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Today, the House passed Representative Sharice Davids' bipartisan Women's Business Centers Improvement Act, which would increase access to resources and opportunities for female entrepreneurs in Kansas and across the country. Davids reintroduced this bill in January along with Representative Claudia Tenney (R-NY) and today it passed with strong bipartisan support.
WATCH Davids' floor speech today ahead of her bipartisan bill's passage:
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.
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.Missouri’s Sam Graves and Kansas’ Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann back a new law to use data to stop accidents before they happen.Getty Images
For decades, Congress has treated roadway safety the way too many drivers treat a warning light on the dashboard: Ignore it until something breaks. Federal transportation policy has largely followed suit, funding response over prevention and leaving agencies to document tragedies rather than avert them.
Representative Sharice Davids announced she secured a $2.6 million grant from the Federal Aviation Administration to support construction of a new air traffic control tower at New Century AirCenter.
U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS) says the National Weather Service has failed to respond to her demands for answers about missed weather balloon launches.
She adds that seven more tornadoes touched down across the state this week, and critical atmospheric data collection disruptions continue.
Across Ottawa, Kansas, pieces of the April 13 tornado remain. Buildings like the Knights Inn on Main Street are still in shambles, and those who lived through it are still recovering.
A month later, federal officials are questioning whether there should have been more warning for the Ottawa tornado and the others that have ripped through Kansas during this storm season.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids introduced a bipartisan bill designed to help rural hospitals remain open and improve health care services. The Rural Hospital Revitalization Act would offer interest-free loans through the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Community Facilities Program. Hospitals could use the loans, available for up to 10 years, to build new facilities or update older buildings.
TOPEKA — U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids expressed frustration Friday with the National Weather Service’s failure in the last month to launch three-fourths of the balloons typically sent aloft in Kansas to assess atmospheric conditions and assist with weather forecasting.
TOPEKA — A coalition of federal lawmakers from Kansas introduced in the U.S. House this week a bipartisan bill that could offer interest-free loans to rural hospitals “hanging on by a thread.”
U.S. Reps. Sharice Davids and Tracey Mann of Kansas and representatives from Alabama, Colorado, Hawaii, Michigan, Oregon and West Virginia co-sponsored the Rural Hospital Revitalization Act.
U.S. Congresswoman Sharice Davids (D-KS) joined officials to mark a $50 million aviation manufacturing expansion in Olathe.
Davids says the visit was part of her “Sharice’s Shift” series. Indra Group USA unveiled a new 118,000-square-foot facility at the Great Plains Commerce Center.
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U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids of Kansas urged the public to contact lawmakers to express opposition to a federal appeals court’s order undercutting a U.S. Food and Drug Administration regulation broadening access to the abortion pill mifepristone.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids (D-KS), a tribal citizen of the Ho-Chunk Nation and one of the first Native women elected to Congress, is introducing new legislation titled the Truth in National Parks Act to ensure National Park Service (NPS) sites preserve historically and culturally accurate information while setting clear limits on the removal or alteration of materials that reflect that history.