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Today, during National Head Start Awareness Month, Representative Sharice Davids announced the Department of Health & Human Services awarded a renewal of $3,481,376 to the University of Kansas Medical Center Research Institute's Early Head Start projects, known as Project Eagle. The renewed funding will be used to prepare vulnerable children in Wyandotte County for life inside and outside of the classroom through programs focusing on early learning, health, and family well-being.
Representative Sharice Davids, Vice Chair of the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee, released the following statement after the Subcommittee on Aviation's oversight hearing of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA):
"Nearly three years after the Lion Air 610 crash, the first of the Boeing 737 MAX crashes that claimed 346 lives and raised serious questions about the safety of our skies, we are following up to make sure the mistakes that led to those tragedies never happen again.
In a House Small Business Committee hearing today, Representative Sharice Davids highlighted the impact of global supply chain challenges on small businesses, particularly in the Kansas City region—a major shipping hub. As product shortages and shipping delays affect companies and consumers around the world, Davids questioned witness Chris O'Brien of major freight services company C.H. Robinson on his suggestions to address the unique challenges that small businesses are facing during this time.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced the Department of Justice's Office of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS Office) awarded three grants to implement Crisis Intervention Teams in the Kansas Third District. These teams will work to embed mental and behavioral health services with law enforcement, helping promote safe communities. Recipients include:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined local leaders from the Kansas City Metropolitan Area to celebrate the start of construction on a $540 million project with the Kansas City Levees project. When completed, the project will reduce the risk of flooding, improve the reliability and resiliency of the systems, strengthen aging infrastructure, and ensure the levees and floodwalls perform during future flood events. From full construction funding being announced in 2019 to today's groundbreaking, Rep.
KANSAS CITY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids welcomed the First Lady Jill Biden and Small Business Administrator Isabel Casillas Guzman to Kansas City, Kansas for a roundtable discussion with Hispanic small business owners and community members.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids released a new report examining the status and safety of bridges in the Third District of Kansas, the first installment in her office's "State of our Systems" series. The series will detail the most pressing infrastructure needs in the district and how Davids is working to bring federal funds to those projects, starting with bridges.
Today, during National Mental Illness Awareness Week, Representative Sharice Davids announced two grants from the Department of Health & Human Services to support mental health services in the Third District of Kansas. The grants are as follows:
Representative Sharice Davids released the following statement after meeting with President Biden and fellow lawmakers to discuss the bipartisan infrastructure deal and budget reconciliation package:
Today, Representative Sharice Davids took to the House floor in support of the bipartisan infrastructure bill, which would bring $3.8 billion to Kansas for infrastructure needs from roads and bridges to high-speed internet and public transit.
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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.
U.S. Representative Sharice Davids, along with three other lawmakers, has introduced the Securing America’s Fuels (SAF) Act. This bipartisan bill aims to strengthen the sustainable aviation fuel industry, create new opportunities for farmers, and cut emissions from transportation.
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas joined five dozen colleagues requesting a House vote on legislation extending federal tax credits set to expire at the end of December that were implemented to moderate Affordable Care Act insurance costs.
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas joined five dozen colleagues requesting a House vote on legislation extending federal tax credits set to expire at the end of December that were implemented to moderate Affordable Care Act insurance costs.
Representative Sharice Davids and 58 other House Democrats are calling for an immediate vote to extend Affordable Care Act (ACA) tax credits, matching a promise already made in the Senate. They say this is urgent because, without action, Kansans could see their monthly health insurance premiums jump by an average of 77 percent, putting coverage at risk for millions of Americans.
With the government reopened and the end of ObamaCare open enrollment fast approaching, House Democrats are calling on House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) to hold a vote on extending the law’s enhanced premium tax credits.
It was a balmy, beautiful fall Friday afternoon as dozens of community members, elected officials, and parks staff gathered at two neighborhood parks in eastern Kansas City, Kansas to celebrate over $1.5 million in park improvements that officials say will be a milestone for historically underserved areas of Wyandotte County.