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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Kansas Newsletter for 2022-04-12 ( 6 items )  
Rep. Cleaver Highlights Local Impact of $2.5 Million in Community Project Funding for University Health (10)
KANSAS CITY, Missouri, April 12 -- Rep. Emanuel Cleaver, D-Missouri, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO) hosted a press conference to highlight the $2.5 million in Community Project Funding he was able to secure to create a state-of-the-art substance use treatment center in the heart of Kansas City's UMKC Health Sciences District. The Center for Recovery and Wellness is one of ten community projects Congressman Cleaver championed and was able to sec more PR

Rep. Davids Celebrates Passage of Funds to Prevent Flooding, Protect Businesses at the Fairfax-Jersey Creek Levee (10)
KANSAS CITY, Kansas, April 12 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids joined business and infrastructure leaders to celebrate passage of Davids' funding request to repair and upgrade the Fairfax-Jersey Creek Upper Levee, which has been overdue for critical maintenance since its construction in the 1940s. In March, the President signed a government funding law fulfilling Davids' request for $4,000,000 to perform critical maintenance on  more PR

Rep. Davids Secures $49.3M for Kansas Transit Projects From Bipartisan Infrastructure Law (10)
WASHINGTON, April 11 -- Rep. Sharice Davids, D-Kansas, issued the following news release: Representative Sharice Davids announced that Kansas will receive $49.3 million this year under the bipartisan infrastructure law to upgrade and expand local transit in Kansas. $27.2 million of these funds will go to local transit projects in the Kansas City area. "The bipartisan infrastructure law is delivering safer, more reliable, and more environmentally friendly options for Kansans to get where they n more PR

Rep. Mann Opposes Executive Order Infringing on Second Amendment Rights (10)
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Representative Tracey Mann (KS-01) released the following statement in response to President Biden's new executive order that infringes on the Second Amendment rights of American citizens: "If you weaken a loadbearing wall, the entire structure is compromised. That is what happens to our Constitution when the government violates the Second Amendment rights of the American people, and that is exactly wha more PR

Sen. Marshall Announces Departure of Long-Time Senate Staffer, Chad Tenpenny (10)
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release on April 11, 2022: U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. today announced the upcoming departure of his General Counsel Chad Tenpenny. Tenpenny is the only person to have served on the staff of Senators Bob Dole, Pat Roberts and Marshall. In May, after nearly twenty-four years of service to Kansas as a staff member in the United States Senate, Tenpenny will transition to the private sector. Following his departu more PR

Sens. Marshall, Moran Applaud Passage of Legislation Commemorating Brown V. Board of Education Sites Across Multiple States (10)
WASHINGTON, April 12 -- Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: U.S. Senators Roger Marshall, M.D. and Jerry Moran released the following statements after the Senate unanimously passed legislation to commemorate the historic sites that contributed to the 1954 landmark Supreme Court decision, Brown v. Board of Education of Topeka. The purpose of this legislation is to expand the Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site to include historic sites in South Caroli more PR