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Ten moderate Democratic freshmen are sending a letter Wednesday to House committee chairs asking that their panels better adhere to the chamber's rule for offsetting legislation that would add to the deficit.

Back in the majority for the first time in eight years, Democrats kicked off the 116th Congress by reinstating a pay-as-you-go, or PAYGO, provision in House rules. Under the provision, legislation that would increase the deficit must be offset by spending cuts or revenue increases.

Access to quality, affordable healthcare, investment in infrastructure statewide and accessibility of her district offices were among the key topics Rep. Sharice Davids discussed in remarks Tuesday as the featured speaker at Washington Update, a business luncheon presented by the Overland Park Chamber of Commerce.

Davids broached these subjects as business issues faced by business owners across the Kansas Third Congressional District.

Segment 1: Davids discusses gun violence, antisemetism and hate, and "Sharice's Shifts"

The August break that federal legislators get is often called a recess, but Rep. Sharice Davids' schedule suggests it's anything but. While back in her home district, Davids shares the concerns she's been hearing from her constituents, and the issues she's focused on for the next session.

There is new evidence about rising drug costs in the Kansas City metro area.

A Congressional report found that Medicare clients in Johnson and Wyandotte counties in Kansas paid $16 million for their insulin in 2016.

And it's probably more than that now.

Jessica Brown's 11-year-old son has been on insulin for most of his life.

"It has gone steadily up," Brown said. "It wasn't one year to the next that it was so much higher that it was alarm bells. But every year I think, 'This is not how much it was last year.' Let me go back and look."

A weekend of violence in Kansas City and mass shootings across the country left Congressman Emanuel Cleaver II with heartache he's felt many times before, he said at an event in Midtown Wednesday night.

"And painfully, I know that it's going to happen again," Cleaver said, "and it will continue until there is a revolution in the way we do politics in our country."

Following shootings in El Paso and Dayton this weekend that killed 29 and left dozens more injured, first-term Rep. Sharice Davids issued a call for the U.S. Senate to reconvene to take up gun safety legislation.

It was hot, the room was crowded with cameras and a long line of people waited with requests for Rep. Sharice Davids, the Kansas Democrat, who was busy working, head down.

It may sound like Washington, but no.

On Tuesday, Davids was plating food in the kitchen of Jones Bar-B-Q, the now-famous Kansas City, Kansas, hole-in-the-wall made-over by the "Queer Eye" guys. At one point, Davids called out that she needed more baked beans.

Rep. Davids advocates for Kansas City-area infrastructure needs, brings House Transportation and Infrastructure Leadership to Kansas Third District. Rep. Sharice Davids advocated for Kansas City-area infrastructure needs during a Third District visit from Transportation & Infrastructure Committee Chair Rep. Peter DeFazio (OR-04) and Aviation Subcommittee Chair Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) last weekend. Davids is also a member of the Committee and Vice Chair of the Aviation Subcommittee.