Press Releases
Today, Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) announced that, following her advocacy, the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) will temporarily restore funding to the Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) program — including Kansas Manufacturing Solutions (KMS), which supports small and mid-sized manufacturers across the state.
LENEXA, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited SOR Controls, a Lenexa-based manufacturer and client of Kansas Manufacturing Solutions (KMS), to meet with workers and discuss the need to protect good-paying jobs and support local manufacturers.
In case you missed it, the Kansas City Star reported on Representative Sharice Davids’ new legislation to reverse devastating cuts made by the Trump administration to Kansas Manufacturing Solutions (KMS), a nonprofit that supports hundreds of Kansas manufacturers, including more than 500 in Kansas’ Third District alone.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) introduced the Defend American Manufacturing Act, legislation to protect a key program that supports local manufacturing companies across the country.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement in response to President Trump’s latest round of tariffs, which went into effect early this morning. Experts warn the tariffs could raise costs for American families by $4,000 to $8,000 per year and further damage an already fragile economy.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) joined Representative Judy Chu (CA-28) and Dina Titus (NV-01) and Senators Tina Smith (MN), Patty Murray (WA), and Elizabeth Warren (MA) in introducing the Expanding Access to Family Planning Act, legislation that would safeguard and increase funding for Title X — the nation’s only federal program dedicated to providing comprehensive family planning and preventive health services.
Recently, Representative Sharice Davids urged U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer to amend a new shipping policy that would hurt Kansas businesses, farmers, and U.S. national security.
This week, Representative Sharice Davids urged the U.S. Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum and U.S. Secretary of Education Linda McMahon to listen to widespread Tribal opposition to their proposed school voucher program and fully fund Tribal education and BIE programs. Representatives Melanie Stansbury (NM-01) and Teresa Leger Fernández (NM-03) also led the effort.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement in response to President Trump’s newly enacted tariffs, which impact a range of industries and foreign markets:
Today, in a Kansas City Star essay, a health care policy expert and Prairie Village mother shines a light on the dangerous cuts to Medicaid, known as KanCare in Kansas, being pushed by President Donald Trump and Republicans in Congress — and the work Representative Sharice Davids is doing to stop them.