WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Pushes to Stabilize Fertilizer Markets, Bring Phosphate Production Home * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, are working to add phosphate - a critical fertilizer ingredient - to the U.S. Critical Minerals List. In a bipartisan letter to Secretary of the Interior Doug Burgum, the lawmakers, joined by over 60 of  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Calls on Homeland Security Secretary to End Unlawful Work Authorizations for Student Visa Holders, Clamp Down on Foreign Espionage BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem calling on the department to stop issuing work authorizations to student vi  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 23 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Calls on Homeland Security Secretary to End Unlawful Work Authorizations for Student Visa Holders, Clamp Down on Foreign Espionage * BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem calling on the department to stop issuing work authorizations to student visa holders in direct violation of the law  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Exposes Severe Whistleblower Retaliation at Biden ATF * BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) end all retaliation against Afolabi Siwajuola, a whistleblower who reported the Biden administration's ATF for its illegal misclassification sc  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Exposes Severe Whistleblower Retaliation at Biden ATF BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding the Department of Justice (DOJ) and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) end all retaliation against Afolabi Siwajuola, a whistleblower who reported the Biden administration's  more

AMES, Iowa, Sept. 25 -- Iowa State University issued the following news release: * * * Researchers modeling electrochemical processes to improve energy, critical technologies There isn't a good and fast way to simulate the electrochemical processes critical for energy production, energy storage, health care technology and advanced manufacturing. Researchers working together from three universities across the United States - Iowa State University, Tufts University in Massachusetts and Stanfor  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Leads Bill to Guarantee Pay for Servicemembers During Government Shutdowns * DES MOINES, IA -- Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers led by Representative Jen Kiggans (VA-02) to introduce the Pay Our Troops Act to ensure servicemembers continue receiving paychecks in the event of a government shutdown. "As a 20-year combat veteran and Air Force Colonel, I know how  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on Sept. 23, 2025: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Bannor Toys Throughout this Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. * 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: Bannor Toys  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Ernst Introduce Bill to Increase Access to Commercial Driver's Licenses During Harvest * U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) - a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee - and U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) - a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee - introduced the Seasonal Agriculture CDL Modernization Act to help redu  more