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Representative Sharice Davids has called on the Small Business Administration (SBA) to investigate claims of fraudulent small business loans, including those happening in Johnson County.
KMBC reported this week on the $1.4 million in state and federal funding Rep. Sharice Davids helped secure for Lenexa business Dentec to manufacture personal protection equipment needed during the pandemic, such as face masks and N95 filters. The funding has allowed the company to open a new facility and hire 5 times the workers they started with.
As Kansas continues to experience extreme weather conditions, Representative Sharice Davids has urged President Joe Biden to support Governor Laura Kelly's state of emergency however possible.
Lenexa business Dentec has received around $1.4 million in state and federal funding to manufacture personal protection equipment (PPE), thanks in part to funding secured by Representative Sharice Davids. They are now in the process of expanding to open a new plant that will allow them to produce even more supplies needed to fight COVID, such as masks and N95 filters.
Representative Sharice Davids has been named Chair of the House Small Business Subcommittee on Economic Growth, Tax, and Capital Access. The new leadership role will allow Davids to support small businesses in Kansas and across the country through open access to loans, credit and capital, as well as through fair and meaningful tax relief.
Representative Sharice Davids today announced her third annual "Valentines for Veterans" program to collect and distribute Valentine's Day cards to veterans in Kansas' 3rd District.
Residents are encouraged to mail cards to Davids' office in Kansas City or email a digital card to KS03valentinesforvets@gmail.com starting today through Friday, February 12. Davids will then drop off the cards at the Kansas City VA.
Today, Kansas City Reps. Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) and Sharice Davids (KS-03) made a friendly wager with Tampa Bay area Reps. Kathy Castor (FL14) and Charlie Crist (FL13) on the outcome of Super Bowl LV. If Tampa Bay wins, the Kansas City representatives will provide world-famous KC barbeque and wear Buccaneers masks on the House Floor when Congress is back in session, and if Kansas City wins, the Tampa members will provide beloved local Latin guava pastries, flan and Cuban sandwiches and wear Kansas City masks on the Floor.
Transportation and Infrastructure Committee Vice Chair Sharice Davids issued the following statement on the confirmation of Pete Buttigieg as Secretary of the U.S. Department of Transportation:
Rep. Sharice Davids has nominated 31 students from the Kansas Third District for an appointment to a U.S. Service Academy.
"As the daughter of an Army veteran, I'm honored to nominate hardworking, bright, and talented young people from Kansas' Third District to our nation's military service academies," said Davids. "These are some of the best universities in the country and help build strong leaders in our armed forces and beyond. I look forward to seeing all that these young Kansans accomplish."
Yesterday, Representative Sharice Davids toured a vaccination site in Wyandotte County, where she spoke with public health officials and health care workers about the need for increased vaccines in the region.
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After Congress passed the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act" this week, President Donald Trump said he wouldn't sign it into law unless lawmakers also passed an unrelated bill focused on voting restrictions. Johnson County Rep. Sharice Davids joined KCUR's Up To Date to share her reactions and to discuss what could come next.
In a rare bipartisan feat, Republicans and Democrats in Congress overwhelmingly passed the "21st Century ROAD to Housing Act" earlier this week.
The U.S. House of Representatives unanimously passed bipartisan legislation that would permanently establish the Small Business Administration's Office of Native American Affairs, a move supporters say would strengthen federal support for Native entrepreneurs and tribal economic development.
U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids held a roundtable in Shawnee with local officials and stakeholders about bison herd restoration as part of her America 250 week here in town.
She said the discussion helped her appreciate the importance of both preserving the American bison and increasing the large mammal’s population.
Last spring, as Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency employed slash-and-burn tactics to bring federal agencies to heel, local farm service centers in Kansas were hit especially hard.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture lost some 24,000 employees from September 2024 to December 2025, federal data shows. In Kansas, more than 500 workers were terminated or took buyouts — a 32% scale-back that constituted the region’s largest USDA staffing reduction.
Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids says she’s hearing from Kansas residents who are struggling to make ends meet. In an interview with KCUR's Up To Date, Davids said President Trump went to war in Iran "without a clear strategy," and it's adding to the high cost of living.
Keeping Iran from having a nuclear weapon is a top priority for Democratic U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids. But the congresswoman from Kansas’ 3rd Congressional District disagrees with how the Trump administration is trying to eliminate that threat.
A Kansas healthcare leader and a U.S. Representative are questioning why funding needed to continue essential scientific research isn’t being paid out.
“More than halfway through fiscal 2026, the National Institutes of Health has allocated only 33% of the $26 billion it normally awards to universities,” wrote University of Kansas Chancellor Douglas Girod with Ron Daniels, Johns Hopkins University president, in a Wall Street Journal column in May.
There are 13 Johnson County students headed to U.S. service academies this summer.
On Friday, U.S. Rep. Sharice Davids celebrated the 13 students and their families with a send-off event on Friday at Corporate Woods Founders Park.
For Vance Provost, a 2025 Olathe North alumnus, his appointment to West Point and the May 29 send-off is the culmination of three years of work.
.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.