Tracey Mann was elected to the 117th Congress of the U.S. House of Representatives and serves the “Big First” District of Kansas. Congressman Mann is a tireless advocate for Kansas agriculture and conservative Kansas values.
Congressman Mann is a fifth generation Kansan, who was born and raised on his family farm just south of Quinter. He is also the fifth generation to live in the family farmhouse that his great-great-grandfather ordered from Montgomery Ward catalogue in the early 1900’s. Growing up in production agriculture Congressman Mann learned the value of hard work at a young age as he spent thousands of hours in the fields and on the family feed yard. Some of his fondest memories of those days were working cattle with his with his grandfather, father, and brother on Saturday afternoons while listening to K-State football on the radio.
One of my top priorities is to ensure the Big First has access to affordable, quality health care. Serving the First District of Kansas, I understand the importance of creating affordable as well as accessible health care.
The past couple of years has shown us how important our healthcare providers, frontline healthcare workers, and healthcare research is to America.
Access to quality health care in rural areas in the Big First includes telehealth, which makes rural broadband critical to the Big First. I cosponsored the Telehealth Modernization Act, the Protecting Access to Post Covid-19 Telehealth Act, and the Expand Telehealth Access Act which all help to eliminate barriers that stand in the way of rural Americans being able to utilize telehealth. Health care should not be a one size fits all policy, and there needs to be flexibility in the system for Kansans to get the care they deserve.
Another top priority in the Big First is ensuring hospitals and clinics in the district are properly resourced and policies are in place that increase competition and choice for patients, doctors, nurses, and health care providers.