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KANSAS CITY, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted a conversation with Wyandotte County law enforcement officers, public health experts, and city officials to discuss the impact of her federal funding to improve individuals’ mental health and support law enforcement.
Yesterday, during the U.S. House Agriculture Committee's mark-up of a Republican-drafted Farm Bill reauthorization, Representative Sharice Davids commended several initiatives aimed at strengthening Kansas' agricultural economy, but voted against the bill as it pits farmers against families and has no realistic pathway to becoming law.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids reiterated her commitment to passing a Farm Bill that is bipartisan and has a realistic chance of becoming law. The Farm Bill, which includes provisions expiring on September 30, is a package of legislation reauthorized about every five years that includes several critically important agriculture, conservation, nutrition, and trade programs. Davids is a member of the U.S.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids voted for a bipartisan, bicameral compromise to improve customer protections and accessibility while flying, increase America’s aviation safety standards, and strengthen domestic aviation workforce and manufacturing.
Recently, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced Kansas would receive $28.65 million from the bipartisan infrastructure law to help identify and replace lead service lines, preventing exposure to lead in drinking water.
This weekend, Representative Sharice Davids hosted a reception honoring the student applicants who participated in her 2024 Congressional Art Competition. This year, Davids’ office received a record-breaking 35 student submissions, doubling the number from previous years.
At the event, Davids announced the winners:
Today,Representative Sharice Davids and other Kansans urged bipartisan congressional action on a final Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) reauthorization that improves customer protections while flying, increases America’s aviation safety standards, and strengthens domestic aviation workforce and manufacturing.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) has awarded $1.3 million to Health Partnership Clinic to help expand access to health care in the Greater Kansas City Area.
Last night, Representative Sharice Davids urged the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to consider expanding a water conservation program to include Kansas’ High Plains Aquifer (HPA).
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced her office has been selected to host a Green & Gold Congressional Aide for a two-year position based in her Overland Park district office. The opportunity is open to veterans, Gold Star families, and active-duty spouses who meet certain eligibility requirements.
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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.