WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Representative Sharice Davids announced President Biden appointed Christy Davis as the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Rural Development State Director for Kansas. Davis, a fifth-generation Kansan, will help create jobs, foster economic development, and support essential services in rural Kansas. Davids is the newest member of the House Agricultural Committee which oversees U  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) announced his opposition to a Senate gun control bill that the House will likely address in the coming days. This comes at the same time that the Supreme Court has ruled against a New York law that violated the Constitution's 2nd Amendment. "Without a hearing or the opportunity to offer amendments, the Senate's gun control bill falls well short of protecting stud  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. spoke today at a Title IX 50th anniversary press conference hosted by Senator Tommy Tuberville (AL). During his remarks, Senator Marshall called attention to the Biden Administration's latest fight which threatens funding for school meals for hungry kids at schools that don't allow boys to play girls' sports saying, in part, "On the 50th anniversary of Title IX, we should   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. voted against the gun reform legislation before the U.S. Congress. Having already provided practical solutions to the issue of school safety through his Safe Schools Act and with legislation to strengthen the background check system, Senator Marshall released this statement: "Kansans expect me to protect their Constitutional freedoms in the U.S. Senate, and I will not sacr  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 23, 2022: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) - a member of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee - today questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell during a Banking committee hearing on recent interest rate hikes and their impact on the Kansas agricultural community. In the increasingly difficult business environment Kansas farmers already face, uncertainty surrounding the trajectory of costs poses grow  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news: President Joe Biden signed into law the VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021, legislation introduced by Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - to increase transparency surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernizati  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: President Joe Biden signed into law the VA Electronic Health Record Transparency Act of 2021, legislation introduced by Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) - ranking member and chairman of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - to increase transparency surrounding the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program. Last summer, the VA Office of   more