Friends,

After a productive August meetings with constituents throughout our Second District, Congress reconvened this week to continue our work on behalf of the American people.

This week, the focus on the House floor was continuing to reduce regulatory burdens on our energy producers, as well as passing the Energy & Water appropriations bill that continues to invest in American natural resource production while cutting the bloated federal bureaucracy.

The House this week passed resolutions overturning three additional Biden-era regulations that hampered energy producers in Montana, North Dakota and Alaska. We have now passed 20 resolutions overturning burdensome regulations from the Biden Administration using the authority of the Congressional Review Act. I hope that we continue to use this tool to undo more regulations that stifle our economy and place incredible compliance costs on our small businesses.

In addition, the House passed the Energy and Water Development and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, which provides funding for our national security, energy research, and other key infrastructure programs. The bill reduces spending by more than $766 million from the prior year, as we continue the critical work of reducing the federal deficit.

This week, as we marked Labor Day, the Treasury Department rolled out its list of nearly 70 different occupations that will be eligible for the “No Tax on Tips” deduction that was enacted as part of the Working Families Tax Cut package passed earlier this summer.

➡️Check the list of eligible occupations here!⬅️

Before returning to Washington, I wrapped up the August District Work Period with a few remaining stops in Kansas, including joining my colleagues Rep. Tracey Mann (KS-01) and Rep. Ron Estes (KS-04) speaking to the Kansas Independent Oil and Gas Association about the pro-energy policies we have enacted in the first half of the year. In addition, I toured the Mars production facility in Topeka, which employs more than 400 people.

Next week, the House is scheduled to consider the fiscal year 2026 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA), the annual bill which authorizes funding for our entire military. As a member of the House Armed Services Committee, I’m proud to have been a part of the work of putting this bill together — which contains numerous wins for Kansas, including protecting medical facilities in Kansas from downsizing, including Irwin Army Community Hospital at Fort Riley; and preserving the National Simulation Center at Fort Leavenworth. I’m looking forward to the bill receiving strong, bipartisan support on the House floor.