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• Emergency Assistance: The Trump Administration has delivered more than $735 million to nearly 53,000 Kansas farmers through the Emergency Commodity Assistance Program for the 2024 crop year. Nearly 50,000 Kansas producers have also received more than $793 million in payments as part of a $12 billion national bridge program for trade disruptions and higher input costs left by the Biden Administration.
• Support for Ranchers: In September 2026, President Trump signed two Executive Orders to back American ranchers one directing action to help producers protect herds from wolves and other predators and advancing country-of-origin labeling transparency, and another strengthening enforcement of the Packers and Stockyards Act to expand market access without compromising food safety.
• Infrastructure for Rural Communities: In September 2026, the Department of Transportation awarded more than $53 million to reconstruct and widen K-96 between I-135 and I-35 in Wichita, reducing travel times and improving access for school buses and emergency vehicles.
• Year-Round E15: President Trump approved year-round E15 sales, expanding markets for Kansas corn growers and giving drivers more affordable options at the pump.
Investing in Kansas’s Military Installations
President Trump is delivering new resources to strengthen Kansas’s military bases and support the men and women who serve there.
• At Fort Riley, the Trump Administration is investing $26 million for a new Air Traffic Control tower, $5.5 million to modernize security infrastructure surrounding the intermodal railyard, and $2.6 million to improve the staging area so the 1st Infantry Division can position equipment more efficiently for loading and unloading.
• At Fort Leavenworth, the Trump Administration is investing $8 million to add a new fire station and $900,000 to update the current facility.
• Forbes Field in Topeka was named one of four candidate bases in October 2026 for the KC-46A Pegasus mission, which would bring eight tanker aircraft to the Airmen of the 190th Air Refueling Wing.
President Trump and Republicans are delivering lower taxes, major private investment, stronger support for farmers and rural communities, and new resources for Kansas’s military. Kansans face a clear choice: continue this progress, or return to the higher taxes, open borders, and failed policies of the past.
Distributed on October 19th, 2026.
https://x.com/WHPressPool/status/2112243830590214159

White House Press Pool Reports @WHPressPool - 🛬 VP Pool Report #3 - wheels down Asheville
AF2 was wheels up from JBA at 12:21 p.m. and wheels down at Asheville Regional Airport at 1:18 p.m.
Pool holding on the plane while the VP tapes an interview. We will gather under wing for his descent from plane after. We will then head to the event in Hendersonville.