WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Last week, Sarah's Law - introduced by U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) - passed out of the House Judiciary Committee and is on track to be considered by the full House of Representatives for a vote. This legislation honors the memory of 21-year-old Sarah Root - a native of Council Bluffs - who was killed eight years ago by an illegal immigrant who was driving while drunk, nearly three times over the legal  more

WASHINGTON, March 25 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Johnston, IA - U.S. Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today hosted the Connecting Iowa's Heroes: Veterans Resource Fair at the Iowa Gold Star Military Museum in Johnston, Iowa. Nearly 200 veterans and community members attended today's event to learn more about support from community organizations and government agencies in our area available for returning servicemembers and veterans. "As a veteran of the Air Fo  more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- The Senate Budget Committee issued the following written testimony by Christina Taylor, president-elect of the Iowa Medical Society, involving a hearing on March 6, 2024, entitled "How Primary Care Improves Health Care Efficiency": * * * Thank you, Chairman Whitehouse and Ranking Member Grassley for convening this hearing and allowing me the opportunity to testify./1 I'm an internal medicine physician from Iowa and I've practiced for nearly 20 years. I'm a proud Iowa   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on MArch 6, 2024, entitled "How Primary Care Improves Health Care Efficiency": * * * Mr. Chairman, thank you for holding today's hearing on strengthening primary care. Americans spend more than 4.3 trillion dollars annually on health care. Our spending has more than tripled as a percentage of gross domestic product since 1960. Growing health   more

WASHINGTON, March 26 -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on March 6, 2024, on the Railroad Employee Equity and Fairness Act (S. 1274): * * * Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The Budget Committee doesn't hold many markups on legislation in its jurisdiction. The last real markup we had was in 2019--when we reported out the bipartisan budget process reform legislation you put together with our mutual friend, t  more