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Today, Representative Sharice Davids, Vice Chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, announced the Federal Communications Commission's (FCC) Emergency Connectivity Fund Program (ECF) awarded $1,511,039 to help students in the Kansas Third District access the internet while attending school from home. This federal funding, created as part of the American Rescue Plan, will help cover costs of laptop and tablet computers, Wi-Fi hotspots, modems, routers, and broadband connectivity purchases for students and school staff.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids wrapped up her Made in Kansas tour to promote domestic manufacturing and supply chain solutions at Stryten Energy, a leading manufacturer of advanced battery technology. Davids announced the tour after being selected as a key negotiator for the House as lawmakers finalize a major, bipartisan supply chain package in Congress.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids continued her Made in Kansas tour to promote domestic manufacturing and supply chain solutions at Knit-Rite, a medical supply manufacturer. Davids announced the tour after being selected as a key negotiator for the House as lawmakers finalize a major, bipartisan supply chain package in Congress.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids launched her Made in Kansas tour to promote domestic manufacturing and supply chain solutions at A&K Railroad Materials. Davids announced the tour after being selected as a key negotiator for the House as lawmakers finalize a major, bipartisan supply chain package in Congress.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Commerce awarded $2,163,187 in renewed funding to Kansas Manufacturing Solutions (KMS) to provide services and support to local manufacturers. Based in Lenexa, KMS is the only federally supported Manufacturing Extension Partnership (MEP) Program Center in Kansas.
Following a hearing examining policies to ban members of Congress from trading individual stocks, Representative Sharice Davids joined a bipartisan group of 19 House colleagues to call for continued action to prevent insider trading and improve transparency. The House Administration Committee heard strong testimony in support of a stock trading ban for members of Congress and their immediate families last week.
KANSAS CITY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids visited The University of Kansas (KU) Cancer Center to celebrate passage of her funding request for a new imaging machine to advance cutting-edge cancer research and treatment in Kansas. Davids joined KU Medical Center Executive Vice Chancellor Dr. Robert Simari, KU Cancer Center President Dr. Roy Jensen, and Acting Department Chair of Cancer Biology Dr. Stefan Bossmann to tour an active research lab and hear how this federal funding will impact the thousands of Kansans who are fighting cancer.
KANSAS CITY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined business and infrastructure leaders to celebrate passage of Davids' funding request to repair and upgrade the Fairfax-Jersey Creek Upper Levee, which has been overdue for critical maintenance since its construction in the 1940s.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that Kansas will receive $49.3 million this year under the bipartisan infrastructure law to upgrade and expand local transit in Kansas. $27.2 million of these funds will go to local transit projects in the Kansas City area.
OVERLAND PARK, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted a roundtable with parents and health care professionals in the Third District to discuss the rising cost of insulin and her work to lower those costs for Kansans. Participants discussed how insulin costs affect them and their families, and how policies like the Davids-backed Affordable Insulin Now Act, which caps the cost of insulin at $35 a month, would benefit them.
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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.