WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Capitol Hill Report, 02-10-25 Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE. Topics include: the Drug-price Transparency for Consumers Act, grocery and energy prices, tariffs, the Department of Government Efficiency and President Trump's administration. *** Original text here: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/capitol-hill-report-02-10-25  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Bill to Expand Child Care Access Advances WASHINGTON - The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship passed a bipartisan bill to increase the availability of child care for small business owners and working families. The Small Business Child Care Investment Act led by Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Senator Jacky Rosen (D-Nev.) would allow non-profit child care providers, including rel  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Slashes the Red Tape Her new bill requires federal agencies to prove that new regulations are legal, not harmful. WASHINGTON - After the Biden administration enacted more than $1.8 trillion in regulations that added 356 million new hours of paperwork, Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa)   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Helps Lead Letter to New EPA Administrator Urging Strong Support for Iowa Biofuels and Year-Round E-15 WASHINGTON, D.C. - Last week, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) joined U.S. Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE) and Angie Craig (D-MN) in sending a letter to the new Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Lee Zeldin, urging strong support for homegrown American biofuels to restore  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Probes SafeSport Hiring Practices Following Arrest of Former Investigator for Sex-Crimes WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding answers from the U.S. Center for SafeSport on its vetting and hiring practices following reports SafeSport brought on an investigator later charged with theft and sexual misconduct. Grassley helped steer bipartisa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Probes SafeSport Hiring Practices Following Arrest of Former Investigator for Sex-Crimes WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding answers from the U.S. Center for SafeSport on its vetting and hiring practices following reports SafeSport brought on an investigator later charged with theft and sexual m  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley-Jordan Statement on Efforts to Eliminate DOJ Weaponization WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, today released a joint statement regarding the Justice Department (DOJ)'s newly-formed "Weaponization Working Group." "If you've followed our oversight, it shouldn't come as news to you that political i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 10, 2025: * * * Grassley-Jordan Statement on Efforts to Eliminate DOJ Weaponization WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), Chairmen of the Senate and House Judiciary Committees, today released a joint statement regarding the Justice Department (DOJ)'s newly-formed "Weaponization Working Group." "If you've followed our   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Sen. Joni Ernst in WSJ: USAID Is a Rogue Agency WASHINGTON - In case you missed it, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) detailed in the Wall Street Journal how the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) acts against our nation's best interests and stonewalled her oversight of where tax dollars are going and why. As Senate DOGE Caucus chair and founder, Senator Ernst will continue to work   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks, Colleagues Introduce Diagnostic Testing Preparedness Plan Bill Washington, D.C. -- Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Kim Schrier (D-WA), Dan Crenshaw (R-TX), and Andre Carson (D-IN) introduced the Diagnostic Testing Preparedness Plan Act (H.R. 1108). This legislation requires HHS to develop a diagnostic testing preparedness plan to be used during declared public health eme  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 10 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Rep. Hinson in The Washington Times: Washington Should Follow Iowa's Lead for a Smaller, More Accountable Government Congresswoman Ashley Hinson The Washington Times February 9, 2025 In November, Americans overwhelmingly rejected the Washington status quo because it was ruining our country. Now, with a Republican trifecta and initiatives like DOGE, we have a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to sa  more