Press Releases
Representative Sharice Davids applauded the U.S. Department of Transportation's announcement that Kansas will receive $500,636,086 from the bipartisan infrastructure law to create good-paying jobs for Kansans improving roads and bridges across the state. This is the first round of funding under the five years of federal investment in Kansas highways authorized by this new law.
As Kansas prepares to receive major federal investments in infrastructure, Representative Sharice Davids joined Overland Park-based broadband technology company WANRack to highlight the impact of the bipartisan infrastructure law on high-speed internet access in the Third District. Davids is the only member of the Kansas delegation to vote for these federal funds to address the state's infrastructure needs, including broadband.
This week, Representative Sharice Davids continued pushing for action on supply chains, voting to pass legislation to strengthen the overseas supply chain and bolster exports from American businesses.
Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids joined President Joe Biden in Kansas City to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law, which will bring $3.8 billion to Kansas for long-overdue infrastructure projects and create 2 million jobs per year for the next decade. Davids serves as Vice Chair of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and met with the President and senior White House officials multiple times during the bill's drafting before voting to pass it into law in November.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined President Joe Biden in Kansas City to tout the bipartisan infrastructure law, which will bring $3.8 billion to Kansas for long-overdue infrastructure projects and create 2 million jobs per year for the next decade.
Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement on the passing of former Senator Bob Dole:
"I'm very sorry to hear of the passing of Bob Dole, a dedicated public servant from Russell, Kansas to the ranks of the Army and all the way to the halls of Capitol Hill. He was a true statesman and honorable man.
Representative Sharice Davids applauded the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) announcement that Kansas will receive $79,430,000 from the bipartisan infrastructure law to address drinking water and wastewater systems. This 2022 allocation is the first of five years of dedicated State Revolving Fund water funding that Kansas will receive through the Davids-backed bipartisan infrastructure law.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids, a member of the House Small Business Committee, announced that the SBA Kansas City District Office has reached $124,580,140 in funding to small businesses in the Kansas Third District through 186 traditional loans for fiscal year 2021. As a direct result of these SBA guaranteed 7(a) and 504 small business loans, 10,662 jobs were created or saved in Kansas and Missouri in FY 2021.
Representative Sharice Davids, a member of the Joint Economic Committee (JEC), shared new JEC data today estimating that in the Kansas Third District, 91,000 Child Tax Credit monthly tax cuts were delivered to families' bank accounts the week before Thanksgiving—a total of $37.9 million covering 148,000 children.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that over $1.2 million in pandemic relief aid has been granted to airports and transportation businesses in the Third District of Kansas. Through the American Rescue Plan and the Coronavirus Economic Relief for Transportation Services (CERTS) program, both of which Davids voted to support, four local businesses will be receiving flexible economic relief funds to keep their doors open and keep travelers safe.