WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: RED OAK, Iowa U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, today announced her Small Business of the Week: SCE of Cherokee County. Throughout this Congress, Ranking Member Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. "SCE's leading role in handling sewage and water issues for commercial and residential sites has cemented its reputation  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: After the fourth anniversary of the historic Abraham Accords, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a combat veteran, and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) introduced the bipartisan Learning Integrated National Knowledge (LINK) Act to connect strategic, operational, and tactical senior commanders between our Middle East partners' armed forces to boost regional security and military readiness. The legislation builds upon  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today participated in a hearing to shine light on the rise of antisemitism in America. Antisemitic incidents and threats in the U.S., particularly on college campuses, spiked following Hamas' October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Significant unrest this spring, including violent protests and campus encampment  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: At today's Senate Finance Committee hearing on health care costs, former chairman and current senior member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discussed his bipartisan work to bring transparency to opaque pharmaceutical industry middlemen. He asked about the Biden-Harris administration's program to mask how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has hiked seniors' premiums and reduced plan options, as well as fraudulen  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 16 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senate Drug Caucus Co-Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and caucus member Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today led bipartisan colleagues in reintroducing the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act. The legislation targets deadly drugs that are substantially similar to already-controlled substances but carefully engineered often in China or Mexico to slip into the U.S. undetected. "I  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 11 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, chairwoman of the House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, issued the following news release: Today, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), the Chairwoman of the House Committee on Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health, delivered the following opening remarks, as prepared, at the start of the subcommittee's legislative hearing on 16 bills which would enhance the delivery of healthcare and services to veterans: Good morni  more

WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 -- Sen. Elizabeth Warren, D-Massachusetts, issued the following news release: Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), chair of the Senate Armed Service Subcommittee on Personnel, Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Ranking Member of the Senate Armed Services Subcommittee on Personnel, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Chris Murphy (D-Conn.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) wrote to the Department of Defense (DoD) seeking an update on its pharmaceutical acquisition strategy following the de  more