WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: The Department of Defense has designated the South Kansas Defense Manufacturing Community (DMC). The National Institute for Aviation Research (NIAR) led the campaign for this designation at Wichita State University. Along with being named a DMC, the region is now eligible for $5 million in funding in support of prototyping. "South central Kansas is an obvious choice for a DMC considering the region's extensive   more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 19, 2021: Representatives Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) released a video encouraging their constituents to get their COVID vaccines. Davids, who was diagnosed with COVID earlier this month after being vaccinated, also published a guest column in the Washington Post encouraging readers to not only get vaccinated, but also to be a resource for others who are considering receiving t  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined his colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding a full account of U.S. military equipment left behind in Afghanistan, which has already or risks falling into the hands of the Taliban and their terrorist allies. The letter says in part, "It is unconscionable that high-tech military equipment paid for by U.S. taxpayers has fallen  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 20 -- Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-California, issued the following news release: Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) joined Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and a group of their colleagues to urge the Biden administration to address the quickly deteriorating situation in Afghanistan that threatens the lives of tens of thousands of Afghan partners. In the letter, the senators call for the urgent evacuation of Afghan Special Immigrant Visa (SIV) applicants and   more