DE SOTO, Kansas, June 30 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release on June 29, 2023: Today, Representative Sharice Davids helped break ground on new infrastructure improvements to 103rd Street in De Soto, which will be the main roadway for those traveling to the planned Panasonic Energy manufacturing facility. Davids joined Governor Laura Kelly, Senator Jerry Moran, De Soto Mayor Rick Walker, and other local and state leaders to highlight the project's objective of cre  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The House Agriculture Committee issued the following testimony by James Assey, executive vice president of NCTA - The Internet and Television Association, involving a hearing on June 21, 2023, entitled "Closing the Digital Divide in Rural America": * * * Chair Thompson, Ranking Member Scott, and Members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to discuss our members' experience with USDA's broadband funding programs and our suggestions to make these programs even more  more

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- The House Agriculture Committee issued the following testimony by Shirley Bloomfield, CEO of the NTCA - The Rural Broadband Association, involving a hearing on June 21, 2023, entitled "Closing the Digital Divide in Rural America": * * * Chairman Thompson, Ranking Member Scott, and members of the Committee, good morning and thank you for the opportunity to testify about the continued role of the broadband programs overseen by the U.S. Department of Agriculture ("USDA") as  more