WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, on the eve of the 2024 Paris Olympic opening ceremony, Representative Sharice Davids released a video(link is external) of her conversation with Derrick Mein, Kansas' sole Olympic athlete in the 2024 Games. Mein(link is external), hailing from Paola, KS, will compete in trap shooting events. This marks his second Olympic appearance, following his gold medal performance at the 2022 Shotgun World Champ  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) voted to advance H.R. 8998(link is external), the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2025. The bill, which passed in the U.S. House of Representatives by a vote of 210-205, reduces and reprioritizes federal spending while promoting American energy independence, strengthening U.S. national security, and rolling back burdensome regulations that harm  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on July 25, 2024: Yesterday, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) voted in favor of the 2025 Department of the Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which contains measures to prohibit funding to list the lesser prairie-chicken under the Endangered Species Act and to defund the EPA's rule on meat and poultry producers' wastewater discharges. "Kansas farmers, ranchers, energy producers, and meat an  more

WASHINGTON, July 26 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on July 25, 2024: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee - today spoke before the Senate Appropriations Committee regarding the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) nearly $15 billion funding shortfall. "I'm committed to making sure veterans and survivors do not suffer because of what I think is significant fin  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) today spoke on the Senate Floor following Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's address to a joint session of Congress: "Our continued assistance to Israel is in our own national interest because the threats our friends face are also threats faced by the United States," said Sen. Moran. "This conflict may seem distant from our shores, but make no mistake, that those who seek I  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) vice chair of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) today released the following statement after the Senate Committee on Appropriations approved the FY2025 Commerce, Justice, Science and Related Agencies (CJS) Appropriations Act: "This bill will benefit Kansans and our nation by providing resources critical to our national   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. joined Newsmax today to discuss the Secret Service's systemic failures that led to the assassination attempt of President Trump and the urgent need to clean house at the Secret Service. Additionally, Senator Marshall discussed the violent anti-Israel-anti-America demonstration that broke out in the Nation's Capitol in protest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's addre  more