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Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined Representatives Raja Krishnamoorthi (IL-08) and Abigail Spanberger (VA-07) in calling on President Biden to help reopen recently idled oil refineries. This would increase refinery capacity temporarily and lower the cost of gas without sacrificing long-term clean energy production goals.
This week, Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass two bipartisan bills aimed at lowering the cost of groceries, fuel, and shipping. As Vice Chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Davids worked across the aisle to send one of those bills—the first shipping reform policy in decades—to the President's desk where it will be signed into law.
WATCH: Davids, isolating at home with COVID, shared a legislative update on her work this week:
This week, Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass two bipartisan bills aimed at lowering the cost of groceries, fuel, and shipping. As Vice Chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, Davids worked across the aisle to send one of those bills—the first shipping reform policy in decades—to the President's desk where it will be signed into law.
WATCH: Davids, isolating at home with COVID, shared a legislative update on her work this week:
Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement after the House Natural Resources Committee advanced her bipartisan bill, H.R. 5444 the Truth and Healing Commission on Indian Boarding School Policies Act, through markup:
Amid reports that the White House is considering a federal gas tax holiday, Representative Sharice Davids renewed her call for immediate relief at the gas pump.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. National Science Foundation (NSF) awarded $20,000,000 to support a new, five-year statewide initiative ensuring Kansas' infrastructure is equipped to support all communities before and after a disaster.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids was recommended to serve on the House Agriculture Committee by the House Democratic Steering & Policy Committee. She continues to serve Kansans as Vice Chair of the Transportation & Infrastructure Committee and on the Small Business Committee, chairing the Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that $23.9 million is coming to the Upper Turkey Creek flood mitigation project in Merriam, Kansas—a longtime priority of the community. This bipartisan infrastructure law funding will be used to lift downtown Merriam out of the floodplain and reduce flood risk to businesses and homes in the area.
Following Representative Sharice Davids' and Representative Ruben Gallego's (AZ-07) call to action, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig announced today that the IRS is increasing the mileage rate deduction for 2022.
Today, the House passed two bipartisan bills to extend the statute of limitations on pandemic relief-related fraud cases. A member of the House Small Business Committee, Representative Sharice Davids is a co-sponsor of both bills and has been outspoken about the need to crack down on fraud and abuse in pandemic spending programs.
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A Kansas City, Kansas, Underground Railroad site that sheltered enslaved people lacks federal recognition, and local lawmakers just introduced a bill to change that.
Why it matters: Quindaro Townsite is not open to the public, and the federal funding that comes with a National Historic Landmark designation would make that possible.
All members of the Kansas House delegation including Democrat Sharice Davids and Republicans Tracey Mann, Ron Estes and Derek Schmidt voted in favor of the bill.
An aviation safety bill seeking to address lessons learned from last year’s midair collision of a jet from Wichita with an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital was approved by the House Tuesday, but key senators and the families of the 67 victims think the bill still needs to be strengthened.
Transportation officials gathered on Capitol Hill to prepare for the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s massive visitor influx.
U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) said she hosted the second in a series of Capitol Hill briefings on Tuesday, April 14.
Increases in diesel and gasoline prices are already impacting farmers as they plant crops in Sumner County. Kansas State University economist Gregg Ibendahl estimates that the average Kansas grain farm will spend an additional $10,000 on fuel this season.
Kansas State-Olathe campus representatives joined other local governments Tuesday to highlight new federal funding secured in February by 3rd District Rep. Sharice Davids and Sen. Jerry Moran.
K-State Olathe is set to receive $5 million later this year to purchase lab equipment for the school’s supply chain research and advanced manufacturing curriculum. The equipment will support a $4 million expansion the campus opened in January for those programs.
On April 7, Rep. Sharice Davids joined local leaders to announce 14 projects in Kansas’ Third District totaling $17.8 million. The funding will support workforce training, flood mitigation, road and bridge safety, law enforcement, and other community priorities.
The FDA gave accelerated approval for a groundbreaking drug that helps treat Hunter syndrome, a rare disease that affects fewer than 500 people in the United States. It's mainly diagnosed among boys.
Hunter syndrome has not had an FDA-approved treatment in 20 years, until now.
Rep. Sharice Davids announced Monday that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation’s (ECKAN) Head Start program with a new federal grant.
The $3.7 million will be used to continue providing early education opportunities and family support services to children and families in Anderson and Miami counties.
Representative Sharice Davids celebrated the reopening of the STARBASE facility at the Kansas City Readiness Center. The program offers hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) learning for elementary students at no cost to schools. Governor Laura Kelly, Senator Roger Marshall, Representative Derek Schmidt, and local leaders, teachers, and students joined the event.
Farm-state Dems say Argentina beef measure brings volatility, not lower prices
Two Ag Committee Democrats will argue to President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins today that recent efforts to increase imports of Argentinian beef will do little to lower prices while spurring market volatility.