WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Rep. Vern Buchanan, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Buchanan, Arrington Lead Letter on Foreign Freeloading on American-Financed Innovation to U.S. Trade Representative * Urge USTR to A ddress Foreign Price Controls That Raise Drug Costs for American Patients Price Setting Policies "Make Life-Saving Therapies More Expensive for U.S. Patients" WASHINGTON -- Today, Congressman Vern Buchanan, Vice Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee and m  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Capitol Hill Report, 07-14-2025 * Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE. Topics include: Russia/Ukraine War, Farm Bill, Tariffs, Biodiesel Supply in Iowa, National Injunctions and the Epstein Client List. *** Original text here: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/capitol-hill-report-07-14-2025  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Kristin Johnson, commissioner of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, delivered opening remarks at the Regulators Roundtable on Financial Markets Innovation and Supervision of Emergent Technology in London on July 14, 2025, emphasizing the urgent need for global collaboration to address the rapid transformation of the financial services sector by artificial intelligence and cyber risks. Johnson highlighted AI's promise for efficiency and fraud detection but cautione  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on July 14, 2025: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Groom Curriculum 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: Groom Curriculum of Palo Alto County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in eve  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 14 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Iowa Crop Progress and Condition Report * DES MOINES, Iowa (July 14, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig commented on the released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly April through November. Additionally, the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship provides a weather summary each week during this time. "  more

WASHINGTON, July 14 -- Sen. Adam Schiff, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * NEWS: Sen. Schiff Leads 30+ Senate Colleagues in Effort to Protect California's Proposition 12 * "The Food Security and Farm Protection Act would harm America's small farmers and infringe on the fundamental rights of states to establish laws and regulations within their own borders." This letter follows an announcement last week from the Trump administration seeking to undermine Proposition 12 a  more

WASHINGTON, July 15 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Senate Builds on Record-Setting Confirmation Pace with First Judicial Confirmation Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed the Senate's confirmation of Whitney D. Hermandorfer to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Sixth Circuit. Hermandorfer was confirmed by a vote of 46-42 and is the first judicial nominee to be confi  more