WASHINGTON – Following last week's passage of the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act, Kansas small businesses and national conservative organizations voiced their support for the legislation and are urging the Senate to act swiftly.
"Kansas small businesses are the economic engine of our state, and the research and development they conduct is vital to our local and… Read more »
WASHINGTON – Tonight the House overwhelmingly passed the Tax Relief for American Families and Workers Act 357 to 70. The bipartisan, bicameral tax package includes R&D expensing provisions advocated for by Rep. Ron Estes (R-Kansas) similar to those in his American Innovation and R&D Competitiveness Act – a bipartisan bill that has amassed 218 cosponsors, making… Read more »
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 »
