WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Applauds Senate Confirmation of Brooke Rollins as U.S. Secretary of Agriculture WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) released the following statement after the U.S. Senate confirmed Brooke Rollins as the 33 rd U.S. Secretary of Agriculture: "I congratulate Brooke Rollins on her confirmation to be President Trump's Secretary of Agriculture. As the backbone of Iowa's ec  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Leads Legislation to Permanently Repeal Death Tax on Family Farms and Small Businesses WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) led more than 170 of his colleagues in introducing the Death Tax Repeal Act. This legislation - which enjoys support from more than 230 organizations - would permanently repeal the death tax, which imposes an unfair and costly tax on the transfer o  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Votes to Prosecute and Imprison Illegal Immigrants who Threaten Border Patrol Agents on High-Speed Pursuits WASHINGTON, D.C. - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted for, and the U.S. House of Representatives passed, the Agent Raul Gonzalez Officer Safety Act in memory of Border Patrol Agent Raul Gonzalez, Jr. who was killed in the line of duty while pursuing a group of illegal immigr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 12 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Cantwell Reintroduce Bills to Lower Prescription Drug Prices, Drive PBM Accountability WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and former Chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.), Ranking Member of the Senate Commerce Committee, are reintroducing two bipartisan bills to combat the high cost of prescription   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Cortez Masto Lead Bipartisan Effort to Crack Down on Illicit Xylazine WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) reintroduced bipartisan, bicameral legislation to fight the spread of illicit xylazine. The Combatting Illicit Xylazine Act would classify this highly toxic sedative as Schedule III under the Controlled Su  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Hinson Helps Introduce Legislation Ensuring Access to Higher Education for Farmers, Small Business Owners' Children Washington, D.C. \- Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-02) is a cosponsor of the Family Farm and Small Business Exemption Act, which would restore the decades-old standard that exempts the value of assets found on family farms and small business from being assessed as part of a family's net   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * ICYMI: Whistleblowers' Accounts Expose Dark Reality of Yearslong Weaponization and Political Infection at FBI WASHINGTON - Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today during an executive business meeting highlighted whistleblowers' first-person accounts of the retaliation and abuse they have suffered at the hands of current and former top FBI officials. Grassley's comments came sho  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Leads Bipartisan Legislation to Prevent Preterm Births U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) led a bipartisan effort with Reps. Robin Kelly (IL-02), Lizzie Fletcher (TX-07), Buddy Carter (GA-01), Shontel Brown (OH-11), and Jen Kiggans (VA-02) to introduce the Prematurity Research Expansion and Education for Mothers who deliver Infants Early (PREEMIE) Reauthorizati  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Zach Nunn, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Nunn Introduces Bill to Protect Social Security and Medicare Benefits WASHINGTON D.C. -- U.S. Representative Zach Nunn (IA-03) today introduced bipartisan legislation to protect Iowans' Social Security and Medicare benefits. The Safeguarding Social Security and Medicare Act, which is co-led by U.S. Representative Don Davis (NC-01), will require the U.S. Comptroller General to create a plan to protect Socia  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, posted the following statement in the Congressional Record on Feb. 4, 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 World's Window of Cedar Falls, IA, as the Senate Small Business of the Week. In 1982, Vonna Yoder founded World's Window to  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement on Feb. 12, 2025, on the nominations of Todd Blanche to be Deputy Attorney General and Gail Slater to be Assistant Attorney General for Antitrust: * * * Good morning. I'd like to welcome everyone to this hearing to consider the nominations of Todd Blanche to serve as the Deputy Attorney General and Gail Slater to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for  more