WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Rep. Joe Courtney, D-Connecticut, issued the following news release: * * * Bipartisan Leaders Send Letter to Secretary Hegseth Expressing Strong Support for AUKUS Amid Review * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Rep. Joe Courtney (D-CT), Ranking Member of the House Seapower and Projection Forces Subcommittee, Rep. Michael McCaul (R-TX), Chair Emeritus of the House Foreign Affairs Committee, Rep. Mike Rogers (R-AL), Chairman of the House Armed Services Committee, Rep. Adam Smith (  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Capitol Hill Report, 06-23-2025 * Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE. Topics include: Iran Conflict, Budget Reconciliation Bill, Rural Electric Cooperative Youth Tour and the Promoting Security and Justice for Victims of Terrorism Act of 2019. *** Original text here: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/capitol-hill-report-06-23-2025  more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Acorn Bluff Farms * 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: Acorn Bluff Farms of Louisa County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. "Since 2016, Acorn Bluff Farms has proven they hav  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Klobuchar Introduce Legislation to Increase Support for Identifying and Returning Kidnapped Ukrainian Children * WASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced their bipartisan Abducted Ukrainian Children Recovery and Accountability Act. This legislation would support Ukraine's efforts to investigate and track the nearly 20,000 Ukrainian children who   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- The House Veterans' Affairs Committee issued a report (H.Rpt. 119-103) on the No Wrong Door for Veterans Act (H.R.1969), which aims to amend and reauthorize the Staff Sergeant Parker Gordon Fox Suicide Prevention Grant Program of the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. The report was advanced by Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, on May 19, 2025. Here are excerpts: * * * Purpose and Summary H.R. 1969, the "No Wrong Door for Veterans Act," was introduced by Rep. Mariannette M  more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy, Daines, colleagues to Trump admin: New trade deals can benefit American farmers, energy producers and manufacturers * WASHINGTON - Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) today joined Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Rep. Adrian Smith (R-Neb.) and 53 other lawmakers in sending a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer, Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent, Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Roll  more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * Law Enforcement Officers Expose Cartel Threats and National Security Concerns During Senate Judiciary Hearing WASHINGTON - In response to questioning today from Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), special agents highlighted the dangers law enforcement officers face in the fight against cartels, as well as the ca  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, June 24 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Petroleum release near Avoca reaches West Nishnabotna River * AVOCA - The Iowa Department of Natural Resources is investigating a petroleum release at the West Nishnabotna River near Avoca in Pottawattamie County. On June 24, staff from the DNR's Atlantic Field Office observed a petroleum sheen entering the West Nishnabotna River, just north of the Avoca exit off Interstate 80.   more

WASHINGTON, June 23 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Praise Pours in for Ernst Bill to Unleash Domestic Manufacturing * WASHINGTON - Support continues to pour in from small manufacturers in Iowa and across the country for Senator Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) Made in America Manufacturing Finance Act that doubles the loan limit for Small Business Administration (SBA) manufacturing loans. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Ernst's bill   more

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Rep. Lori Trahan, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: * * * Trahan to RFK Jr.: "You Don't Have a Grip on Your Department" * WASHINGTON, DC - Today, Congresswoman Lori Trahan (MA-03), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Health Subcommittee, pressed U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. during a congressional hearing on how Medicaid cuts proposed by Republicans in Congress and supported by President Donald Trump   more

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on June 24, 2025: * * * What They've Said: Democrats Flip-Flop on Injunctions to Suit Partisan Aims WASHINGTON - District judges have levied more universal injunctions against the second Trump administration than any other administration in recorded history, despite lacking the constitutional authority to set nationwide policy. Democrats now claim these univer  more