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Representative Sharice Davids with participants from today’s roundtable conversation.
June 17, 2024

This past weekend, Representative Sharice Davids appeared on MSNBC’s “Velshi” to discuss the Supreme Court’s recent decision to preserve access to Mifepristone, a safe and effective form of medication abortion. She also expressed concern over Kansas Attorney General Kris Kobach’s continued legal attack on the medication, which was approved decades ago and is used in more than 60 countries to safely end a pregnancy.

 

Issues:Health Care

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Davids speaks on the House floor about the importance of supporting Native entrepreneurs
June 13, 2024

Washington, D.C. — Today, Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) and Tom Cole (R-OK-04), Co-Chairs of the Congressional Native American Caucus, released the following statements after the U.S. House Committee on Education & the Workforce advanced their bipartisan bill, the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act of 2024, through markup:


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Seal of the United States House of Representatives
June 13, 2024

Today, Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement after the U.S. Supreme Court announced its decision in U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) v. Alliance for Hippocratic Medicine. Mifepristone, which was originally approved for use more than 20 years ago, is a safe and effective medication used in over half of all abortions in the United States.

 

Issues:Health Care

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Congressional Sustainable Aviation Caucus logo.
June 10, 2024

Today, Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) and Dusty Johnson (R-SD-AL) announced the creation of the Congressional Sustainable Aviation Caucus (CSAC). Co-chaired by Davids and Johnson, the caucus will work to reduce the aviation industry’s environmental impact and maximize its financial sustainability. By accessing federal policy, holding forums, and bringing together public and private partners, the caucus will play a key role in the integration of new technologies into the nation’s aviation network.


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Rep. Sharice Davids hosting a conversation about the 2026 World Cup.
June 7, 2024

KANSAS CITY, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted her first World Cup Community Conversation, bringing together dozens of local, state, regional, and federal government officials, trade professionals, and business experts. Today's conversation focused on transportation needs, and Davids will convene stakeholders for future discussions addressing small business needs, public safety, and more.


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Representative Sharice Davids speaks with aviation staff at the FAA’s Central Region Headquarters.
June 6, 2024

KANSAS CITY, MO - Today, Representatives Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) visited the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Central Region Headquarters to speak with FAA leadership and jointly address local aviation workers.


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Rep. Davids with a Kansas family.
June 6, 2024

Today, Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03), along with Representative Marcus Molinaro (R-NY-19), introduced the bipartisan Affordable Childcare Act to help hardworking families access quality and affordable childcare. The bill doubles three different tax credits, putting money directly in parents’ pockets.


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Rep. Davids at Haskell University
June 3, 2024

Yesterday, on the 100-year anniversary of the Indian Citizenship Act, Representative Sharice Davids penned a guest column for ICT News, highlighting the strides our country has made in the last 100 years towards tribal sovereignty. She also advocated for greater federal support for Native communities.


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Rep. Davids with local police officers in Gardner, Kansas.
May 31, 2024

Today, Representatives Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) announced the Midwest High Intensity Drug Trafficking Areas (HIDTA) Program will receive $15.9 million to help seize illicit drugs like fentanyl, reduce violent crime associ


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Rep. Sharice Davids with the students who received appointments to a U.S. Service Academy.
May 30, 2024

Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that 13 students from the Kansas Third District have successfully received their appointments to a U.S. Service Academy. In a send-off event in Overland Park yesterday, Davids presented each student with a certificate acknowledging their incredible achievement, andRyan Rast, a Davids-nominated student and recent graduate of West Point, shared his advice as these students take the next step in their service.

 


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May 29, 2026

.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.


May 27, 2026

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.

 


May 23, 2026

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.

 


May 22, 2026

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.

 


May 22, 2026

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.

 

Issues: Health Care

May 22, 2026

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.

 


May 22, 2026

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.

 


May 10, 2026

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.

 

What’s Being Built - and Why It Matters


May 4, 2026

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.

 

Issues: Health Care

April 28, 2026

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.