WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-South Carolina, issued the following news release: * * * 51 Republican Senators Urge FDA To Continue To Stand For Life, Reevaluate Generic Abortion Pill Approval * U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham (R-South Carolina) led a group of 51 Republican Senators in sending a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary commending their   more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 9 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Air quality permits for review, published 10/09/2025 * DES MOINES - The DNR Air Quality Bureau has the following draft permits up for review. The permits help protect Iowans' health and the air where we live. DNR's permitting staff review the applications to ensure facilities comply with state and federal air quality standards. The public has the right and is encouraged to comment on  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on Oct. 8, 2025: * * * Ernst Advances Trump SBA IG Nominee Out of Committee Today, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in advancing President Trump's nominee William Kirk for Inspector General of the Small Business Administration (SBA) by a vote of 10-9. Last month during his confirmation hear  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Advances Trump SBA IG Nominee Out of Committee * WASHINGTON - Today, Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) led the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship in advancing President Trump's nominee William Kirk for Inspector General of the Small Business Administration (SBA) by a vote of 10-9. Last month during his confirmation hearing, Ernst touted Kirk's strong credentials and commitment to hold  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Celebrates Trump's Historic Middle East Peace Deal * WASHINGTON - U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the following statement celebrating President Trump's historic Middle East peace deal. "President Trump is the peace president. This historic deal not only brings the hope of prosperity to a region that has been ravaged by Iran-backed terror but establishes steps towards lasting peace. "Tw  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Staats Awards 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: Staats Awards of Henry County  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Ernst Exposes Schumer's Shutdown Shenanigans Costing Taxpayers $400 Million Per Day * WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is exposing the true cost of Schumer's Shutdown Shenanigans after requesting a full accounting from the non-partisan Congressional Budget Office. Every workday that the government is closed because of Democrats' political games, taxpayers will   more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 8, 2025: * * * Iowa Sheriff Robert Rotter Nominated to be U.S. Marshal for Iowa's Northern District Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today endorsed Iowan Robert Rotter's nomination to serve as the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa. "I'm proud to endorse Robert Rotter to be U.S. Marsha  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 8 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Iowa Sheriff Robert Rotter Nominated to be U.S. Marshal for Iowa's Northern District * WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today endorsed Iowan Robert Rotter's nomination to serve as the U.S. Marshal for the Northern District of Iowa. "I'm proud to endorse Robert Rotter to be U.S. Marshal for Iowa's Northern District," Grassley s  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Oct. 9, 2025: * * * Judiciary Committee Advances Judicial Nominations for Seventh Circuit and Four District Courts, Along with Nominations for the Director of National Drug Control Policy and Five U.S. Attorneys The Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced the following nominations: * Rebecca L. Taibleson, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. John Kennedy, R-Louisiana, issued the following news release: * * * Kennedy, Senate Republican colleagues introduce resolution on second anniversary of Hamas' Oct. 7 attacks * WASHINGTON - U.S. Sen. John Kennedy (R-La.) joined a bipartisan resolution led by Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.) condemning Hamas for killing dozens of Americans and taking many others hostage on the second anniversary of the October 7, 2023, terrorist attacks on Israel.  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Leading Fight to Pay Troops During Democrat Government Shutdown * IOWA - Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01), a 24-year Army Veteran, is leading legislation (link is external) in Congress to ensure troops continue receiving pay during the government shutdown. "Thousands of military families are living paycheck to paycheck while selflessly defending our country and t  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Mississippi, issued the following news release: * * * MISS. SENATORS URGE FDA TO REEVALUATE ABORTION PILL APPROVAL Wicker & Hyde-Smith Join Colleagues in Letter Calling for FDA to Stand for Life *  U.S. Senators Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, are among 51 U.S. Senators who are encouraging the Trump administration to review the recent approval of a generic version of mifepristone, the  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 9 -- The Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship issued the following news: * * * Secretary Naig Announces 12 Grants to Support Iowa Specialty Crop Production * # Specialty Crop Block Grants are authorized as part of the federal Farm Bill DES MOINES, Iowa (Oct. 9, 2025) - Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today announced that the Iowa Department of Agriculture and Land Stewardship has awarded Specialty Crop Block Grants to 12 projects across the sta  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on Oct. 9, 2025, at an executive business meeting on judicial and executive nominees: * * * On today's agenda, we have seventeen nominations listed; we'll vote on eleven of them. We'll vote on Rebecca Taibleson to be a circuit judge and on David Bragdon, Lindsey Ann Freeman, Matthew Orso and Susan Courtwright Rodriguez to be district judges in North Caroli  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following floor remarks on Oct. 8, 2025, on the nomination of professor Jennifer Mascott to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit: * * * Today, we're going to move to our first vote on Professor Jennifer Mascott's nomination to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit Court. I want to take a few minutes to express my support for her nomination and to urge my colleagu  more

WASHINGTON, Oct. 9 -- Sen. Katie Britt, R-Alabama, issued the following news release: * * * U.S. Senators Katie Britt, Lindsey Graham, Colleagues Urge FDA to Reevaluate Generic Abortion Pill Approval * U.S. Senators Katie Britt (R-Ala.), Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), and a group of 49 of their Republican colleagues today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. and U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Commissioner Dr. Martin Makary  more

DES MOINES, Iowa, Oct. 9 -- The Iowa Department of Natural Resources issued the following news release: * * * Water Summary Update: Iowa sees drought-free streak end after dry September * DES MOINES - Iowa saw gradually degrading conditions through September, according to the latest Water Summary Update. Iowa's nine-week drought-free streak came to an end with the release of the latest U.S. Drought map for early October. Although the state avoided drought throughout September, reduced rain  more