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

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 (TNSLrpt) -- The Congressional Research Service issued the following report (No. R47884) on Sept. 23, 2025, entitled "Identifying Minors Online" by Clare Y. Cho, industrial organization and business policy specialist. Here are excerpts: * * * SUMMARY Concerns about potential harms to minors on the internet, particularly on social media platforms, have grown in recent years. Dating to the 1990s, policymakers have enacted legislation seeking to protect minors online, some   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. Ashley Brooke Moody, R-Florida, issued the following news release: * * * Senator Moody Applauds E3 Snapback Sanctions on Iran, Urges European Leaders to Sustain Pressure to Achieve Permanent Dismantlement of Iran's Nuclear Program U.S. Senator Ashley Moody, along with 49 senate colleagues, is applauding Jean-Noel Barrot, the French Minister of Europe and Foreign Affairs, Johann Wadephul, German Federal Minister of Foreign Affairs, and Yvette Cooper, British Secret  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

WASHINGTON, Sept. 24 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senate passes Kennedy, Peters, Wyden bill to end government payments to deceased Americans * The U.S. Senate unanimously passed Sens. John Kennedy (R-La.), Gary Peters (D-Mich.) and Ron Wyden's (D-Ore.)'s Ending Improper Payments to Deceased People Act, which would save hard-earned taxpayer money by curbing erroneous payments to individuals who have passed away. Kennedy's original bipartis  more