WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * DHS Report Confirms Grassley Oversight: Biden Admin Failed to Track and Enforce Parole Expirations * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is requesting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem immediately address the Biden administration's failure to track and enforce parole expirations. Grassley's inquiry follows a July 2025 DHS Office of In  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2025: * * * Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is requesting Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Kristi Noem immediately address the Biden administration's failure to track and enforce parole expirations. Grassley's inquiry follows a July 2025 DHS Office of Inspector General (OIG) report, which confirmed that "unde  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Labor Employment and Training Administration is issuing an interim final rule to change the way it calculates the hourly Adverse Effect Wage Rates (AEWRs) for temporary foreign workers employed in agricultural labor under the H-2A nonimmigrant status. This action revises the methodology for determining these wages for non-range occupations. For the majority of H-2A job opportunities, the Employment and Training Administration will now use wag  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Cracks Down on Egg Mislabeling * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, are working together to ensure foods labeled as eggs or egg products are real eggs - not plant-based alternatives. Many Americans rely on eggs as an affordable, healthy source of protein and nutrients. However, companie  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra, Iowa Delegation, Governor Reynolds Call for USDA Agricultural Research Service Projects to be Relocated to Ames as part of USDA Reorganization * HULL, IOWA - This week, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull), alongside U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA), U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), U.S. Rep. Zach Nunn (R-IA), and Iowa   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Leads Over 45 Colleagues in Calling on EPA to Stand with American Farmers and Biofuel Producers by Finalizing Import RIN Reduction Rule * WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, led over 45 Senate and House colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to finalize a rule on imported Renewable I  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 2 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza Detected in a Commercial Turkey Flock in Calhoun County * DES MOINES, Iowa (Oct. 2, 2025) - The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship and the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) have detected a case of Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (H5N1 HPAI) in a commercial turke  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 2 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Natural Resource Commission to meet Oct. 9 in Marquette * MARQUETTE, Iowa - The Natural Resource Commission (NRC) of the Iowa Department of Natural Resources (DNR) will host its monthly meeting at 9:30 a.m., Oct. 9, in the Cobblestone Inn & Suites Meeting Room, 100 North Street, in Marquette. The meeting is open to the public. Commissioners will be attending an optional tour of Pik  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 2 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on Oct. 1, 2025, at an executive business meeting on judicial nominees: * * * Grassley Opens Executive Business Meeting on Circuit, District and U.S. Attorney Nominees, Calls Out Democrats' Double Standard of Justice Before we begin, I'll note that the government is now shut down. This is unfortunate and unnecessary. Republicans in the House and Senate ha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 2, 2025: * * * NEXT WEEK: Senate HELP Committee to Hold Hearing on AI's Impact on American Families, Workers On Thursday, October 9, the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions (HELP) Committee will hold a hearing on the effects of artificial intelligence (AI) on American families and the workforce. Title: AI's Potential to Support Patients, Work  more