WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Marco Rubio (R-Florida) introduced the Furthering Operations for Resiliency, Transparency, and Integrity to Fortify (FORTIFY) U.S. Research Act to prevent China from stealing our research designed to strengthen American national security. The bill builds upon Senator Ernst's work to ensure U.S. tax dollars are not sent to our foreign adversaries for risky research. "Sharing the r  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After Iowa was hit hard by recent tornados and flooding, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, advocated for efforts to support farmers impacted by natural disasters at today's subcommittee hearing. She asked witnesses about the experiences farmers have accessing and navigating federal disaster resources. Watch her full line of questioning here. "Just a couple of weeks   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) released the following statement criticizing the Environmental Protection Agency for failing to finalize Renewable Volume Obligations (RVOs) for 20262028. "The Biden administration's failure to set Renewable Volume Obligations for 2026, 2027, and 2028 is inexcusable. Our farmers and biofuel producers are already facing inflation, high interest rates, low commodity pri  more

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Safeguard American Voter Eligibility Act. This legislation would require proof of citizenship to register to vote in U.S. elections and ensure that states remove noncitizens from their voter rolls. "Illegal immigrants should never be allowed to vote in American elections. It is a privilege reserved only for   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday submitted a statement for the record during a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee's hearing on emergency response and recovery in rural areas. Grassley in his statement highlighted the recent severe storms and flooding in Iowa while pointing out the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could further assist farmers by opening up Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres   more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: As part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Holstein on July 18, Greenfield and Earlham on July 19, and Webster City on July 22. "Representative government relies on open dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent. I welcome the opportunity to meet face-to-face with Iowans in Ida, Adair, Madison and Hamilton cou  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Amid NATO's 75th Annual Summit, Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus Co-Chairs Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced a resolution reaffirming congressional support for the longstanding alliance between the United States and the Baltics. "The Baltic nations of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania have served as beacons of freedom for over a century. These countries kept the flame of liberty alive  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced legislation to include Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) on the list of executive agencies whose employees are "further restricted" from engaging in partisan political activity under the Hatch Act. "OIGs are the independent watchdogs protecting Americans' taxpayer dollars and fighting waste, fraud and abuse in the executive branch. T  more

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released internal records from the Biden administration's Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealing HHS knowingly sent two unaccompanied migrant children to a household with established connections to the violent MS-13 gang. Grassley is also making public the referral he shared with federal law enforcement containing evidence of potential child trafficking  more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following statement on July 11, 2024: * * * Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) released the following statement after the last Iowan injured in a recentstabbing of Americans at a public park in China departed for the United States: "I am relieved that the last Iowan is finally on his way home to the United States. Due to his grave injuries sustained in the attack, he was forced to recover in China before he   more

WASHINGTON, July 12 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on July 10, 2024: Today, the Wall Street Journal reported that the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) plans to sue the nation's three largest Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) over inflated insulin prices. This report comes after Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, a strong advocate for PBM reform, raised these concerns yesterday in a Energy & Commerce Committee hearing with all five FTC Commissioners. "I have  more