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KANSAS CITY, KS — Today, Representative Sharice Davids continued her Farm Bill listening tour in Wyandotte County, visiting the KC Farm School at Gibbs Road and meeting with community leaders to discuss nutrition and food assistance programs. The tour will continue at farms, ranches, and businesses across the Third District as Davids prepares to consider the 2023 Farm Bill through her position on the House Agriculture Committee.
DE SOTO, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids worked a "Sharice's Shift" with Clarkson Construction Company to highlight the impact and implementation of the bipartisan infrastructure law. Davids shadowed workers at the K-10 Lexington Avenue exit, which will be the main roadway for Kansans traveling to the planned Panasonic Energy manufacturing facility.
OLATHE, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids continued her Farm Bill listening tour in Johnson County, touring a family-run vegetable farm and meeting with local agribusiness leaders. Her tour will continue at farms, ranches, and businesses across the Third District as Davids prepares to consider the 2023 Farm Bill through her position on the House Agriculture Committee. This package of legislation is typically renewed every five years and determines federal agriculture and nutrition policy impacting Kansas families both urban and rural.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) has awarded $6,971,895 for affordable housing, community development, and homeless assistance efforts in Kansas' Third District. Past HUD funding from similar grants has been used to address projects focused on infrastructure, public facilities, community centers, housing rehabilitation, homeowner and rental assistance, and more.
GARDNER, KS - Today, Representative Sharice Davids toured the Gardner Wastewater Infrastructure Project to celebrate passage of her funding request to upgrade essential water infrastructure to support residential and commercial development. While Gardner has the highest projected population growth rate in Johnson County through 2030, its current wastewater system operates at near 90% capacity.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute, Inc. will receive $2.48 million from the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to improve youth mental health through expanded primary care clinician training.
DE SOTO, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids welcomed U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg to De Soto to view the planned Panasonic Energy manufacturing plant site and discuss the impact of transformational legislation like the bipartisan infrastructure law and CHIPS and Science Act in the state.
In January, a new policy capping the cost of insulin at $35 per month started to take effect for folks on Medicare—including Kansans like Julie Cogley, an Overland Park retiree who previously paid as much as $700 a month for her insulin.
BUCYRUS, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids continued her Farm Bill listening tour in Miami County, visiting two farms and meeting with local producers and agriculture community leaders. Her tour will continue at farms, ranches, and businesses across the Third District as Davids prepares to consider the 2023 Farm Bill through her position on the House Agriculture Committee. This package of legislation is typically renewed every five years and determines federal agriculture and nutrition policy impacting Kansas families both urban and rural.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined Governor Laura Kelly, Federal Highway Administrator Shailen Bhatt, Acting Secretary of the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) Calvin Reed, and other local leaders to break ground on the US 69 modernization project. US 69 is the most congested and most dangerous four-lane road in the state, and the new project—funded in part by the bipartisan infrastructure law—will add two new lanes from 103rd to 151st Streets and complete a new interchange at 167th Street.
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Kansas lawmakers marked the one-year anniversary of the deadly midair collision involving American Airlines Flight 5342 by honoring the 67 people killed and renewing calls for stronger aviation safety reforms.
Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids visited Emerson Elementary School in Kansas City, Kansas after she introduced the Afterschool ACCESS Act to make afterschool care more accessible for working parents.
“We’ve been in this childcare deficit for a long time,” she said.
“We got to we’ve really got to start thinking outside the box to try to solve these issues.”
Kansas Congresswoman Sharice Davids has introduced legislation aimed at expanding afterschool programs — but the people who run those programs say it won’t address their biggest challenge.
A Kansas City-area U.S. representative secured about $9 million in federal infrastructure funds in Congress’ latest budget to finance projects in Wyandotte, Johnson and Miami counties, according to a news release sent last week.
The projects, championed by U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids, are designed to improve road, water and aviation infrastructure in Kansas’ Third District.
The House of Representatives passed $100 million on Thursday to help transit agencies cover costs in the 2026 World Cup host cities.
Kansas Rep. Sharice Davids made the announcement. She is also the founder and co-chair of the bipartisan Congressional FIFA World Cup 2026 Caucus.
Originally, they were told it would be an extra seven days than expected. Their flight, along with hundreds of others, were cancelled due to the FAA shutting down airspace over the Caribbean.
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Some wouldn’t be too upset about extra days in paradise, but the Bernards were ready to get home and back to work, especially with some medication running low.
This month, President Donald Trump called affordability a “hoax,” a “con job” and a “scam.” Meanwhile, Kansas families are struggling to keep up with skyrocketing costs, especially during the holidays.
In Washington, too many decision-makers simply don’t feel these price increases themselves. When you’re wealthy and insulated, affordability becomes just another message in a polished campaign ad — not a reality you have to live with.
Lawmakers from both parties and businesses spanning the airline and farming industries want sustainable aviation fuel to take off.
A bill introduced by Republican and Democratic lawmakers this week would strengthen a credit for SAF producers that was recently pruned, while also aiming to create thousands of jobs in agriculture and other areas.
U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01), Mike Flood (NE-01), Sharice Davids (KS-03), and Troy Carter (LA-02) introduced the Securing America’s Fuels (SAF) Act, bipartisan legislation that strengthens the sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) industry, creates economic opportunities for farmers, and reduces emissions in the transportation sector.