{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-releases-2023-year-end-wrap-highlights-bipartisan-accomplishments-and", "Davids Releases 2023 Year-End Wrap, Highlights Bipartisan Accomplishments and Community Engagement", "2023-12-21", "2023", "2023-12", "Democrat", "House", "KS", "Sharice Davids", "D000629", "davids.house.gov", "davids", "https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases", "scraper", "Image\n\nDecember 21, 2023\n\nToday, Representative Sharice Davids shared how her office worked throughout 2023 to make government work for all Kansans, both by passing critical bipartisan legislation and connecting directly with residents of the Kansas Third all year long.\n\n\u201cReflecting on 2023, our community saw challenges and successes \u2014 but throughout the year, I\u2019m grateful to have had the opportunity to make a real impact on folks\u2019 lives,\u201d said Davids. \u201cThousands of Kansans reached out to share their thoughts, experiences, and concerns with our office, helping my team and me do our jobs better. I look forward to building upon our progress in 2024 as we continue working to lower costs for hardworking Kansans and ensure the federal government works for everyday folks, not special interests.\u201d\n\n2023 BY THE NUMBERS:\n\nStaying Connected:\n\nResponded to more than 124,000 constituent messages \u2014 communicating with an average of 340 Kansans each day.\n\nSince being sworn in, Davids has sent 588,500 responses to constituents.\n\nLed 9 large-format, public conversations, from telephone town halls to Facebook Lives, contacting more than 146,500 constituents.\n\nSent more than 300,000 text messages to constituents sharing resources and asking for feedback on how to lower costs and improve public safety.\n\nHosted 214 private constituent meetings in Kansas\u2019 Third District and Washington, D.C., listening to the priorities of Kansans.\n\nSince being sworn in, Davids has hosted 1,039 private constituent meetings.\n\nScheduled 791 U.S. Capitol tours and helped deliver 299 American Flags to Kansans, 32 of which were flown over the U.S. Capitol building.\n\nSolving Problems:\n\nResolved 1,650 constituent cases, helping Kansans with passports, delayed veterans\u2019 or social security benefits, taxes, and more.\n\nSince being sworn in, Davids has helped resolve more than 6,280 constituent cases.\n\nReturned $5.4 million to constituents and local businesses in overdue tax returns, Social Security benefits, and more.\n\nSince being sworn in, Davids has helped return more than $17 million to constituents.\n\nHosted 89 Pop Up Offices in all corners of Kansas\u2019 Third District, from Kansas City, KS to Garnett, to help Kansans navigate the federal government.\n\nGetting Bipartisan Results:\n\nCo-sponsored 236 pieces of legislation, 72 percent of which are bipartisan.\n\nIntroduced eight original pieces of legislation, one of which passed the House to support veteran small business owners.\n\nWorked five \u201cSharice\u2019s Shifts\u201d alongside local workers to highlight the impact and implementation of recent federally passed legislation, including the bipartisan infrastructure law.\n\nOther Davids-supported legislative achievements included the creation of 20,000 new clean energy jobs and the KC area being named one of 31 Regional Tech Hubs.\n\nFocusing on the Third:\n\nMade 11 stops on a Farm Bill Listening Tour to listen directly to Kansas\u2019 farmers, ranchers, and producers as Davids, a member of the U.S. House Agriculture Committee, prepared for the 2023 Farm Bill consideration process.\n\nTour stops were located in all five counties in Kansas\u2019 Third District.\n\nSecured $11.1 million in approved investments for 15 projects to improve health and safety in the Third District, including clean drinking water in Olathe, new police training vehicles for Johnson County Community College, and reconstruction of the structurally deficient Kansas Avenue Bridge, which connects Kansas to Missouri.\n\nFacilitated three Panasonic community conversations with local elected leaders and business professionals to prepare for expected community growth in Johnson County.\n\nDavids brought federal officials from the U.S. Small Business Administration, Federal Highway Administration, and Economic Development Administration to share their expertise.\n\nBrought millions of dollars in grant funding to the Third District for critical needs from hiring additional law enforcement officers to improving road safety for drivers to lowering utility costs for hardworking Kansans.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-08T01:14:16Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://davids.house.gov/media/press-releases/davids-releases-2023-year-end-wrap-highlights-bipartisan-accomplishments-and"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.8914959616959095, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}