WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids announced the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) awarded nearly $300,000 to two local agricultural businesses through their Rural Development Awards program. This funding will create good-paying jobs, decrease food insecurity, and strengthen the economy in Kansas' Third District. Nationally, USDA's Rural Development programs are projected to help create or save more than 50,  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) joined Republican House colleagues in sending a letter to Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-California) urging her to reconsider the Biden administration and Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services' (CMS) final rule mandating COVID-19 vaccines for health care providers and to consider legislation that would invoke the Congressional Review Act (CRA). "Individuals should not be forced to choose   more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: This week, U.S. Representatives Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO), Chairman of the Financial Services Subcommittee on Housing, Community Development, and Insurance, and John Katko (R-NY) introduced H.R. 6880, the Choice in Affordable Housing Act of 2022, a plan for expanding access to affordable housing options for American families. Specifically, the bipartisan bill would reform the Section 8 Housing Choice Vo  more

WASHINGTON, March 4 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. released the following statement after the U.S. Senate voted 48-47 in favor of his legislation to end the COVID-19 national state of emergency currently in effect under the National Emergencies Act (NEA). Despite all scientific advances and our possession of a much greater understanding of COVID, President Joe Biden stealthily extended the national emergency declaration two  more