WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Makes Permanent Exclusions to Overreaching Obama-Era WOTUS Regulations * WASHINGTON - After recently scoring a major victory in her longstanding fight to overturn the harmful expansion of the "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rule, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is introducing legislation to prevent future overregulation. Her new bill would make permanent key exclusions clarifying that waste   more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Protects American Innovation from the CCP * WASHINGTON - During a U.S. Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee hearing, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) touted her report that uncovered loopholes and a lack of consistent due diligence standards are exposing hundreds of millions of dollars in sensitive American intellectual property to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP). Ernst emphasized the   more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Protects U.S. Farmland, Calls for Modernization for Farmers * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is working to modernize outdated U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) systems that burden many farmers and leave farmland vulnerable to foreign adversaries. During the hearing, Ernst secured a commitment from Richard Fordyce, nominee for Under  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Heinrich, Miller-Meeks, Pingree Reintroduce Bill to Explore Agricultural, Environmental Benefits of Biochar * WASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.), along with Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) and Chellie Pingree (D-Maine), reintroduced legislation to study the effectiveness of  more

WASHINGTON, July 24 -- Sen. Alex Padilla, D-California, issued the following news release: * * * Padilla Rejects Lifetime Judicial Appointment of Unfit Trump Loyalist Emil Bove * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement after voting against advancing the nomination of Third Circuit Court of Appeals nominee Emil Bove, one of Trump's personal lawyers with an extensive track record of spreading mi  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: National Whistleblower Day * Q: What's your most recent work to strengthen whistleblower protections? A: Estimates show federal contractors outnumber roughly two million civilian employees in the federal workforce. In July I introduced bipartisan legislation to address gaps in existing federal law that leave millions of people who work as federal contractors vulnerable to reprisal if they  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to Minnesota Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Excess Rain and Flash Flood * ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP)organizations of the Aug. 25 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by excessive  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The Small Business Administration's Office of Disaster Assistance issued the following news release: * * * SBA Relief Still Available to Minnesota Small Businesses and Private Nonprofits Affected by Excessive Rain * ATLANTA - The U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) is reminding small businesses and private nonprofit (PNP) organizations in Minnesota of the Aug. 25 deadline to apply for low interest federal disaster loans to offset economic losses caused by excessiv  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Senate conducted seven committee hearings on July 24, 2025: * * * BUSINESS MEETING Committee on Appropriations: Committee ordered favorably reported the following business items: An original bill (S. 2431) entitled, "Interior, Environment, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026", and An original bill (S. 2465) entitled, "Transportation, Housing and Urban Development, and Related Agencies Appropriations Act, 2026". * * * NOMINATION Committee on Armed  more

WASHINGTON, July 25 -- The U.S. Space Force issued the following news: * * * Vandenberg SFB hosts NASA TRACERS mission brief * VANDENBERG SPACE FORCE BASE, Calif. (AFNS) -- Vandenberg Space Force Base hosted a mission brief for NASA's upcoming Tandem Reconnection and Cusp Electrodynamics Reconnaissance Satellites mission on July 21. The event brought together attendees from Vandenberg SFB, NASA, the University of Iowa and the local community to discuss the TRACERS mission and its scientifi  more