WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Deadline Approaching for Iowa Students to Submit Academy Nominations * WASHINGTON -- Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is accepting applications from Iowa high school students who wish to be considered for appointments to U.S. service academies. Students must submit their applications to Grassley's office by Friday, October 24. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Nomina  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, 319 Decor & Design * 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: 319 Decor & Design of Grundy County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "Since 2017, 319 Decor & Design has been lighting up  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on Sept. 29, 2025: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, 319 Decor & Design 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: 319 D  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Durbin Propose Bipartisan H-1B and L-1 Visa Reforms to Protect American Workers and Stop Outsourcing Jobs Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are reintroducing bipartisan legislation to reform and close loopholes in the H-1B and L-1 visa programs. The H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 30 -- The Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration issued the following news release: * * * NHTSA Approves More Than $800M for States to Make Roads Safer Grants will fund vital traffic safety programs and enforcement in all 50 states, territories and tribal lands * The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has notified all 50 states, District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, U.S. territories and the Bureau of Indian Affairs representing  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 29 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Defers Pay as Shutdown Looms, Calls on Senate to Pass House Funding Measure * DES MOINES, IA -- With a government shutdown fast approaching, Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today formally requested that his pay be withheld until full government funding is restored. "If Senate Democrats force our troops to work without pay, Congress should be held to the same standard," said Rep. Nunn. "I'm callin  more