Gov. Laura Kelly at a July 9, 2025, news conference on water at Sternberg Museum of Natural History in Hays. (Sherman Smith/Kansas Reflector)
The six members of the Kansas congressional delegation urged President Donald Trump on Monday to approve the governor’s request for federal assistance to help the state recover from damaging weather in early June.
Democratic Gov. Laura Kelly on Aug. 6 asked for a disaster declaration after severe storms that included tornadoes and flash flooding from June 3 to 7. The storms damaged farms and homes, downed electric power lines, and made roads impassable in some areas.
In a letter to the president, U.S. Sens. Jerry Moran and Roger Marshall, along with Reps. Tracey Mann, Derek Schmidt, Sharice Davids and Ron Estes, said the storms left lasting effects.
“Federal support must be provided to assist our state in emergency response and restoration efforts,” the letter said.
The letter said Kansas would qualify for more than $7.5 million in federal assistance based on damage to Barber, Butler, Chase, Cowley, Coffey, Franklin, Greenwood, Harper, Lyon, Morris and Osage counties.
The Republican senators and three Republican representatives joined with Davids, the lone Democrat in the congressional delegation, in expressing “our wholehearted support for the governor’s request.”
“We look forward to federal support being made available expeditiously to adequately equip state and local governments with the resources necessary to respond to the devastation caused by these severe storms,” the letter said.
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