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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Tuesday September 24, 2024 ( 3 items )  

Capito, Colleagues Reintroduce Bill to Crack Down on Illicit Drug Analogues
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Shelley Moore Capito, R-West Virginia, issued the following news release: Last week, U.S. Senator Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) joined a bipartisan group of colleagues to reintroduce the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act. The legislation is led by U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.). Specifically, the SIMSA Act targets deadly drugs that are substantially similar to already-controlled substances, but   more

Feenstra Helps Introduce Legislation to Keep American Taxpayer Dollars Out of the Hands of the Taliban
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped introduce the No More Taxpayer Cash for the Taliban Act, which would implement guardrails and strengthen oversight to keep U.S. taxpayer dollars away from the Taliban. "There is no excuse for any money to fall into the hands of the Taliban. But, according to recent reports from the Special Inspector General for Afghanistan Reconstruction, nearly $3 billion in cash ha  more

Grassley Leads Bicameral Colleagues in Calling Out Abuses in the Biden-Harris Unaccompanied Migrant Children Program
WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led 43 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to work with Congress to root out abuses in their administration's unaccompanied migrant children program and stop the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)'s cover-up of the crisi  more