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Press Release: Kelly’s Unwillingness to Address Border Crisis

KSGOP Statement on Kelly’s Unwillingness to Address Border Crisis TOPEKA, KS – The Kansas Republican Party today issued the following statement on Governor Laura Kelly’s unwillingness to call on her Party to address the Biden border crisis or offer Kansas support to combat the surge in illegal crossings and fentanyl trafficking: Kansas GOP Chairman Mike Kuckelman commented:  “Yesterday, more than half the nation’s governors called on President Biden to take immediate action to address the surge of illegal crossings and drug trafficking along the southern border, but Laura Kelly has remained silent. The Democrat-controlled federal government has failed to take action to address the

KSGOP Statement on President Biden’s COVID Mandates

KSGOP Statement on President Biden’s COVID Mandates TOPEKA, KS – The Kansas Republican Party today issued the following statement on President Biden imposing COVID mandates on private businesses and Governor Laura Kelly’s silence on the issue:  Kansas GOP Chairman Mike Kuckelman commented: “Yesterday, Joe Biden showed his complete disregard for states’ authority and issued an attack on businesses across the country. Biden is forcing an unconstitutional, un-American federal decree on businesses and families. The federal government has no authority to force private businesses in Kansas to mandate vaccines for employees. Kansas businesses are still recovering from the pandemic and the Kelly Administration’s failed

Press Release: Fed Chair Says Gov. Kelly’s “Very Generous Unemployment Benefits” Are Keeping People From Work

Fed Chair Says Gov. Kelly’s “Very Generous Unemployment Benefits” Are Keeping People From WorkTOPEKA, KS –The verdict is in: The Chairman of the U.S. Federal Reserve says federal unemployment benefits are to blame for record-high unemployment. Today, Chairman Powell explained that the difficulty businesses are seeing in hiring is due to “very generous unemployment benefits,” and, that once the unemployment benefits are terminated, “we should see strong job creation moving forward.” Kelly has ignored requests from Kansas businesses and the majority in the legislature to end the supplemental benefits. But now, even the federal government is admitting that Democrat governors like Laura Kelly are making it

Kelly’s Silence on Border Security

Topeka, KS – Last week, as the Biden Administration failed to control the unprecedented drug and human trafficking crisis at our border, Governors Doug Ducey (AZ) and Greg Abbott (TX) requested additional state law enforcement support. Kansas Governor Laura Kelly has since remained silent. “Governor Kelly’s silence and lack of interstate cooperation make her complicit in the Biden administration’s failures at the border,” said Shannon Golden, KSGOP Executive Director. “More and more, Kansans are dying from fentanyl-related overdoses as drug cartels traffic tens of millions of lethal doses into the country. Governors have a responsibility to keep their states safe, and while Kelly is busy

Breakfast for Babies

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Where is Sharice Davids’ outrage on Biden’s border crisis?

TOPEKA, KS – Despite border conditions being a central issue of the campaign that got Sharice Davids elected to Congress, she remains silent about the existing crisis at our Southern Border caused by Joe Biden’s immigration policies. There is a crisis at the border. According to CBS News: As of Sunday morning, U.S. Border Patrol was holding more than 4,200 unaccompanied migrant children in short-term holding facilities, including jail-like stations unfit to house minors, according to government records reviewed by CBS News. Nearly 3,000 of the unaccompanied children in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) custody had been held longer than 72 hours. CBP is

Legislative Turnaround Update

As the Legislature reaches the Turnaround deadline, essentially the halfway point of the session, Kansans have had the opportunity to see firsthand which political party is all talk, and which one rolls up its sleeves and jumps into action. It’s been said, “You are what you do, not what you say you’ll do.” And, this past year, that quote has never rung more true. Governor Kelly continues to make headlines for the failures of her unemployment system, her failure to protect our economy, and her failure to step up with solutions to the pressing issues impacting our state. Meanwhile, House