Press Releases
KANSAS CITY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids toured Workforce Partnership and sat down with their Executive Director to learn about the services they provide for both job seekers and employers in the Greater Kansas City Area. With career centers in Johnson, Leavenworth, and Wyandotte Counties, Workforce Partnership offers professional expertise and funding resources to employers and eligible job seekers. Davids currently serves as the Chair of the Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids toured Cherub Medical Supplies, a Shawnee-based supplier of pediatric medical devices that is grappling with long delays due to the current shortage of critical materials like semiconductors. Davids joined Cherub and another local company, Lenexa-based Reliable Medical Supplies, to urge passage of legislation that would reduce our reliance on foreign-made materials and deliver these lifesaving devices to Kansans in need.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) and Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY) introduced the Women's Business Centers Improvement Act, which would increase access to resources and opportunities for female entrepreneurs in Kansas and across the country. Davids and Tenney are reintroducing this bill after it passed last Congress with unanimous bipartisan support.
Representative Sharice Davids joined nearly a dozen of her colleagues to urge the Department of the Army to prioritize funding for flood mitigation and prevention projects along the lower Missouri River. The bipartisan, bicameral letter comes as the Department is beginning to allocate funding from the new bipartisan infrastructure law for projects in fiscal year 2022.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that Kansas will receive $225 million over five years from the bipartisan infrastructure law to repair and modernize bridges, creating good-paying jobs for Kansans across the state.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that Kansas has received a record $72.1 million to help families afford energy costs this winter—more than double the state's typical annual investment. Davids is the only member of the Kansas delegation to vote for the American Rescue Plan, which delivered this increase in energy cost assistance to Kansans across the state.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined a Kansan impacted by unexpected medical bills and other health advocates to applaud newly-enacted consumer protections against surprise medical billing practices. Created by a 2020 law known as the "No Surprises Act," which also included Davids' original legislation to promote insurer transparency so that patients don't unintentionally receive out-of-network care, these protections took effect on January 1, 2022.
Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement reflecting on the one-year anniversary of the January 6th insurrection:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids shared how she and her team worked throughout 2021 to make government work for all Kansans. Through townhalls, live conversations, casework, constituent communications, and signature legislative achievements, Davids highlighted how she worked to serve the Kansas Third District all year long.