WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto, D-Nevada, issued the following news release: * * * Cortez Masto, Grassley Reintroduce Bipartisan Legislation to Crack Down on Deadly Fentanyl Additive Xylazine Washington, D.C. - Today, U.S. Senators Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced their Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. This bill, which would list xylazine as a Schedule III controlled substance while protecting the drug's legal use by veterinarians, fa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 11 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Says No More Union Time on Taxpayers Dime WASHINGTON - As part of her sweeping effort to get the absent federal workforce back to work and serving the American people, U.S. Senate DOGE Caucus Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is introducing the Protecting Taxpayers' Wallet Act to crackdown on taxpayer-funded union time. The bill will stop the practice of requiring taxpayers to foot the bill for federal em  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Welcomes First Stars of Valor Veterans Fellow in U.S. Senate WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is announcing Clayton Brown of Bondurant, Iowa will join his state staff as a veterans fellow and the first-ever participant of the U.S. Senate's Stars of Valor Veterans Fellowship program. Brown, a U.S. Army veteran, will work directly with Iowa veterans and serve as a liaison with Vet  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Cassidy Introduce Legislation to Ensure Viability of Organ Transplant Reforms WASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Bill Cassidy, M.D. (R-La.), Chairmen of the Senate Judiciary Committee and the Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee, respectively, today introduced legislation to enable the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA)'s continued implemen  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Mike Bost, R-Illinois, chairman of the House Veterans' Affairs Committee, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Health Chairwoman Dr. Miller-Meeks Leads Oversight Hearing on Cutting Red Tape in VA's Community Care Program, Role of Different Parties, Protecting Access 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 prepare  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Jack Smith Withheld Impeachment Records from Trump's Defense Team In response to questioning from Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this morning, Deputy Attorney General nominee Todd Blanche confirmed Jack Smith withheld relevant impeachment records from defense counsel during one of his criminal cases against President Trump - including  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Feb. 12, 2025: * * * Miller-Meeks, Colleagues Introduce Alternatives to PAIN Act U.S. Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), Nanette Barragan (D-CA), Mike Kelly (R-PA) and Jimmy Panetta (D-CA) today introduced the "Alternatives to Prevent Addiction in the Nation (Alternatives to PAIN) Act," legislation that would provide greater access to non-opioid treatments for pain management for s  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, posted the following statement in the Congressional Record on Feb. 11, 2025: * * * Madam President, as chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, each week I recognize an outstanding Iowa small business that exemplifies the American entrepreneurial spirit. This week, it is my privilege to recognize BHFO of Cedar Rapids, IA, as the Senate Small Business of the Week. In 2003, Jon and Stacie Sefton founded BHFO in the bas  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Two Feenstra-led Bills to Reform IRS Pass U.S. House Ways and Means Committee WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, two bills led by U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) to make important reforms to Internal Revenue Service (IRS) procedures passed the U.S. House Ways and Means Committee. "I'm glad that two of my bills to insulate the IRS from partisan politics and make the IRS more accountable to taxpayers passed   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Todd Young, R-Indiana, issued the following news release: * * * Young, Ernst Legislation to Recover Billions in COVID Relief Fraud Advances WASHINGTON - The Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship recently passed the Complete COVID Collections Act, legislation introduced by U.S. Senators Todd Young (R-Ind.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) to ensure that billions of stolen taxpayer dollars are recovered. Young and Ernst introduced the bill after the Specia  more