Message from Rep. Tracey Mann. Having Trouble Viewing? Click Here. Fellow Kansan, Thank you for subscribing to my newsletter! I value the opportunity to talk with you about my work in Washington D.C. and in the First District of Kansas. Please feel free to share this email with family and friends who may be interested. As always, if you have any comments, questions, or concerns, please contact my office - my staff and I are here and ready to assist you. Yours in service,   Mann.House.Gov The Week Ahead We have another eventful week ahead as my staff and I meet with Kansans across the district. So far, I’ve toured Dodge City Community College and met with several small business owners. Later this week, I will have a roundtable with members of the Kansas Hospital Association. On Friday, I’ll wrap the week up by honoring the 2022 Art Competition winner for the Big First, Tyra Schultz, at my first official Congressional Art Winner Ceremony, after which I will attend the inauguration of the new Kansas State University President, Richard Linton.  It's a privilege to offer ways to help Kansas students excel through my congressional office with internships, military academy nominations, the Congressional Art Competition, and the Congressional App Challenge. My office is now accepting applications for military academy nominations and submissions for the Congressional App Challenge. Both of these programs are open to high school students who live in or attend school in the Big First District. For more information about military academy nominations or the Congressional App Challenge, click below: Military Academy Nominations Congressional App Challenge If you'd like to keep up to date with my district visits this week, and in the future, please follow my social media for daily updates: Follow me on Facebook. Follow me on Instagram. If you are in need of assistance or would like to share a question or comment, please contact my office, or visit my website at: Mann.House.Gov. Manhattan Office 121 South 4th Street Suite 205 Manhattan, KS 66502 Phone: (785) 370-7277 Dodge City Office 100 Military Avenue Suite 203 Dodge City, KS 37801 Phone: (620) 682-7340 Washington D.C. Office 522 Cannon HOB Washington, D.C. 20515 Phone: (202) 225-2715 In case You Missed It My response to President Biden's Student Loan Forgiveness Plan Since President Biden announced his student loan forgiveness plan last week, Kansans have been reaching out to my office expressing their concerns and frustration, and I share their sentiments. The Biden Administration's plan to cancel student loans amounts to campaigning with taxpayer dollars. It is ill-timed and irresponsible. In the midst of the already record high inflation rates in our country, this plan will cost taxpayers more than $300 billion, transferring the debt burden of borrowers to low and middle-class taxpayers. Of 255 million adult Americans, only 45 million have student loan debt. President Biden's plan unfairly punishes Americans who have already paid their student loans or never attended college. It is short-sighted. The Biden plan fails to address the root cause of student debt: the increasingly high cost of education. Americans deserve a well-developed, long-term solution, not a short-term band-aid designed to buy new votes leading up to a midterm election, which will ultimately just make inflation even worse. Pushing back against overreaching regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency This month, I led 90 of my colleagues on a letter to the Biden Administration pushing back on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)'s new proposed revisions for the interim decision for Atrazine. The decisions, which were based on invalid studies and questionable conclusions, will impose new federal red tape on farmers and hinder their ability to produce their crops. Read more about the letter here   Mann.House.Gov In the District Dodge City Community College Visit Pictured (left to right): Christina Haselhorst, Director of Foundation and Community Relations; Kathy Ramsour, Board of Trustees Vice Chair; Rep. Tracey Mann; Jeff Cermin, Vice President of Administration and Finance; Jay Kinzer, Vice President of Student Services and Risk Management; and Lance Ziesch, Assistant Director of Marketing and Community Relations. It was great visiting Dodge City Community College yesterday! DC3 currently has 1,700 students enrolled and has grown 26% in the last five years. They offer a variety of programs of study, ranging from technical and vocational, nursing, social sciences, cosmetology, and more. DC3 strives to meet students where they are in life, which is why they offer online courses, college credit courses for high school students, and course transferability. Thank you to all the administrators and faculty who took time out of their busy schedules to talk with me about the work DC3 is doing to help students further their education. Learn more about Dodge City Community College here. Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership (KARL) Genesis Seminar It was a pleasure attending the Kansas Agriculture and Rural Leadership (KARL) Genesis Seminar with special guest speakers Dr. Richard Linton, President of Kansas State University, and Ron Wilson with the Huck Boyd National Institute for Rural Development. It was especially meaningful to attend with one of my district staff members who is a part of this year's KARL leadership class. KARL is an innovative leadership program that helps prepare Kansas agricultural and rural leaders to positively impact our communities. The program brings together individuals from all different types of backgrounds and challenges them to think differently and learn from each other to gain skills and perspectives that will serve their own communities. Kansas Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees State Convention I was honored to speak at the Kansas Association of Farm Service Agency County Office Employees (KASCOE) state convention in Salina. The hardworking individuals of KASCOE are staunch defenders of agriculture, and I enjoyed having the opportunity to recognize them for their outstanding work and to discuss my recent work in Washington, D.C. on behalf of Kansas farmers, ranchers, and agricultural producers. I shared my priorities for the 2023 Farm Bill with them. The Farm Bill helps protect our food security and freedom as a country, which is why Congress must consider its reauthorization intentionally and strategically. My top priority for the 2023 Farm Bill is crop insurance, which we must approach with a scalpel, not a sledgehammer. My conversations with producers, farm economists, and crop insurance agents have shaped my understanding of how critical it is to reauthorize the crop insurance title in 2023. I also discussed the importance of programs like Livestock Indemnity, conservation programs that put farmers in the driver's seat - not the government, and supporting innovative research initiatives like the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan. Thank you to KASCOE for hosting me and for the great work they do for our agricultural producers and for the future of Kansas agriculture.   Mann.House.Gov Military Academy Nominations As a member of Congress, it is my honor to offer service academy nominations for ten students in the Big First District who wish to pursue a career serving in our nation's military. My office is now accepting nominations for the 2022 class of Miltary Academy Nominations. Members of Congress may nominate candidates for appointment to the five U.S. service academies: U.S. Military Academy (USMA), West Point, NY U.S. Naval Academy (USNA), Annapolis, MD U.S. Air Force Academy (USAFA), Colorado Springs, CO U.S. Merchant Marine Academy (USMMA), Kings Point, NY U.S. Coast Guard Academy (USCGA), New London, CT If you or a student you know is interested in attending one of the U.S. service academies, please visit my website for more information about the nomination process, or contact my Manhattan office at 785-370-7277. Click here to learn more about Military Academy Nominations. Tyler Engstrom, 2021 nominee selected to U.S. Military Academy at West Point. Ian Clark, 2021 nominee selected to U.S. Naval Academy. Click here to learn more about the 2022 Congressional App Challenge. 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