By Megan Moser

Sen. Roger Marshall said Tuesday the budget bill President Trump signed into law Friday will be “the start of a new golden age of American prosperity.”

Marshall, a Kansas Republican and member of the budget committee, said in a phone interview with The Mercury and KMAN Tuesday he was excited by what his party accomplished with its “big, beautiful bill,” which passed the House on a vote of 218-214 and the Senate on a vote of 51-50.

“It’s an era of prosperity and security,” he said. “Security — we’re going to secure the border, make our military stronger. Prosperity — I think, by the largest cut in taxes in American history, it’s going to put gasoline on the economy, just like it did under President Kennedy, under President Reagan, under Trump 45, that cutting taxes grows the economy, and I’m just looking forward to being part of it.”

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Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kan., on Thursday advocated for Kansas and for his home base of Manhattan during the confirmation hearings for U.S. secretary of agriculture nominee Brooke Rollins.

Moran was one of several senators on the Senate Agriculture Committee asking questions of Rollins, who is Trump’s pick to lead the Department of Agriculture.

Moran brought up the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility, the federal animal disease lab in Manhattan. The USDA oversees that lab.

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U.S. Rep. Tracey Mann says he remains focused on getting a new farm bill, something Congress has struggled to pass in recent years.

The Kansas congressman on Wednesday told KMAN he’s frustrated by the lack of attention a new farm bill has gotten.

Congress last passed a farm bill in 2018, but it expired at the end of last year.

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