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After the U.S. House passed a landmark LGBTQ rights bill last week, Rep. Sharice Davids turned to fellow Democratic Rep. Deb Haaland and asked her to pass along a message to her daughter.
The New Mexico Democrat's daughter is LGBTQ.
Davids, the first LGBTQ person to represent Kansas, wanted Haaland's daughter to know how proud she was that the pair had been able to vote for the Equality Act, which will amend the Civil Rights Act to prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity.
The entire Kansas congressional delegation and a bipartisan contingent of Missouri lawmakers threw political weight behind a proposal to relocate to the Kansas City area units of the U.S. Department of Agriculture with more than 300 employees each.
The push coincided with site visits this week by USDA to the three shortlist locations, including Indiana and North Carolina, leading to possible selection at the end of May by Secretary Sonny Perdue of new headquarters for the Economic Research Service and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture now located in Washington, D.C.
Last November, we were elected to Congress as part of a freshman class full of "firsts."
One of us was one of the first Native American women elected to Congress. The other, one of the youngest women ever elected to Congress.
We're also both first-generation college students. And we're still paying off our student loans.
While it's not an uncommon experience for many Americans, it has been uncommon for members of Congress.
What difference does it make to have Native Americans in the Congress? The debate last week about the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Acrt provided a textbook answer.
A Kansas congresswoman has been appointed to a leadership position on the House Transportation Committee.
On Thursday, Chair of the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure Peter DeFazio (D-OR) announced Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS) will serve as Vice Chair of the Subcommittee on Aviation in the 116th Congress, according to a media release.
The Subcommittee on Aviation has jurisdiction over all aspects of civil aviation, including safety, infrastructure, labor, and international issues.
Despite the unseasonably chilly April day, the atmosphere at the Quindaro overlook was warm and cheerful Tuesday afternoon.
Federal lawmakers joined local officials and residents in Kansas City, Kan. to celebrate designation of the ruins as a National Commemorative Site. Over 100 people gathered on a bluff overlooking the Missouri River, which slaves once crossed on their journey to free land.
This mid-April, the freshman class of political office-holders celebrated its first 100 days in office. Among them is Sharice Davids, Ho-Chunk, an attorney and former professional mixed martial artist, who now serves as the U.S. Representative for Kansas' 3rd congressional district.
In her first 100 days, Davids has demonstrated her position on the issues as an advocate for the Affordable Care Act, fair and legal voting practices, political accountability and small business success. These points are accentuated on her congressional website:
When Rep. Sharice Davids arrived in Washington, Rep. Emanuel Cleaver was eager to mentor his fellow Democrat, whose district sits on the other side of the state line.
Realizing that Congress can be an intimidating environment, the eight-term Missouri Democrat told the Kansas newcomer to come to him if anyone gave her trouble.
"One day I said, ‘Look, if anybody bothers you or if anybody gives you any problem, you come get me,''" Cleaver recalled.
The House on Thursday rebuffed a furious lobbying campaign by the National Rifle Association and approved a revamped Violence Against Women Act that would expand law enforcement's ability to restrict gun purchases by convicted domestic abusers.
The legislation passed easily, 263 to 158, but the divided vote came on what was once a broadly bipartisan measure first passed in 1994. In recent years, partisan rancor over efforts to expand the protections of the legislation have clouded efforts to renew it, and this year, the divide was over gun control.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, D-3rd Dist., today presided over the House floor as members voted on the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2019.
The legislation would reauthorize the Violence Against Women Act, and included some changes that would increase protection and services for victims of violence and abuse.
Rep. Davids has cosponsored multiple amendments to the bill that address violence against Native American women and girls.