Davids Joins Small Business Committee for the 118th Congress

Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that she has been named to serve on the House Small Business Committee in the 118^th Congress. She will also serve on the Transportation & Infrastructure and House Agriculture Committees, as she announced last week. Davids' role on these committees represents a voice for the state on three major drivers of Kansas' economy, particularly in the newly-redrawn Kansas Third district.

Davids has been a proud partner to entrepreneurs and small business owners in the Kansas Third, regularly holding "Main Street Strolls" to highlight the local business community and bring attention to the issues they face. She has also welcomed Small Business Administrator Isabella Casillas Guzman to the Kansas Third twice over the last Congress.

"Small businesses are the heart of our communities, and we have an especially vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem in the Kansas Third. I look forward to continuing to work across the aisle to give small business owners the tools they need to thrive," said Davids. "Along with my roles on the Transportation & Infrastructure and Agriculture committees, my goal is to support Kansas' economy and bring our community's successes and concerns to Washington."

The Small Business Committee, which Davids has served on since 2019, oversees the Small Business Administration, examines the effectiveness of its programs, and assesses the impact of economic trends on small businesses. During her tenure on the committee, Davids created major disaster response programs that kept thousands of businesses afloat in the pandemic, passed bipartisan legislation tackling abuse of those programs, introduced and advanced bipartisan bills supporting women- and veteran-owned businesses, and last Congress she chaired the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access.

Along with her position on the House Agriculture and Transportation & Infrastructure Committees, Davids will have a hand in major legislation this session. The Agriculture Committee will consider the Farm Bill, which determines federal agriculture and nutrition policy impacting Kansas families both urban and rural. The Transportation & Infrastructure Committee plans to take up the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization, which will address changing airspace demands and technologies, including the FAA system failure that recently came under scrutiny by Davids and her colleagues.