Senator Marshall Meets with Housing, Energy & Healthcare Professionals in Southwest Kansas

Garden City – U.S. Senator Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), spent Tuesday in Southwest Kansas meeting with local housing, energy, telecommunications, and healthcare professionals to discuss the successes and challenges of providing services to western Kansas. He highlighted his dedication to making sure rural Kansans have access to housing, affordable energy, internet, and quality medical care. Highlights from the visit include: Liberal Housing Tour Click here for more photos. Senator Marshall’s first stop of the day was in Liberal to meet with city and Seward County officials and tour ongoing housing projects. He highlighted his support for the 21st Century ROAD to Housing Act, which cuts burdensome federal regulations and streamlines the permitting process to expand housing supply. Ashland District Hospital Click here for more photos. Next, Senator Marshall visited Ashland District Hospital to celebrate their grant award of $361,478 from the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to establish a local cardiac rehabilitation program. Senator Marshall highlighted his support for RHTP, which was authorized by the Working Families Tax Cuts Act last year to restore rural healthcare. United Telephone’s 75 th Anniversary Click here for more photos. Also in Ashland, Senator Marshall participated in United Telephone’s 75th Anniversary celebration commemorating their decades of service ensuring rural Southwest Kansas communities have access to telephone and internet services. Senator Marshall thanked them for their commitment to the area and stressed his long-standing support for rural broadband, including provisions in the Senate Farm Bill 2.0, which will establish a program to expand internet connectivity to farm and ranchland. Conestoga Click here for more photos. In Seward County, Senator Marshall met with the board of Conestoga Energy Partners to discuss energy policy, including his support for year-round E15 and the new 45Z guidance. He highlighted his ongoing commitment to securing market access for Kansas producers, whose biofuels provide affordable, American-made energy to the nation. Garden City Community College Click here for more photos. At Garden City Community College, Senator Marshall celebrated the grant award of $3,439,901 from the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP) to establish a partnership with Newman University, Colby Community College, and Seward County Community College. This partnership will expand clinical training and build a regional healthcare workforce pipeline across Western and Southwest Kansas. Logan County Health Services Click here for more photos. Senator Marshall’s last stop of the day took him to Logan County Health Services to congratulate them on being part of a $6,096,062 grant from the Rural Health Transformation Program (RHTP). In partnership with Children’s Mercy Hospital, the Community Health Center of Southeast Kansas, and KUMC Great Bend, Logan County Health Services will implement a Rural Pediatric Chronic Care Network to support children in rural communities with asthma, epilepsy, sleep apnea, and type 1 diabetes. ### Contact: Payton Fuller