WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Aug. 25, 2021: Representative Sharice Davids called for a dual approach to Medicaid expansion in the upcoming budget reconciliation package, urging Congressional leaders to both continue the current expansion incentives and include a federal plan to expand Medicaid coverage in states like Kansas, where state legislatures have repeatedly blocked it. Kansas is one of 12 states that has chosen not to take th  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following statement, which was published in the Congressional Record on Aug. 24, 2021, entitled "Retirement of Pittsburg State President Steve Scott": I rise today to recognize the service of a fellow Kansan, and the man who handed me my college diploma-Pittsburg State University President Steve Scott. Like myself, President Scott is a proud child of Cherokee County in Southeast Kansas. He first graduated from Pittsburg State in 1  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following statement on Aug. 24, 2021: * * * Rep. Tracey Mann released the following statement regarding the budget reconciliation blueprint. "Today, Speaker Pelosi forced a vote on a $3.5 trillion budget blueprint through a tool called budget reconciliation. "Reconciliation was created in 1974 to reduce the national deficit through a simple majority vote. The idea was that through reconciliation, elected leaders would put aside po  more

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. and his colleagues sent a letter to President Biden requesting an outline of the administration's plan to move America forward following the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan. The letter says in part, "The consequences of withdrawal from Afghanistan are not isolated to that country, or even to the Middle East region. The withdrawal carried geopolitical and strategic c  more