, and Rep. Dan Meuser of Pennsylvania have made a friendly wager ahead of the University of Kansas vs. Villanova University Final Four game.
"I'm so confident that I'm willing to bet and bring in some KC barbecue, all the way from Kansas," Davids said in a social media video.
If Villanova beats Kansas, Davids will bring Meuser some Kansas City barbecue.
The U.S. House of Representatives voted Thursday to cap insulin costs at $35 a month for people with private insurance and Medicare.
The Affordable Insulin Now Act caps cost-sharing for a month's supply of insulin products at $35 or 25% of a plan's negotiated price, whichever is less, starting in 2023.
The house voted 232-193 for the act. Rep. Sharice Davids, who represents Kansas' 3rd Congressional District, was one of the votes in favor of the cap.
In the early morning hours on Friday, Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids took a tour of Growing Futures Early Education Center in Overland Park.
The nonprofit organization run through Head Start serves 223 children up to the age of 5 and their families in Johnson County by providing early childhood education, health nutrition, social services, mental health, parent education and more.
Head Start is a program partially funded by the federal government that serves low-income families, all of whom live at 100% of the federal poverty level.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas endorsed bipartisan government transparency legislation Tuesday that would reduce opportunities for insider trading by members of Congress by requiring certain assets to be placed in a blind trust.
Federal funding could help jumpstart a project to upgrade flood containment systems along Turkey Creek.
Part of a federal $1.5 trillion spending bill will include a $500 thousand earmark for a design project to determine possible solutions for ongoing flooding issues along the creek. Congresswoman Sharice Davids spearheaded the effort to include the funding measure in the bill.
Eventually, improvements to the waterway could remove the floodplain designation for downtown Merriam, which could spur development through the neighborhood.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids announced the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) awarded a total of $4,113,744 to two Head Start programs in Kansas' 3rd District.
These Head Start programs work daily to emphasize children's cognitive, social, emotional and physical development. Children who participate in Head Start programs receive benefits that appear immediately and last a lifetime, according to a spokesman.
HHS Head Start grant recipients include:
• Kansas City, Kansas, Public School's (KCKPS) Successful Beginnings Head Start: $2,447,671
Reps. Sharice Davids and Emanuel Cleaver II are among 32 members of Congress who signed a letter to U.S. House and Senate leadership requesting "immediate investigations" and "public hearings on alleged price gouging within the oil and gas industry."
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids announced that more than $15.7 million is coming to projects in the 3rd District of Kansas, including a new cancer imaging machine for The University of Kansas Cancer Center, funding to protect Merriam homes and businesses from flooding with the Upper Turkey Creek project.
Out of hundreds of bipartisan submissions, eight Davids-requested projects were passed into law Thursday night as part of the broader government funding bill.