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Today, the House Budget Committee passed Rep. Ron Estes’ (R-Kansas) Executive Action Cost Transparency Act out of committee. This bill will help increase transparency and accountability by requiring the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include in the baseline or baseline update a separate table detailing the cost of judicial and executive actions (including proposed rules, finalized… Read more »

Yesterday, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) introduced the Executive Action Cost Transparency Act. This bill would mandate that the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) provide a comprehensive and centralized list of final administrative actions in order to increase transparency and streamline information flow, providing lawmakers with needed information on spending. This would include proposed… Read more »

As Chair of the U.S. Innovation Tax Team, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) led a delegation with House Ways and Means Chairman Jason Smith (R-Missouri) and Tax Team Vice Chair Michelle Steel (R-California) to Silicon Valley on Sept. 12 and 13 to meet with U.S. innovators and stakeholders about the upcoming Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) expirations. Rep. Estes hosted two roundtables with small San… Read more »

On Sept. 5, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) visited with Kansans at Flat Ridge Wind Farm at the Kingman County and Harper County line, Horizons Anthony Child Advocacy Center in Anthony, and Harper Industries in Harper.   "It's always encouraging to meet with Kansans in rural parts of our state to hear about the good work that's going on to strengthen our communities, help families and… Read more »

This week, Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Tracey Mann (R-Kansas) introduced H.R.9527 to prevent a federal land grab from the Mid Western Plains NIETC. This bill would explicitly prohibit the use of federal funds for the exercise of federal eminent domain powers for power transmission and would also prohibit the permitting of power transmission projects if the state objects.   “Many… Read more »

Yesterday, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) met with Julie Breshears of Wichita in Washington, D.C. Breshears is a 2024 Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute Angels in Adoption® Honoree and was nominated for the recognition by Rep. Estes.   "Adoption and foster care are so important for young Kansans and provide a family and stability to children who need love and care," said Rep.… Read more »

Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), chair of the Ways and Means U.S. Innovation Tax Team, released an update on the Team’s summer activity and upcoming site visits in Silicon Valley.    “Here in the United States, we’ve invented everything from the air conditioner to the zipper. Our country is full of innovative people and businesses, and we need to give them the tools and tax… Read more »

On Friday, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) sent a letter to Department of Energy (DOE) Secretary Jennifer Granholm regarding the DOE’s proposed designation of the Midwest-Plains National Interest Electric Transmission Corridor (NIETC) that would go through Kansas, including two counties in the 4th District – Edwards and Pawnee.    “Respect for private property rights is essential to… Read more »

Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after the U.S. Fish and Wildlife's announcement that it will not make a request for water to the State of Kansas for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in 2025. "Today the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service alerted Kansas that it doesn’t intend to request water administration for Quivira National Wildlife Refuge in 2025," said Rep.… Read more »

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… Read more »