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Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) issued the following statement on the Senate passage of the bipartisan infrastructure bill:
Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) issued the following statement on August 6, 2021:
"Earlier today, I received a positive COVID-19 PCR test result. My symptoms are mild, and per CDC and House Attending Physician Guidance I am continuing to isolate at home, where I have been since an unrelated outpatient parathyroid surgery. I have followed CDC recommended precautions throughout this pandemic, including masking indoors in areas of high or substantial transmission.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that the Shuttered Venue Operators Grant (SVOG) program granted more than $12.2 million in pandemic relief aid to eligible venues, museums, and performing arts institutions in the Third District of Kansas. Davids voted to establish the program, which provides support to hard-hit businesses in the music and entertainment sector, and has been strongly advocating for venue owners throughout the program's execution.
MERRIAM, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids joined local officials to tour Upper Turkey Creek and celebrate the advancement of Davids' request for federal funding of the Upper Turkey Creek levee project. On Thursday, the U.S. House passed legislation directing $500,000 to the project, which would eventually lead to the removal of Downtown Merriam from the FEMA-designated floodplain.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that the U.S. House passed appropriations bills containing more than $15 million for Davids-sponsored community projects in the Third District of Kansas. The projects include $1 million for The University of Kansas Cancer Center to purchase cutting-edge imaging equipment, $500,000 to kickstart the Upper Turkey Creek Levee project in downtown Merriam, and more.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids introduced the Empowering Parents' Healthcare Choices Act, a bill designed to cut insurer red tape, avoid surprise bills, and give parents decision-making power over their infant's healthcare—not the insurance company.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced that the Restaurant Revitalization Fund (RRF) granted more than $46 million in pandemic relief aid to 165 eligible small businesses in the Third District of Kansas. Additionally, Davids joined the RRF Replenishment Act of 2021, which would allow for all existing applications to the program to be fully funded.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids toured Dentec Safety Specialists in Lenexa, a local manufacturer that used federal funding to pivot their business from construction materials to needed medical supplies during the pandemic.
KANSAS CITY, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids held a press conference on the expanded Child Tax Credit as new monthly payments begin reaching families' bank accounts on Thursday. Rep. Davids was joined by Paula Neth, CEO of The Family Conservancy, and Crystal Henry, a local parent from the Kansas Third District to discuss how the expanded Child Tax Credit will help Kansas families recover from the pandemic. They also shared new resources for families to check their eligibility, track payments, update their information with the IRS, and more.
OVERLAND PARK, KS – Today, Representative Sharice Davids hosted a "Main Street Stroll" in Downtown Overland Park, visiting four local businesses to hear how the American Rescue Plan and other federal relief programs helped them stay open through the pandemic. She also hosted the owners for a roundtable discussion, where they discussed the challenges they still face as our economy begins to get back on track after the public health and subsequent economic crisis.
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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.