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U.S. Congressional Tipoffs Involving Iowa Newsletter for Thursday November 21, 2024 ( 9 items )  

Ernst Completes Tenth River to River Tour
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After her final stop over the weekend in Clayton County, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) officially finished her tenth annual River to River Tour marking a decade of Ernst crisscrossing the state to meet with Iowans from the Mississippi River to the Missouri River. Ernst addresses constituents at her Harrison County town hall meeting. "That's a wrap on another phenomenal River to River Tour across Iowa! Hearin  more

Ernst Discusses Bipartisan Work to Halt Iran's Threat to Americans
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Following Iran's assassination attempt on President Trump, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined U.S. Senator Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) on Bret Baier's Common Ground segment to discuss their work to halt Iranian-backed threats on American soil. After Ernst and Hassan called on the Department of Justice to stop Iran from paying criminal organizations to carry out malign actions in the U.S., the senators started wo  more

Ernst: Iowans Spoke Loud and Clear
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After completing her tenth annual River to River Tour, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) brought back a message to Iowans have had enough. Ernst emphasized that the Senate Republican majority will deliver on their promises to restore peace through strength, secure the border, cut bureaucratic red tape, eliminate wasteful spending, and implement President Trump's agenda. Click here to watch Senator Ernst's full r  more

Grassley Urges Strong Defense of Critical Infrastructure During Senate Judiciary Subcommittee Hearing
WASHINGTON, Nov. 19 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today participated in a hearing before the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Privacy, Technology and the Law regarding Chinese cybersecurity threats. Grassley is a fierce advocate for bolstering U.S. critical infrastructure and securing Americans' data. He's leading bipartisan legislation to require websites and apps to disclose ties with malicious foreign entities like China  more

Grassley, Sullivan Push for Accountability Following VA Budget Fiasco
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 14 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to Senate Veterans Affairs' Committee (SVAC) Chairman Jon Tester (D-Mont.) demanding enhanced oversight of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) following a multibillion dollar budget miscommunication. "Just a few short months ago, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) notified Committee me  more

House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health Chairwoman Miller-Meeks at Hearing on Services for Veteran Amputees - Prosthetics Care is Essential to the Bedrock of VA Mission.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, chairwoman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release on Nov. 20, 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 oversight hearing entitled, "Life After Limb Loss: Examining VA Amputee Prosthetics Care": Good aft  more

National Taxpayers Union Calls Feenstra Legislation to Protect Solvency of Social Security a "No Brainer"
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, the National Taxpayers Union released its 14th annual "No Brainers" list of legislative reforms that benefit American taxpayers, which includes U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra's (R-Hull) Save Our Seniors Act. This legislation would help protect the long-term solvency of Social Security by requiring the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include the honest projection of its financial health in it  more

Van Orden Calls Out USDA for Abandoning Wisconsin Poultry Farmers
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Rep. Derrick Van Orden, R-Wisconsin, issued the following news release: Today, Congressman Derrick Van Orden (WI-03) released the following statement after U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack refused to answer a letter sent by Rep. Van Orden and a number of his colleagues in the House and Senate regarding the Pure Prairie Poultry bankruptcy that resulted in nearly 50 farmers and more than two million chickens throughout Wisconsin, Minnesota, and Io  more

Warren, Grassley Pressure IRS To Crack Down on Nonprofit Hospitals Taking Advantage of Tax Code
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senator Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel urging him to strengthen and enforce tax code regulations on nonprofit hospitals, which are still taking advantage of their nonprofit status to pay little to nothing in taxes while failing to provide adequate charity and community care to th  more