Press Releases
KANSAS CITY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted Majority Whip Jim Clyburn (SC-06) in the Kansas Third District to tour a local health clinic and discuss their efforts to close the Medicaid coverage gap in their states. Kansas and South Carolina remain two of only 12 states where the state legislatures have repeatedly blocked Medicaid expansion despite federal incentives that would make it essentially free to do so.
In keeping with her commitment to lower costs for Kansas families and businesses, today, Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass the Inflation Reduction Act, comprehensive legislation that will lower health care and energy costs and reduce the national debt by more than $300 billion.
OLATHE, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids met with city, state, and regional leaders to discuss how the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law, the largest investment in clean drinking water in American history, can help replace lead pipes across the Kansas Third. Lead exposure can cause severe illness, primarily in babies and infants, and there are an estimated 160,000 lead water lines are in Kansas – the third-highest per capita nationwide.
Today, on the one-year anniversary of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law passing the Senate, Representative Sharice Davids released a fact sheet highlighting how the landmark legislation is delivering solutions for Kansas' most pressing infrastructure needs.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted a roundtable discussion with local technology and manufacturing leaders to discuss how new semiconductor manufacturing investments will benefit the Kansas Third, including by bringing jobs to the area, lowering costs for consumers, and supporting workforce development.
Last week, KMBC 9 News reported on Representative Sharice Davids' work to help constituents navigate the federal government, particularly her team's efforts to assist with passport retrieval issues. In 2022 alone, Davids' office has opened over 90 cases for constituents having issues securing a new or renewed passport before their international travel.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids toured the Cedar Lake Dam in Olathe, which is currently designated as a high hazard dam by the Kansas Division of Water Resources. Davids' funding request to design and build a new dam and spillway at Cedar Lake is one of 15 local projects that have been approved by the U.S.
Tonight, the Senate passed the Honoring our PACT Act, bipartisan legislation that expands Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) health care eligibility to 3.5 million veterans exposed to toxins and airborne hazards while deployed. Last month, Representative Sharice Davids, whose mother served in the army for 20 years, voted to pass this bill, which authorizes $40,027,000 to expand outpatient services at the Kansas City, Missouri VA.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs Jenny Lester Moffitt in Kansas' Third District to highlight lowering costs for processing, packaging, and consumer purchasing of locally sourced meats. Davids serves on the U.S. House Agriculture Committee which oversees USDA and its Meat and Poultry Supply Chain initiative.