From the office of Sen. Roger Marshall

WASHINGTON (AP) — Sen. Roger Marshall, R-Kan., published an op-ed in the Hays Post writing that despite the ongoing government shutdown, his offices remain open and continue to serve Kansans.

Marshall said Republicans passed a clean funding bill one month earlier but Democrats are requesting the removal of the Rural Health Transformation Program from Republicans' Working Families Tax Cuts legislation. He urged colleagues to vote yes on the short-term continuing resolution and pass the remaining annual appropriations bills.

Marshall voted to advance the FY2026 Department of Defense Appropriations Act and cosponsored the Pay Our Military Act of 2026, which would allow servicemembers to continue receiving pay during a government shutdown.

Marshall said he spoke with multiple news outlets about the government shutdown, including Fox Business, Newsmax, Bloomberg, MSNBC and KCMO, discussing the need to reopen the government and fulfill constitutional responsibilities to American people.

Marshall discussed healthcare issues during a Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee hearing, focusing on the need to turn patients into consumers in the healthcare system.

Marshall questioned Michelle Rosenberg, director of Health Care at the U.S. Government Accountability Office, and William Feldman, a physician and health policy researcher at the University of California, about the Affordable Care Act's broken system.

Marshall toured a clinical reference laboratory and highlighted dangers of 7-hydroxymitragynine (7-OH), an unregulated opioid compound derived from the kratom plant.

President Donald Trump and USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced the Farm Service Agency core operations will resume, including critical services for farm loan processing, Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage payments.

Marshall praised the Trump administration for getting critical assistance to farmers during the shutdown.

The Air Combat Command announced the Kansas Air National Guard's 184th Wing was selected to host the Point Defense Battle Laboratory at McConnell Air Force Base.

The lab will contribute to the nation's security capabilities by advancing counter-unmanned aircraft systems and point defense. Wichita State University's National Institute for Aviation Research will help with the mission.