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One of my greatest honors of serving in Congress is the opportunity to nominate outstanding young men and women of the Second District of Kansas to the United States Service Academies. The honor of attending a U.S. Service Academy comes with the obligation and commitment to serve in the U.S. military for a minimum of five years upon graduation.
Members of Congress may nominate candidates to four of the five U.S. service academies:
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WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Representative Derek Schmidt (KS-02) and Representative Sharice Davids (KS-03) introduced the USDA Field Office Stability Act, bipartisan legislation to prevent the closure or relocation of critical U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) field offices that serve farmers, ranchers, and rural communities across Kansas and the nation.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This week, the Main Street Competes Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by U.S. Representatives Derek Schmidt (R-KS-02) and Hillary Scholten (D-MI-03), passed unanimously out of the House Small Business Committee (SBC).
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Bipartisan legislation to strengthen background checks for law enforcement officers, led by Republican Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) and Democrat Congresswoman Deborah Ross (NC-02), was passed today by the House of Representatives with strong bipartisan support.
About Derek
Derek Schmidt has represented Kansas’s Second Congressional District since January 3, 2025. In Congress, his steady guidepost is always what is best for the people of the Second District and for America.
Schmidt works every day to secure the border and keep our communities and our country safe and secure, curb runaway federal spending and policies that fuel inflation, and reduce the intrusion of the federal bureaucracy into the business decisions and lives of everyday Kansans.
A fifth-generation Kansan from Independence, Schmidt previously served 12 years as the 44th attorney general of Kansas. Before being elected attorney general, Schmidt served as a Kansas state senator representing part of Southeast Kansas, as chairman of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and as the Senate Majority Leader.
