WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Capitol Hill Report, 06-16-2025 * Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE. Topics include: Israel/Iran Conflict, Oil Prices, Budget Reconciliation Bill, Pesticide Usage, Safety of Public Officials and Medicaid Cuts. *** Original text here: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/capitol-hill-report-06-16-2025  more

WASHINGTON, June 18 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 17, 2025: * * * Durbin Delivers Opening Statement In Senate Judiciary Committee Hearing On Protecting Older Americans From Scammers, Transnational Crime networks WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today delivered an opening statement at a Senate Judiciary Committee hear  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Richard J. Durbin, D-Illinois, issued the following news release: * * * Durbin, Duckworth, Grassley Lead Quad Cities Lawmakers In Support For Rock Island Arsenal * June 16, 2025 WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate Democratic Whip Dick Durbin (D-IL), a member of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, joined U.S. Senators Tammy Duckworth (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), along with U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA-01) and Eric Sorensen (D-IL-17  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Lays Out Six "Big Beautiful" Options to Save Tens of Billions * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) rolled out six proposals for the One Big Beautiful Bill based on her decade of work to make Washington Squeal, reduce reckless spending, and save taxpayers' money. Ernst's proposals would save tens of billions of dollars by eliminating bogus payments, snapping back SNAP o  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Meets with Local Iowa Leaders * RED OAK, Iowa - Over the past few weeks, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) has met with local leaders representing cities and chambers of commerce across Iowa to discuss their top priorities. Ernst's discussions included the Siouxland Chamber of Commerce, the Greater Des Moines Partnership, the Ames Regional Economic Alliance, the Dubuque Area Chamber of Commerce, t  more

WASHINGTON, June 16 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, PowerTech * RED OAK, Iowa - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Chair of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: PowerTech of Pottawattamie County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. "Josh and Cody have generated a company that delivers not j  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 (TNSLrpt) -- A report issued by the Farm Credit Administration titled "Quarterly Report on Economic Conditions and Farm Credit System Condition and Performance" highlights emerging economic challenges for U.S. agriculture and the Farm Credit System, pointing to slowing GDP growth, increased credit risk in farm lending, and continued stress from high input costs and volatile commodity markets. The report was published June 12, 2025. According to the FCA's Office of Data Analy  more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Leads Legislation to Lower Broadband Costs for Rural Iowa Communities * HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) introduced the Lowering Broadband Costs for Consumers Act to help construct broadband in rural Iowa. This legislation would require that the largest financial beneficiaries of the networks, also known as "edge providers" - such as Amazon, Google, Facebook, Microsoft  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 17 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Iowa's Scholastic Clay Target Program crowns youth sporting clays champions * More than 280 athletes from 36 Iowa teams competed in the 2025 Iowa Scholastic Clay Target Program (SCTP) Sporting Clays Championships, that was held June 12-14 at Highland Hideaway, near Riverside. The course was set by Dave Miller, of Miller Shooting Sports, LLC in Missouri. Dylan Uitermarkt of Pella C  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 17 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Long hidden and rare, remnant prairie re-emerges after project removes unwanted invasives * Some of Iowa's lesser known native prairie plants have returned to the hills overlooking Rock Creek Lake this spring, after a project last November knocked back invasive species plant species such as honeysuckle and autumn olive that had thickly spread onto the area. Standing on this patch   more

WASHINGTON, June 17 -- Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse, D-Rhode Island, issued the following news release: * * * Whitehouse, Ernst Introduce Bipartisan Legislation to Support Mental Health Needs of Veterans * Bipartisan legislation named in honor of two Marines, Rhode Islander Lance Cpl. Daniel J. Harvey, Jr., and Iowan Cpl. Adam Lambert, who died by suicide Washington, DC - U.S. Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Joni Ernst (R-IA) today introduced bipartisan legislation to better support the   more