WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) led a letter to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Captain Andrew Bender urging the USCG to reconsider its decision to remove 36 Aids to Navigation (ATONs) on the Missouri River north of Blencoe, Iowa and to continue infrastructure investments in the Missouri River. Eight lawmakers and 53 local businesses, organizations, and leaders supported Feenstra's letter. "The Missouri Riv  more

CEDAR RAPIDS, Iowa, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Iowa issued the following news release on Dec. 3, 2024: A man who committed a drug trafficking offense was sentenced today to 14 years in federal prison. Darryl Fonte Jackson, age 51, from Cedar Rapids, Iowa, received the prison term after a July 1, 2024 guilty plea to one count of possession with intent to deliver a controlled substance. Evidence at the plea and sentencing hearings showed that, on July  more

COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, Dec. 5 -- The office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of Iowa issued the following news release: A Sioux Falls, South Dakota man and Guatemalan national was sentenced on November 26, 2024 to 15 years in federal prison for possessing a distribution quantity of methamphetamine and possessing a firearm as a felon and in relation to his drug trafficking. According to public court documents, Johny Fernando Diaz-Mendez, 47, was arrested in March 2024 and found in   more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 5 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: In a bipartisan, bicameral press conference (https://www.youtube.com/live/QaQ-uVRKhUc?si=mcwBQ-flUwX2kUox&t=670) held in front of the U.S. Capitol, Dr. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) called for urgent action on Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) reforms, including the passage of her DRUG Act. This critical legislation, introduced by Dr. Miller-Meeks, aims to ban harmful practices like spread pricing th  more

WASHINGTON, Dec. 4 -- The U.S. State Department issued the following remarks on Dec. 2, 2024, by Secretary Antony J. Blinken at the "Partnerships in Action - Honoring Our Commitment to Afghan Allies" reception: * * * MODERATOR: We will now begin our formal program. Please welcome to the stage the Secretary of State Antony Blinken, Deputy Secretary of State Richard Verma, White House Homeland Security Advisor Liz Sherwood-Randall, #AfghanEvac President Shawn VanDiver, and Florence Pouya. (Appla  more