WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Reps. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) and Eric Burlison (R-Missouri) introduced the Banning EPA’s Encroachment on Facilities (BEEF) Act, H.R.7079, which will protect small family-owned meat and poultry processors from new Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations by prohibiting the EPA from finalizing, implementing or enforcing a new EPA proposed rule… Read more »
On Friday, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas), introduced by Ways and Means Chairman Smith as "the leader of research and development, the gentleman who has advocated more to me on research and development than anyone else," moved to strike the last word in a Ways and Means Committee markup considering the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act. A stalwart advocate for American… Read more »
Ahead of the anniversary of Roe v. Wade, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) published an op-ed in The Hill emphasizing the importance of passing legislation not just to protect life, but also to support it by supporting parents and families.
You can read the op-ed here or below.
With Roe in the Background, Policies to Advance a Culture of Life Take Center Stage
If you have… Read more »
Today Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) led a Special Order on the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to highlight the urgent need to pass legislation restoring immediate expensing for research and development. Rep. Estes was joined by several other Ways and Means members and representatives from around the country, who all echoed the importance of passing this legislation.
"We know… Read more »
Yesterday, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) published an op-ed in Newsweek unpacking the positive outcomes – for individual taxpayers and across the economy – made possible by the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) of 2017, and which are now at risk as several TCJA provisions have or will soon expire. In the op-ed, Rep. Estes’ highlights his bipartisan bill that offers a solution to the expired… Read more »
Prior to the last legislative session week starting today, Tax Notes highlighted Rep. Estes' push to address expired tax provisions in order to reignite economic growth in their Dec. 8 article, Republican Taxwriters Push for Expired TCJA Tax Provision Work.
"The window may be closing on tax package opportunities for the year, but House Ways and Means Republicans are still trying… Read more »
Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released a statement following the grant announcement for a Heartland Flyer passenger rail service extension.
"I have long advocated for the Heartland Flyer passenger rail service extension and am excited for this first stage of a service development plan, allowing south central Kansas residents, like those in Newton, Wichita and Ark City, to have… Read more »
Today, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after voting to expel George Santos of New York from the U.S. House of Representatives.
"Serving in the United States House of Representatives is an honor and a privilege. The now-former Representative George Santos' actions were not only unbecoming of a Member of Congress, but the facts reported by the… Read more »
Yesterday, Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) published an op-ed in The Hill detailing the Biden administration's flawed approach to help seniors in nursing homes by proposing federally mandated staffing levels for nursing homes. As an alternative, the op-ed highlights Rep. Estes' bipartisan bill that both addresses underlying workforce issues nursing homes are contending with and maintains a… Read more »
Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) released the following statement after voting against H. R. 6363, the Further Continuing Appropriations and Other Extensions Act, that would extend spending at the record high levels of fiscal year 2023. The bill passed 336-95.
"The two-step CR will avoid another bloated omnibus spending bill at Christmastime, but it unfortunately doesn't go far enough… Read more »
