Tim Huelskamp

When Congress returns in November to achieve either full passage of a 2012 farm bill or extend farm policies into next year, critics of the food stamp program, costing almost $800 billion over the next 10 years, are letting folks know that they would like...

With neatly lined trays full of colorful fresh fruits as a backdrop, Dawn Matthews points with pride to the healthy options available to high school students in her rural school district. As director of Food Service for the Camdenton, Mo., school...

Employees at the Siemens plant in Hutchinson learned Tuesday nearly half of them will lose their jobs. “Certainly this is not only a blow to the Hutchinson community, but to the region and to the state of Kansas,” said Hutchinson City Manager...

WASHINGTON (AP) - Farm-state members of Congress have campaigned for decades on the back of farm bills delivering election-season subsidies and other goodies to rural voters. Not this year. The bill is stalled, primarily because House GOP leaders don'...

Kansas Congressmen Mike Pompeo (KS-4) and Tim Huelskamp (KS-1) were among 248 members of the House to vote for a controversial cyber security bill. The House approved the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act on Thursday. It allows companies...

Child labor groupssay they are stunned and disappointed the Obama administration is backing off a plan to keep children from working in hazardous jobs on farms.     They say more children will die in farm accidents that could have been prevented.    ...

Kansas Republicans responded to President Obama’s State of the Union address Tuesday night. In the speech, the President proposed to require millionaires to pay at least 30% of their income in taxes and to eliminate deductions that save companies...

Dislcaimer: This press release is a statement provided by the elected official’s office.   (DODGE CITY, KAN.) – On Thursday, President Obama formally notified Congress that the U.S. is within $100 billion of reaching its borrowing authority....

WASHINGTON (AP) -- Capping a full retreat by House GOP leaders, Congress will convene Friday in hopes of approving a stopgap measure renewing payroll tax cuts for every worker and unemployment benefits for millions -- despite serious opposition among some...

With a nod to Theodore Roosevelt, President Obama positioned himself as the champion of the middle class while blasting the "you're-on-your-own economics" of the modern Republican Party, a message likely to form the basis of his reelection effort. The...

Dislcaimer: This press release is a statement provided by the elected official’s office SEN. MORAN WILL PARTICIPATE IN AGRICULTURE FORUM AT STATE FAIR SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 10, 2011 What:             U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) will take part...