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Representative Sharice Davids joined a bipartisan group of Members on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee in seeking answers from Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) about last week's meltdown of a key aviation safety notification system.
Last Wednesday, the Notice to Air Missions (NOTAM) system suffered a complete outage that led to the first complete ground stop of the National Airspace System since 9/11, impacting thousands of flights and passengers.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited the University of Kansas Medical Center (KUMC) to celebrate passage of her funding request to purchase two new, state-of-the-art imaging machines. She was joined by Dr. Robert Simari, Executive Vice Chancellor of KUMC, and leadership from the Hoglund Biomedical Imaging Center.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined Kansas City Area Transportation Authority (KCATA) CEO Frank White III and community partners to celebrate passage of Davids' funding request to acquire and replace electric buses and increase support infrastructure, serving the entire bi-state Kansas City area. This was a joint request with Congressman Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05).
Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined the Kansas Office of Broadband Development and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to encourage participation in the FCC's National Broadband Map challenge process. The map of where broadband internet is—and is not—available will guide implementation of $42.4 billion of bipartisan infrastructure law funding to improve high-speed internet access, including a minimum of $100 million to Kansas.
On Saturday, Representative Sharice Davids was sworn in to the 118th Congress, marking the start of her third term as U.S. Representative for the Kansas Third District. The Kansas Third District, which was redrawn during the 2021 redistricting process, includes all of Johnson, Miami, Anderson, and Franklin Counties, along with a southern portion of Wyandotte County.
Davids released a statement following her swearing in, and shared a video to discuss her priorities:
Representative Sharice Davids joined her colleagues on the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee yesterday to call on Secretary of Transportation Pete Buttigieg and the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) to hold airlines accountable for mass cancellations.
Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement as the Majority's failure to elect a Speaker of the House delays the start of the 118th Congress:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that $31.2 million is coming to the Third District of Kansas to benefit local projects, including updating a police mobile command center, modernizing a traffic-heavy bridge, purchasing necessary medical equipment at the University of Kansas Medical Center, and more. Out of hundreds of bipartisan submissions, 14 Davids-requested projects were passed into law today as part of the broader government funding bill.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids successfully passed critical funding measures and budget increases benefitting tribal communities and Indian Country as a whole, including the longtime priority of securing advanced appropriations for the Indian Health Service (IHS). Davids voted to pass this and other priorities through the overall government funding bill, avoiding a harmful shutdown and sending them to the President's desk to be signed into law.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids shared how her office worked throughout 2022 to make government work for all Kansans, both by passing critical bipartisan legislation and connecting directly with residents of the Kansas Third all year long.
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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.