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Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) awarded $200,000 to the Kansas Department of Commerce's State Trade Expansion Program (STEP). This funding will help Kansas small businesses begin to export goods and help existing exporters expand.
Yesterday, during a meeting with the Kansas Farm Bureau's Leadership Class, Representative Sharice Davids was presented with the "Friend of Farm Bureau" award from the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF). The award is given to Members of Congress who have supported farmers, ranchers, and agricultural communities in the 117th Congress. Davids was nominated by the Kansas Farm Bureau and approved by the AFBF Board of Directors.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced her office has officially helped recover over $11 million owed to local taxpayers in the Kansas Third District. This milestone highlights the success of Davids' robust constituent service efforts, a priority she's maintained since taking office. Of the $11 million, Davids' office recovered over $7 million in missing IRS tax returns.
Earlier this week, The Congressional Management Foundation (CMF) announced that Representative Sharice Davidshas won a Democracy Award, a distinctive honor recognizing achievement in operations and constituent service by Members of Congress.
KANSAS CITY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted a roundtable discussion with Kansas City business leaders to discuss how to continue attracting federal investments from the bipartisan infrastructure law and recently-passed manufacturing legislation to the Kansas Third.
OLATHE, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids held a roundtable discussion on new provisions to lower the cost of prescription drugs in Kansas. Davids also joined Glenda DuBoise, State Director of AARP Kansas for a virtual town hall to speak directly to Kansas seniors about these new cost-saving measures.
OVERLAND PARK, KS -- Today, Representative Sharice Davids toured The Culinary Center of Kansas City, a local woman-owned business and client of the Kansas City Women's Business Center (WBC). Davids' visit follows House passage of her bipartisan bill, the Women's Business Centers Improvement Act, which would increase access to resources and opportunities for female entrepreneurs in Kansas and across the country. In 2021, the Kansas City WBC assisted 513 local small business owners with counseling, training, and resources.
Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement on the result of Alaska's At-Large Congressional District special election:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the Kansas Corporation Commission (KCC) has been awarded an initial grant of $25 million to help plug 67 abandoned oil wells in Johnson County and 176 in Miami County. This historic investment is part of the $58.6 million in bipartisan infrastructure law funding that will create good-paying, union jobs, introduce new economic opportunity, and reduce dangerous methane leaks at the 5,400 abandoned wells in Kansas.
Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids released a report on the new health insurance savings Kansans can soon utilize thanks to the new health care law that passed earlier this month. Davids held a press conference to share what Kansans must know to take advantage of the new provisions.
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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.