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OLATHE, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited Mid-State Aerospace in Olathe, a small Kansas manufacturer whose components helped make NASA’s Artemis II mission possible — the first crewed flight to travel around the Moon in more than 50 years.
During the visit, Davids highlighted her successful efforts earlier this year to push the Trump Administration to reverse funding cuts to a manufacturing program that provides critical technical assistance to Kansas manufacturers.
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) led over 100 of her House colleagues in urging the Trump Administration to protect safe drinking water standards and address PFAS contamination that poses risks to the physical health and environmental health of communities across America. In a new letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Congresswoman Davids and 112 of her colleagues in the House pressed the administration to reconsider eliminating the 2024 National Drinking Water Standards for four PFAS forever chemicals.
As the nation prepares to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the signing of the Declaration of Independence, Representative Sharice Davids is inviting Kansans in the Third District to share what America means to them through a short video submission as part of her America 250 initiative.
Kansans of all ages can submit their videos HERE.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced a $7.1 million federal grant to help more Kansas youth and young adults with intellectual disabilities — particularly in underserved communities — access job training, build career skills, and connect with employment opportunities in high-growth industries.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03), along with Representatives Jim Costa (CA-21) and Gabe Vasquez (NM-02), led 21 New Democrat Coalition members in demanding answers from Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins about the U.S.
Today, Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) and Randy Feenstra (R-IA-04) introduced bipartisan legislation that would ensure the federal government does not make decisions about the nutrition assistance programs Tribes rely on without their input. These unilateral decisions, opposed by Tribal leaders, previously left grocery shelves empty in tribal communities across the country.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids once again voted to pass the bipartisan 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, major legislation aimed at lowering housing costs, expanding affordable housing supply, and strengthening renter protections. Following years of work led in part by Davids, the bill passed both the House and Senate with strong bipartisan support and now heads to President Trump’s desk.
Today, the U.S. House unanimously passed Representative Sharice Davids’ (D-KS-03) bipartisan Native American Entrepreneurial Opportunity Act, legislation to strengthen the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Office of Native American Affairs (ONAA) and expand support for Native entrepreneurs.
OSAWATOMIE, KS — Today, as part of her America 250 Week, Representative Sharice Davids visited John Brown Park in Osawatomie to highlight federal funding she secured to refurbish the site and her ongoing efforts to strengthen Kansas’ history amid cuts from the current administration.
PAOLA, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited We B Smokin', a restaurant in Paola, where owners recently raised menu prices after sharp increases in the cost of beef and other food products. During the visit, Davids heard directly from the small business owners about the challenges rising costs are creating for restaurants and consumers alike.
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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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.