2025 KBA FEDERAL AFFAIRS COMMITTEE, KBA BOARD MEMBERS, AND KBA’S BANK LEADERS OF KANSAS (BLOK) CLASS March on Washington, D.C., a Success! (L-R) Back Row: Nick Barnes, Kendal Kay, Mark Schifferdecker, Dan Bolen, Gene Dikeman, Tony Nemec, Kathy Taylor. Front Row: Doug Wareham, Janelle Wareham, Nancy Schifferdecker, Michelle Bowman, Kyle Campbell, John Hower, Kendra Campbell, Julie Hower, Mary Dikeman, Matyson Barnes On Thursday, Sept. 18, Kansas native Michelle “Miki” Bowman was sworn in as the Vice Chair for Supervision for the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System. Kansas Bankers Association Leadership was honored to participate in the official swearing-in ceremony in Washington, D.C. KBA Board of Directors, members of the KBA Federal Affairs Committee and the 2025 KBA Bank Leaders of Kansas (BLOK) spent several days in the nation’s capital to lobby Kansas’ members of Congress and to visit with Federal banking regulators about issues of importance to the banking industry. The BLOK class started their visit with a guided night bus tour of Washington, D.C.’s memorials and monuments on Sunday evening, Sept. 14. Morning sessions began on Monday, Sept. 15, with an ABA 101 at the American Bankers Association’s office and a panel discussion with Kansas’ Congressional Staffers to gain an insider’s view of Congressional operations. On Tuesday, Sept. 16, the entire group resumed meetings at the ABA office, having a dialogue with the U.S. Department of the Treasury, the FDIC and the OCC, presenting KBA’s regulatory priorities including indexing regulatory bank thresholds, modernizing FDIC deposit insurance, the potential repeal/rewrite of Section 1071, guidance on the debanking executive order, and obtaining official guidance on the ACRE Act contained in the One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). Bankers also heard from ABA staff on the potential of a “Farm Bill 2.0” to address ag issues that weren’t included in the OBBB. On Wednesday, Sept. 17, the group of almost 60 bankers visited Capitol Hill to thank lawmakers for their support of the ACRE Act and the bill prohibiting mortgage trigger leads. Bankers also shared KBA’s legislative priorities, which include indexing regulatory and statutory asset thresholds, modernizing FDIC deposit insurance, credit union taxation and the potential for a Farm Bill 2.0, among other issues. The trip concluded with an evening reception open to all Kansas Congressional Delegation members and their staff, which took place on the Hill in the U.S. Capitol House Agricultural Committee Room. Please see the highlights from the trip in the following: Kansas Bankers Meeting With Their Kansas Congressional Delegation U.S. Senator Jerry Moran U.S. Senator Roger Marshall 9
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