Press Releases

WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Schmidt (KS-02) today released the following statement celebrating Congress’s recent passage of the HALT Fentanyl Act. The legislation permanently classifies fentanyl-related substances (FRS) as a schedule I drug, ensuring law enforcement has the tools it needs to keep these harmful substances off the streets and out of communities in Kansas and across the country.

WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) announced he has introduced the Congressional Review Reform Act. This legislation would eliminate the Congressional Review Act’s 60 legislative day lookback period, allowing Congress to disapprove of any federal agency rule, regardless of when it was implemented.

WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) today announced he has cosponsored H.R. 3926, the Terrorist Inadmissibility Codification Act. The legislation – originally introduced by Congressman August Pfluger (TX-11) – would expand federal law to prohibit people belonging to or associated with multiple terrorist organizations from entering the United States.

WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) today released the following statement after the House passed H.R. 4, the Rescissions Act of 2025. The legislation claws back $9.4 billion taxpayer dollars earmarked for unnecessary spending.

WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) today announced he has joined Congressmen Adrian Smith (NE-03) and Randy Feenstra (IA-04) in encouraging United States Trade Ambassador Jamieson Greer to prioritize gaining improved market access for American agricultural exports – specifically U.S. ethanol, distillers’ dried grains with solubles (DDGS), and soybean meal (SBM) – in India.

WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) today applauded the passage of H.R. 1, the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. He released the following statement:

“A large majority of Kansans in the Second Congressional District chose President Trump’s America First agenda. This bill delivers much of it.

WASHINGTON, DC: Representatives Derek Schmidt (KS-02) and Harriet Hageman (WY-AL) today introduced the Wrongful Injunction Accountability Act. The legislation builds upon an executive action taken in March by President Donald Trump to discourage the filing of requests for injunctions against the federal government.

WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) recently led fellow Kansas City area Representatives Sharice Davids (KS-03) and Emanuel Cleaver (MO-05) in encouraging the National Park Service to designate the Quindaro Townsite in Wyandotte County as a National Historic Landmark. The Kansas City, Kansas site served as a critical entry point for anti-slavery settlers and a sanctuary for those escaping bondage via the Underground Railroad prior to and during the U.S. Civil War.