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July 28, 2025

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).


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Rep. Davids with members of tribe
July 24, 2025

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.  

 


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Rachel Mast
July 24, 2025

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.

 


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July 23, 2025

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: 

 


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July 23, 2025

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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July 17, 2025

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, the 988 LGBTQ+ crisis support line is being shut down as previously ordered by the Trump Administration. In response, a bipartisan group of federal lawmakers and national mental health advocates spoke out against the harmful decision and called for its immediate reversal.


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Rep. Davids with a Kansas family.
July 16, 2025

This week, U.S. Representative Sharice Davids joined Members of Congress from both chambers in reintroducing the Child Care for Working Families Act, comprehensive legislation to make high-quality child care more affordable and accessible for families across the country. It supports pre-K programs, strengthens wages for child care workers, and invests in Head Start.

 


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Rep. Davids with members of tribe
July 14, 2025

Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Gwen Moore (WI-04) led their colleagues in calling for the Department of Justice (DOJ) to restore the Not Invisible Act Commission Report to their website. This report included critical information on the Missing and Murdered Indigenous Person (MMIP) crisis but was abruptly removed due to an executive order, erasing years of needed research.

 


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July 14, 2025

DE SOTO, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined local leaders, business executives, and community members to celebrate the official grand opening of the Panasonic EV battery manufacturing facility in De Soto.


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Rep. Sharice Davids with representatives from U.S. transit agencies.
July 11, 2025

Following a months-long bipartisan push to secure federal funding to strengthen security services at host cities during the 2026 World Cup, U.S. Representatives Sharice Davids (KS-03)  and Emanuel Cleaver, II (MO-05) announced today that Congress has passed $625 million to support safety and security efforts during the event. 

 


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September 17, 2026

Kansas families could soon have more information about savings and investment options for their children under bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Reps. Derek Schmidt, and Sharice Davids.

 

The Born to Invest Act would create a nationwide framework based on a program recently established in Kansas. The goal is to help parents and guardians learn about tax-advantaged accounts that can be used to save for children’s futures.


September 16, 2026

Representatives Sharice Davids and Gabe Evans announced the introduction of bipartisan legislation aimed at making it easier for families to apply for Social Security survivor benefits. The Survivor Benefits Application Modernization Act would require the Social Security Administration to create an online system for scheduling appointments and applying for survivor benefits.

 


September 9, 2026

Rep. Sharice Davids announced an $8.3 million federal award for the Kansas State Department of Education through the U.S. Department of Education’s Teacher and School Leader Incentive Program.

 

The funding includes about $2.9 million in base funding and $5.5 million in additional funding for fiscal year 2026.

 

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June 25, 2026

After Congress passed the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act" this week, President Donald Trump said he wouldn't sign it into law unless lawmakers also passed an unrelated bill focused on voting restrictions. Johnson County Rep. Sharice Davids joined KCUR's Up To Date to share her reactions and to discuss what could come next.

In a rare bipartisan feat, Republicans and Democrats in Congress overwhelmingly passed the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act" earlier this week.


June 24, 2026

The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would permanently establish the Small Business Administration's Office of Native American Affairs, a move supporters say would strengthen federal support for Native entrepreneurs and tribal economic development.


June 18, 2026

U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids held a roundtable in Shawnee with local officials and stakeholders about bison herd restoration as part of her America 250 week here in town.

She said the discussion helped her appreciate the importance of both preserving the American bison and increasing the large mammal’s population.


June 17, 2026

Last spring, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency employed slash-and-burn tactics to bring federal agencies to heel, local farm service centers in Kansas were hit especially hard.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture lost some 24,000 employees from September 2024 to December 2025, federal data shows. In Kansas, more than 500 workers were terminated or took buyouts — a 32% scale-back that constituted the region’s largest USDA staffing reduction.


June 4, 2026

Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids says she’s hearing from Kansas residents who are struggling to make ends meet. In an interview with KCUR's Up To Date, Davids said President Trump went to war in Iran "without a clear strategy," and it's adding to the high cost of living.

Keeping Iran from having a nuclear weapon is a top priority for Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids. But the congresswoman from Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District disagrees with how the Trump administration is trying to eliminate that threat.


June 3, 2026

A Kansas healthcare leader and a U.S. Representative are questioning why funding needed to continue essential scientific research isn’t being paid out.

“More than halfway through fiscal 2026, the National Institutes of Health has allocated only 33% of the $26 billion it normally awards to universities,” wrote University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod with Ron Daniels, Johns Hopkins University president, in a Wall Street Journal column in May.


June 2, 2026

There are 13 Johnson County students headed to U.S. service academies this summer.

On Friday, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids celebrated the 13 students and their families with a send-off event on Friday at Corporate Woods Founders Park.

For Vance Provost, a 2025 Olathe North alumnus, his appointment to West Point and the May 29 send-off is the culmination of three years of work.