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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Thursday August 15, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Ernst Blasts Biden-Harris Admin for Nearly $300 Million Handout to the Taliban
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After an explosive report revealed the Biden-Harris administration sent $293 million to the Taliban, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent a letter to President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Antony Blinken blasting them for funding a terrorist organization and demanding they immediately rectify the situation. In addition to sending the letter, Ernst is proposing legislation to track and publicly disclose any   more

Ernst Rails Against Biden-Harris SBA for Injecting Green New Deal Agenda Into Key Loan Program
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee Ranking Member Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), alongside Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), called out Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Isabel Guzman for dramatically changing lending programs in order to align with one of Vice President Kamala Harris' key Green New Deal priorities. The new "Green Lending Initiative" will prioritize "  more

Ernst Urges USDA to Modernize Process for Disclosing Foreign-Owned Land
WASHINGTON, Aug. 14 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Senator John Fetterman (D-Pa.) led a bipartisan group in urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to streamline its process for the electronic submission and retention of Agricultural Foreign Investment Disclosure Act (AFIDA) disclosures. In the letter, the senators pointed out alleged inaccuracies in information public  more