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The Small Business Administration's (SBA) Office of the Inspector General released a report this week saying it received complaints of more than 5,000 instances of potential fraud in the Economic Injury Disaster Loan (EIDL) program, which has helped small businesses stay afloat during disasters and has been expanded during the coronavirus crisis.
Representative Sharice Davids today called for congressional leaders to come together and reach a deal on a bipartisan coronavirus relief package to help Kansas families, workers, and small businesses weather this pandemic and avoid cuts to public services:
As coronavirus cases continue to rise in Kansas and states across the country, Representative Sharice Davids slammed the Trump Administration's decision to move COVID-19 data collection away from the US Centers of Disease and Control (CDC).
Representative Sharice Davids is backing an emergency funding bill that would provide $1.2 billion to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) in an effort to save thousands of jobs in Kansas City.
Due to coronavirus-related budget shortfalls, USCIS has announced potential furloughs for 3,100 workers in the Greater Kansas City Area. It would be among the largest mass layoffs in the Kansas City area.
Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement on the McGirt v Oklahoma Supreme Court ruling:
"In the McGirt v Oklahoma decision handed down today, the Supreme Court recognized long-ignored treaty rights and fulfilled broken promises to the Muscogee (Creek) Nation. This decision confirms that the federal government must be held accountable in upholding its treaty obligations to all Native communities and is an important victory for tribal sovereignty."
New data recently released by the Small Business Administration (SBA) on use of the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) shows that PPP helped to preserve more than 99,597 jobs in the Kansas Third District.
Following last year's historic flooding, Representative Sharice Davids called for the inclusion of several bills to help protect Midwestern communities in an upcoming legislative package to reauthorize the Water Resources Development Act.
Representative Sharice Davids voted to pass the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, legislation that would give Kansas more urgently needed money to expand Medicaid. The bill also would help lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs and protect people with pre-existing conditions.
This comes on the heels of the Trump Administration filing a brief with the Supreme Court asking the justices to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, which would cause 94,000 Kansans to lose their health coverage.
Representative Sharice Davids spoke on the House Floor today in support of the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Enhancement Act, legislation that would give Kansas more urgently needed money to expand Medicaid. The bill also would help lower the cost of health care and prescription drugs and protect people with pre-existing conditions.
This comes on the heels of the Trump Administration filing a brief with the Supreme Court asking the justices to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, which would cause 94,000 Kansans to lose their health coverage.
As the Trump Administration filed its brief with the Supreme Court to strike down the entirety of the Affordable Care Act, Representative Sharice Davids released a new report finding that the number of Americans who would lose health coverage if the lawsuit succeeds has grown to more than 23 million amid the historic health and economic emergency of the coronavirus. The report finds that 94,000 Kansans would lose their health insurance.
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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.