WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Last night, Representative Sharice Davids urged the U.S. Department of the Interior (DOI) to consider expanding a water conservation program to include Kansas' High Plains Aquifer (HPA). Farmers across Kansas depend on the HPA to support their businesses, but its water levels are declining, accelerating the need to find economically viable solutions that improve access to water in the long term. Davids, a mem  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Representatives Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Chris Pappas (NH-01) introduced the End Driving While Intoxicated (DWI) Act of 2024. The bipartisan legislation would create a national ignition interlock standard by encouraging states to adopt a mandatory first-time ignition interlock law, which helps reduce recidivism and improve road safety by ensuring fewer drunk drivers are on the road. Twenty-five states  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Rep. Ron Estes, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 30, 2024: Today during a Ways and Means Committee hearing, Rep. Ron Estes questioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about the devastating impact of Bidenomics, including President Biden's latest statement reversing his pledge to not raise taxes on anyone making less than $400,000. "Inflation is cumulative, and hardworking Kansans have been suffering for the past three years now, as this chart behind me i  more

WASHINGTON, May 2 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, ranking member of the Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news on May 1, 2024: U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (Kan.) - ranking member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs - today provided opening remarks during a committee hearing with Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Denis McDonough to review the President's FY2025 Budget Request for the VA. "Congress, and this committee, have a long track record of working i  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - the ranking member of the Commerce Subcommittee on Aviation Safety, Operations, and Innovation - today spoke on the Senate Floor regarding the bipartisan, bicameral agreement on a long-term reauthorization for the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA). The FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 was introduced by Sen. Moran and the leaders of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Sens. Maria C  more

WASHINGTON, April 30 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, issued the following news release: Senators Jim Risch (R-Idaho), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.), Joe Manchin (D-W. Va.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), Cynthia Lummis (R-Wyo.), Chris Coons (D-Del.), and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) applauded the unanimous passage of their bill H.R. 1042. H.R. 1042 is Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers' (R-Wash.) companion bill to S.763, which was sponsored by Senators Risch and Barrasso. This bipartisan legislation bans imports of R  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. introduced the Demanding Citizenship in D.C. Elections Act, legislation that requires anyone who votes in a municipal election in the District of Columbia to be a U.S. Citizen and require proof of citizenship. This legislation is in response to a federal court dismissing a D.C. resident's challenge of the Local Resident Voting Rights Amendment Act of 2022 that allows noncitizens t  more

WASHINGTON, May 1 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: Senator Roger Marshall, M.D., released the following statement ahead of leading today's Republican conference meeting on addressing the broken budget process. This meeting follows Senator Marshall's leading a letter with four of his colleagues requesting a Senate GOP budget and national debt discussion. "Today, we will sit down as a conference and discuss solutions to fixing our broken budget process. Our n  more