WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement at a Sept. 3, 2025, nominations hearing for professor Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, and Robert Chamberlin, James Maxwell, Edmund LaCour, William Lewis and Harold Mooty to various U.S. District Court positions: * * * Good morning, I'd like to welcome everyone to today's hearing. Our first panel features Professor Jenn  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 4 -- Sen. Angus S. King Jr., I-Maine, issued the following news release: * * * King: Science, not "Ideology" Should Drive National Energy Policy * WASHINGTON, D.C. -U.S. Senator Angus King (I-ME), a senior member of the Senate Energy and Natural Resources Committee (ENR), today questioned Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) nominees on their commitment to cost effective, renewable energy technologies. In the hearing with FERC nominees Laura Swett and David LaCerte,   more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 5 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Q&A: Never Forget 9/11 * Q: What's your message on the anniversary of 9/11? A: This year marks 24 years since 19 hijackers boarded four commercial airliners in the early morning hours on Sept. 11, 2001, to commit acts of terror on U.S. soil. The terrorists commandeered the airplanes to launch suicide attacks against symbolic targets on the eastern seaboard of the United States. They targeted t  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Sept. 5 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig Extends Sign-Up for Cover Crop Cost-Share Through September 18 * # Cover Crop Cost-Share Through September 18 # With record demand this summer and fall, IDALS is allocating additional funding to allow for more participants DES MOINES, Iowa (Sept. 5, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that, due to record demand, the Iowa Departme  more