WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin demanding the Department of Defense (DoD) release the full, unredacted report she secured revealing the agency cannot keep track of millions of dollars sent to Chinese research laboratories. Even though none of the information in the Office of Inspector General (OIG) report is marked classified, large sections were redacted, including  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After Funding Circle voluntarily surrendered the Small Business Lending Company (SBLC) license it wrongly received from the Biden Small Business Administration (SBA), Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and House Small Business Committee Chairman Roger Williams (R-Texas) released the following statement: "As we have been saying from the moment it was announced,  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: In response to a request from lawmakers led by Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chair of the Senate Armed Services Personnel Subcommittee; Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Emerging Threats and Capabilities Subcommittee; and Representatives Ro Khanna (D-Calif.) and Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), both members of the House Armed Services Committee, the U.S. Government Acc  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Congresswoman Hinson (IA-02) helped introduced the More Opportunities for Moms to Succeed (MOMS) Act alongside Rep. Michelle Fischbach (MN-07). The legislation provides critical support to new moms during and after their pregnancy to empower women to choose life and raise happy, healthy babies. "When a woman finds out she is pregnant, she should be surrounded with resources and support and feel confident in  more

WASHINGTON, June 27 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, chairwoman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release on June 26, 2024: Today, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee's hearing to assess challenges in VA's current VISN (Veterans Integrated Service Networks) structure:   more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today introduced bipartisan legislation to protect access to fertility treatments, including invitro-fertilization (IVF), for millions of Americans. The Helping to Optimize Patients' Experience (HOPE) with Fertility Services Act, which is co-led by U.S. Representatives Lori Chavez-Deremer (OR-05), Debbie Wasserman Shultz (FL-25), and Susan Wild (PA-07), would require private health  more

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Rep. Sean Casten, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Congressmen Sean Casten (IL06) and Randy Feenstra (IA04) led a bipartisan group of members from the Illinois and Iowa Congressional delegations in a letter of support for the SOO Green HVDC Link, a proposed underground highvoltage transmission line to connect MISO (MidContinent Independent System Operator) and PJM (Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Maryland), the two largest electricity markets in the co  more