WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids announced that AmeriCorps awarded $689,595 to the United Government of Wyandotte County and Kansas City, KS to improve community health and alleviate poverty by placing AmeriCorps VISTA members in the Kansas Third. This funding, renewed for the eighth year, allows 35 year-round and 20 summer members to work full-time on fundraising, grant writing, research, and  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Jake LaTurner, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: Congressman Jake LaTurner joined a letter to President Biden, led by Congressman Bryan Steil (WI-01), urging the Administration to take immediate action to stem the fentanyl scourge coming from China and across the southern border. The Members demanded that President Biden make the Schedule 1 classification for fentanyl-related substances permanent. "The record amount of fentanyl coming acr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. issued the following statement after the U.S. Department of Labor announced the Consumer Price Index (CPI) surged 7.5% from a year ago, marking the highest inflation rate in over 40 years. "The highest inflation surge in over four decades is further proof the Biden Administration is failing the American people," said Senator Marshall. "As our economy struggles to recover   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) yesterday in introducing the bipartisan Violence Against Women Act (VAWA) Reauthorization Act, which reauthorizes VAWA through 2027, preserves advancements made in previous reauthorizations and includes a number of additional improvements to the current law. "Domestic violence brings fear, hopelessness, pain and depression into  more