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Representative Sharice Davids has announced the winner of the 2019 Congressional App Challenge for Kansas' Third District: Samuel DeZube, Ike Summerlin, Bradley Lichtmann and Andrew Kampschroeder from Blue Valley Center for Advanced Professional Studies.
Their app entitled "SafeSpace" compiles life-saving texting and calling hotlines for those who are suffering from depression, anxiety, sexual assault, drug abuse, or other forms of mental illness.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids will introduce the Insurance Accountability and Transparency Act to help prevent surprise medical billing. The legislation requires insurance companies to update their provider directories at least once every six months, so patients don't unintentionally receive out-of-network care.
Today, the House of Representatives passed Rep. Sharice Davids' bill, the Successful Entrepreneurship for Reservists and Veterans Act, or SERV Act. This bipartisan legislation helps veteran business owners succeed by studying the barriers they face, including lack of access to credit. It also increases outreach and promotion of small business programs available to veterans.
This Veterans Day, Representative Sharice Davids will hold a breakfast to honor Kansas Third District Veterans on November 11 at Broadmoor Bistro in Overland Park, KS.
Continuing her work to lower health care costs for Kansans, Rep. Sharice Davids today announced her co-sponsorship of the Lower Drug Costs Now Act (H.R. 3). This transformational legislation gives Medicare the power to negotiate with drug companies for lower drug prices, and will make those lower prices available to all Americans, no matter where they get their insurance.
Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement on the Trump Administration's proposed rule allowing foster care and adoption agencies that receive federal funding to deny services to LGBTQ parents on religious grounds:
"It's unacceptable that this Administration is proposing a rule allowing foster care and adoption agencies to discriminate against LGBTQ parents, at the expense of the American taxpayer no less.
Representative Sharice Davids issued the following statement on House passage of H. Res. 660:
"The resolution I voted for today establishes an open, transparent process for the committees conducting the impeachment inquiry, which includes public bipartisan hearings. Kansans and the American people deserve to see the facts for themselves."
Today, Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) questioned Boeing CEO Dennis Muilenburg during the House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee hearing "The Boeing 737 MAX: Examining the Design, Development, and Marketing of the Aircraft."
In her questioning, Davids pressed Muilenburg on his company's decision to minimize pilot training requirements for the 737 MAX.
Representative Sharice Davids voted today to pass the SHIELD Act (H.R. 4617), a set of common-sense, bipartisan solutions to counter foreign interference in U.S. elections and strengthen our democracy.
Today, Representative Sharice Davids announced she is launching a series of community conversations across Kansas' Third Congressional District. These conversations will offer constituents the opportunity to hear directly from Davids on the issues that matter most to them and their community.
Davids will host her first community conversation this Saturday, October 26, in Kansas City, Kansas, moderated by former KCK Mayor Carol Marinovich.
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A Kansas City, Kansas, Underground Railroad site that sheltered enslaved people lacks federal recognition, and local lawmakers just introduced a bill to change that.
Why it matters: Quindaro Townsite is not open to the public, and the federal funding that comes with a National Historic Landmark designation would make that possible.
All members of the Kansas House delegation including Democrat Sharice Davids and Republicans Tracey Mann, Ron Estes and Derek Schmidt voted in favor of the bill.
An aviation safety bill seeking to address lessons learned from last year’s midair collision of a jet from Wichita with an Army helicopter near the nation’s capital was approved by the House Tuesday, but key senators and the families of the 67 victims think the bill still needs to be strengthened.
Transportation officials gathered on Capitol Hill to prepare for the 2026 FIFA World Cup’s massive visitor influx.
U.S. Representative Sharice Davids (D-KS) said she hosted the second in a series of Capitol Hill briefings on Tuesday, April 14.
Increases in diesel and gasoline prices are already impacting farmers as they plant crops in Sumner County. Kansas State University economist Gregg Ibendahl estimates that the average Kansas grain farm will spend an additional $10,000 on fuel this season.
Kansas State-Olathe campus representatives joined other local governments Tuesday to highlight new federal funding secured in February by 3rd District Rep. Sharice Davids and Sen. Jerry Moran.
K-State Olathe is set to receive $5 million later this year to purchase lab equipment for the school’s supply chain research and advanced manufacturing curriculum. The equipment will support a $4 million expansion the campus opened in January for those programs.
On April 7, Rep. Sharice Davids joined local leaders to announce 14 projects in Kansas’ Third District totaling $17.8 million. The funding will support workforce training, flood mitigation, road and bridge safety, law enforcement, and other community priorities.
The FDA gave accelerated approval for a groundbreaking drug that helps treat Hunter syndrome, a rare disease that affects fewer than 500 people in the United States. It's mainly diagnosed among boys.
Hunter syndrome has not had an FDA-approved treatment in 20 years, until now.
Rep. Sharice Davids announced Monday that the Department of Health and Human Services has awarded the East Central Kansas Economic Opportunity Corporation’s (ECKAN) Head Start program with a new federal grant.
The $3.7 million will be used to continue providing early education opportunities and family support services to children and families in Anderson and Miami counties.
Representative Sharice Davids celebrated the reopening of the STARBASE facility at the Kansas City Readiness Center. The program offers hands-on Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) learning for elementary students at no cost to schools. Governor Laura Kelly, Senator Roger Marshall, Representative Derek Schmidt, and local leaders, teachers, and students joined the event.
Farm-state Dems say Argentina beef measure brings volatility, not lower prices
Two Ag Committee Democrats will argue to President Donald Trump and Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins today that recent efforts to increase imports of Argentinian beef will do little to lower prices while spurring market volatility.