Washington, July 17 -- Representative Sharice Davids issued the following press release:

This week, U.S. Representatives Sharice Davids (D-KS-03) and Emanuel Cleaver, II (D-MO-05) called (https://davids.house.gov/sites/evo-subsites/davids-evo.house.gov/files/evo-media-document/07.16.2026-letter-to-omb-regarding-fy26-funding-for-national-heritage-areas.pdf) on the Trump Administration to release overdue federal funding that supports museums, historic sites, classrooms, and tourism across eastern Kansas and western Missouri. Congress approved the funding more than five months ago, but local organizations are still waiting for the money they rely on to keep staff employed and programs running.

"These repeated delays in funding are causing si...