119th Congress
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: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) today announced Topeka High Student Cooper Martin as the winner of the 2025 Kansas Second District Art Competition. His photo will hang in the U.S. Capitol, where it will be seen by hundreds of people from across the world every day over the next year.
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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.
WASHINGTON, DC: The U.S. House of Representatives has now voted to overturn 15 bureaucratic rules adopted in the final days of the Biden administration. Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) today released the following statement highlighting the House’s work to dismantle the administrative state:
Proposed Recipient: City of Parsons, Kansas
Project Title: Public Safety Facilities Modernization
Recipient Address: 112 S. 17th Street, PO Box 1037, Parsons, Kansas, 67357
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Proposed Recipient: City of Hillsboro, Kansas
WASHINGTON, DC: Congressman Derek Schmidt (KS-02) today announced he has cosponsored the Trafficking Survivors Relief Act. The bipartisan legislation would provide federal criminal record relief to survivors of human trafficking who committed a non-violent offense as a direct result of having been a victim of trafficking.