WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Ahead of the State of the Union, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) announced that she will be hosting Hagit Chen, the mother of 19-year-old Itay Chen, whose son has been held hostage by Iran-backed Hamas since the October 7 attack on Israel. As President Joe Biden addresses Congress Thursday, Ernst will be continuing her call for this administration to do everything in its power to release our citizens from the hands   more

WASHINGTON, March 7 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After another young American lost her life at the hands of an illegal immigrant, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today spoke on the Senate floor and renewed her call for the Senate to pass Sarah's Law to require federal law enforcement to detain illegal immigrants criminally charged with killing or seriously injuring another person. Eight years ago, on the night of her graduation, Sarah Root, a 21-year-old from  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Ahead of President Joe Biden's State of the Union address tomorrow, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) urged the president to take a look at the state of our country. She called for his overdue budget request and National Security Strategy as families and small businesses are crippled by Bidenflation, illegal immigrants and fentanyl are taking American lives, and U.S. servicemembers are sitting ducks while terrorists h  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed Iowa physician Dr. Christina Taylor to testify at a hearing on strengthening primary care. Dr. Taylor highlighted primary care providers' (PCP) crucial role as the "front line for coordinating care," and advocated for solutions to help PCPs "provide safer, better care at a lower cost." "Dr. Taylor represented Iowa well today,"  more

WASHINGTON, March 6 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) are announcing growing bipartisan support for their updated Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. Since its introduction last year, the bill has gained 23 cosponsors in the Senate, 88 cosponsors in the House of Representatives and undergone legislative changes to strengthen its provisions. "The alarming uptick in illicit xylazine use is contrib  more

WASHINGTON, March 8 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on March 7, 2024: * * * U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) released the following statement regarding securing $28 million in community project funding for projects in Iowa's First Congressional District: "I am extremely proud that the House passed a bipartisan funding bill that includes 15 community projects that will greatly impact Iowa's First Congressional District. These initiat  more