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MISSION, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids brought together local leaders and transportation organizations for a roundtable discussion on the upcoming 2026 surface transportation reauthorization bill. The event is part of Davids’ ongoing efforts to ensure that Kansans have a strong voice in shaping national infrastructure policy.
Today, following the conclusion of last week’s National Transportation Safety Board's (NTSB) three-day investigative hearing into the tragic January midair collision between Flight 5342 from ICT to DCA with a military helicopter, Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement:
SHAWNEE, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids completed a supply chain tour across Kansas’ Third District to highlight how supporting local farms and food businesses helps lower grocery prices for Kansas families. From farm visits to kitchen incubators to local grocery stores, Davids met with producers and entrepreneurs working to strengthen our local food system.
KANSAS CITY, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited the University of Kansas Medical Center to speak directly with doctors, researchers, and public health advocates about the urgent need to protect medical research funding.
KANSAS CITY, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited El Centro’s Head Start program in Kansas City, KS to meet with students, educators, and staff. During her visit, Davids read to children and spoke with faculty about the importance of affordable, reliable early childhood education — especially for working parents.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids urged the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) Chief Tom Schultz and Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russell Vought to immediately release critical federal investments owed to the Kansas Forest Service (KFS).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), a member of the Ho Chunk Nation of Wisconsin, alongside Rep. Dan Newhouse (R-WA), introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Parity for Tribal Law Enforcement Act. The bill would help improve hiring and retention for tribal law enforcement officers in Central Washington and across the United States.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03), alongside Representative Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA-01), introduced the ABLE Employment Flexibility Act, a bill designed to help workers with disabilities build financial security without risking essential federal benefits.
WASHINGTON, D.C. —Today, Aviation Chairman Troy E. Nehls (R-TX-22) and Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) released the statement below following the second meeting of the bipartisan Air Traffic Control (ATC)/National Airspace System (NAS) Modernization Working Group listening session, which is designed to foster open dialogue with a broad range of aviation industry stakeholders:
WASHINGTON, D.C. --- Today, U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) and U.S. Representative Brian Jack (R-GA-03) introduced the Muhammad Ali American Boxing Revival Act (H.R.
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.Missouri’s Sam Graves and Kansas’ Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann back a new law to use data to stop accidents before they happen.Getty Images
For decades, Congress has treated roadway safety the way too many drivers treat a warning light on the dashboard: Ignore it until something breaks. Federal transportation policy has largely followed suit, funding response over prevention and leaving agencies to document tragedies rather than avert them.
Representative Sharice Davids announced she secured a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to support construction of a new air traffic control tower at New Century AirCenter.
U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS) says the National Weather Service has failed to respond to her demands for answers about missed weather balloon launches.
She adds that seven more tornadoes touched down across the state this week, and critical atmospheric data collection disruptions continue.
Across Ottawa, Kansas, pieces of the April 13 tornado remain. Buildings like the Knights Inn on Main Street are still in shambles, and those who lived through it are still recovering.
A month later, federal officials are questioning whether there should have been more warning for the Ottawa tornado and the others that have ripped through Kansas during this storm season.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids introduced a bipartisan bill designed to help rural hospitals remain open and improve health care services. The Rural Hospital Revitalization Act would offer interest-free loans through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Facilities Program. Hospitals could use the loans, available for up to 10 years, to build new facilities or update older buildings.
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids expressed frustration Friday with the National Weather Service’s failure in the last month to launch three-fourths of the balloons typically sent aloft in Kansas to assess atmospheric conditions and assist with weather forecasting.
TOPEKA — A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House this week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.”
U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Oregon and West Virginia co-sponsored the Rural Hospital Revitalization Act.
U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS) joined officials to mark a $50 million aviation manufacturing expansion in Olathe.
Davids says the visit was part of her “Sharice’s Shift” series. Indra Group USA unveiled a new 118,000-square-foot facility at the Great Plains Commerce Center.
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U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas urged the public to contact lawmakers to express opposition to a federal appeals court’s order undercutting a U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation broadening access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), a tribal citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation and one of the first Native women elected to Congress, is introducing new legislation titled the Truth in National Parks Act to ensure National Park Service (NPS) sites preserve historically and culturally accurate information while setting clear limits on the removal or alteration of materials that reflect that history.