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WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) released the following statement after voting today to pass H.R. 26, the Protecting American Energy Production Act. Following four years of disastrous energy policy – primarily driven by Executive Orders – this legislation would prohibit the president from declaring a moratorium on the use of hydraulic fracturing (fracking) unless previously authorized by Congress.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) released the following statement after the House today passed H.R. 27, the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act. This legislation would permanently make fentanyl-related substances (FRS) 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 introduced the Crime Victims Fund Stabilization Act alongside Representatives Ann Wagner (MO-02), Nathaniel Moran (TX-01), Jim Costa (CA-21), Debbie Dingell (MI-06), and Stephanie Bice (OK-05). The bill redirects unobligated funds collected through the False Claims Act to the Crime Victims Fund (CVF) through fiscal year (FY) 2029, stabilizing the CVF.
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Schmidt today announced he has cosponsored four bills to protect Americans’ Second Amendment right to keep and bear arms.
H.R. 38, the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, provides nationwide reciprocity for concealed carry license holders and for residents of constitutional carry states.
WASHINGTON, DC: Following last night’s tragic plane crash of a flight that originated from Wichita, the Kansas Congressional delegation of Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall and Reps. Tracey Mann, Derek Schmidt, Sharice Davids, and Ron Estes issued the following statement:
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) announced that he has cosponsored H.R. 703, the Main Street Tax Certainty Act. This legislation would support small businesses by extending a tax provision that allows them to deduct up to 20% of qualified income. Without Congressional action, this provision will expire at the end of the year.
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Derek Schmidt announced that he has introduced the bipartisan Pet Food Uniform Regulatory Reform (PURR) Act of 2025 alongside Congressmen Steve Womack (AR-03) and Josh Harder (CA-09).
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) released the following statement after the House passed S. 5, the Senate-amended version of the Laken Riley Act. Included in the Laken Riley Act is language from H.R. 578, Sarah’s Law. Congressman Schmidt cosponsored both bills.
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) released the following statement after the Preventing Violence Against Women by Illegal Aliens Act – which he cosponsored – passed the House:
WASHINGTON, DC: Today, Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) released the following statement after being selected to serve on the House Small Business Committee: