WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After a report exposed the pervasive culture of harassment and other egregious behavior at the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC), U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is leading five of her colleagues in demanding the Inspector General (IG) investigate every single one of the more than 500 allegations of misconduct. The senators blasted the agency for allowing a toxic culture to run rampant and urged the   more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)'s decision to develop a request for application for rural hospitals to make use of 10 available spaces in its Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) program. Grassley citing the program's efficacy and qualifying hospitals' interest has spent nearly two years pushing CMS to open RCHD applications and fill empty  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are putting the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI on notice to preserve all records related to Special Counsel Jack Smith's criminal investigations into President Donald Trump, in order to ensure Congress' ability to conduct proper oversight. Notably, former FBI Special Agent in Charge Timothy Thibault who publicly engaged in anti-Trump political p  more

WASHINGTON, Nov. 14 -- Sen. James Risch, R-Idaho, ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, issued the following news release: U.S. Senator Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today led 33 senators in introducing the Stand with Israel Act, legislation to cut off U.S. funding to United Nations (UN) agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend, or otherwise restrict the participation of the State of Israel. This legislation is cosponsored by   more