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Today Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Tracey Mann (R-Kansas), along with Sens. Jerry Moran (R-Kansas) and Roger Marshall (R-Kansas) responded to the new agreement to resolve the water needs in the Rattlesnake Creek Watershed. U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) announced in a letter that it has agreed to conditionally pause its request to secure its senior water right in 2024 while calling on the ... Read More »

Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) voted against a proposed motion to vacate the office of the Speaker of the House. "The overwhelming majority of House conservatives are focused on addressing our nation's most pressing problems – continually increasing inflation that hurts Kansas families and businesses, our more than $33,000,000,000,000 in debt and our porous southern border that in the last year h... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after two different votes concerning government funding. "Kansans know that reckless spending in Washington has to stop, and borrowing $47,000 every second simply isn't sustainable," said Rep. Estes. "The House took up two measures over the past few days – I was pleased to support the first that reduced spending and secured ou... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) issued the following statement after the House passed three more appropriations bills – Homeland Security, State and Foreign Operations, and Defense. "With Washington borrowing one out of every five dollars it spends – which is about $47,000 every second – it's long been clear to me and is now clear to most Kansans that D.C. has to better steward taxpayers' h... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and John Larson (D-Connecticut) announced that H.R.2673 – the American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act – has reached 150 cosponsors. In addition to the Republican and Democrat leads on the bill, the cosponsorship is evenly split among the two parties. This milestone comes right after the IRS issued what ABGi called "crippling guidance regarding ... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) recognized the anniversary of Friends University in the House of Representatives. “For the past 125 years Friends has provided Kansas, our country and the world, with men and women who are honorable citizens wherever they go after graduation, bringing value to their communities,” said Rep. Estes. “Being a Friends University Falcon is a respected recogni... Read More »

Today Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Salud Carbajal (D-California), co-chairs of the House Aerospace Caucus, recognized National Aerospace Week in the House of Representatives. "The United States has long been a global pioneer in aviation, defense and space, and the aerospace industry and workforce have made innumerable contributions to our country and the world," said Rep. Estes in remarks submit... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) issued the following statement after Speaker Kevin McCarthy (R-California) directed three committees – Oversight, Judiciary, and Ways and Means – to open a formal impeachment inquiry into President Biden. "Kansans deserve to know the truth about President Biden's participation in his family's business dealings with foreign entities, and an impeachment i... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement condemning the Biden administration's newly revised Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rule. "The EPA is once again ignoring common sense at the expense of Kansas farmers, ranchers and energy producers," said Rep. Estes. "This new WOTUS rule clearly violates the Supreme Court's decision, highlighting the Biden administr... Read More »

ARKANSAS CITY, Kan./WINFIELD, Kan. – Last Wednesday Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) participated in a health care roundtable with area hospital administrators, hosted by SCK Health. A tour of SCK Medical Center followed. In the afternoon, Rep. Estes spoke with students and teachers at Winfield Middle School, stopping into multiple classrooms and taking some questions from students. "Rural health care pr... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Ahead of National Aviation Day on Aug. 19, kicking off National Aviation Week, Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Salud Carbajal (D-California), co-chairs of the House Aerospace Caucus, issued a joint celebratory statement. "The United States is the birthplace of flight – from the Wright Brothers' 1903 flight to Charles Lindbergh's first transatlantic non-stop solo flight to Amelia Earhar... Read More »

WICHITA – As students begin heading back to school soon, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) is reminding constituents that applications from students in the 4th District of Kansas to be nominated for a service academy are due Sunday, Oct. 1. Every year, Members of Congress may nominate up to ten candidates for appointment to four of the five U.S. service academies: U.S. Military Academy, West Point, NY; th... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today the House Aerospace Caucus announced the addition of Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-California) as co-chair. He joins Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), who re-established the caucus earlier this year after several years of dormancy. "The House Aerospace Caucus has proven to be an asset to lawmakers and the aerospace industry, and I'm pleased to have my friend and colleague Rep. Carbajal join m... Read More »

WASHINGTON - Yesterday, Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Carol Miller (R-West Virginia), along with Ways and Means colleagues, sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns and seeking answers about the economic impact of the global tax scheme the Biden administration is negotiating with the OECD. After repeated attempts to solicit information from Sec. Yellen, Estes and a dozen ... Read More »

WASHINGTON – Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) voted in favor of a Congressional Review Act (CRA) that recognizes the voluntary efforts of Kansas farmers, ranchers and energy producers to conserve the lesser prairie-chicken (LPC) habitat and removes the burdensome listing of the bird in the Endangered Species Act. The House passed the CRA 221 to 206 with bipartisan support. The CRA previously passed... Read More »