WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Capitol Hill Report, 02-18-25 Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE. Topics include: year-round and nationwide E15, federal workforce cuts, executive orders, the Department of Government Efficiency, airplane safety and tariffs. *** Original text here: https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/capitol-hill-report-02-18-25  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Leads Senate to Confirm Kelly Loeffler as SBA Administrator WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), chair of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, spoke on the Senate floor ahead of successfully leading her colleagues in confirming the Honorable Kelly Loeffler as Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA). The Senate confirmed Loeffler in a bipart  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Sweetheart Bakery and Homer's Deli 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: Sweetheart Bakery and Homer's Deli of Clinton County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa's 99 counties. "Founded by real s  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Sweetheart Bakery and Homer's Deli 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   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Works with USDA to Fight HPAI, Protect Iowa Poultry Farmers WASHINGTON - Senators Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Fetterman (D-Pa.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, are working closely with the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) to provide a roadmap and enhance the agency's response to the ongoing outbreak of highly pathogenic avian influenza (HPAI). They led their colleagues i  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Leads Letter to Secretary of Agriculture Calling for Enhanced Response to Avian Bird Flu HULL, IOWA - Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) led a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Brooke Rollins asking that the U.S. Department of Agriculture strengthen the agency's effort to resolve the ongoing outbreak of High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI) affecting poultry and dairy producers acr  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Statement on the Passing of Major General Evan L. "Curly" Hultman WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding Major General Evan L. "Curly" Hultman, who passed away Sunday at age 99. "The Cedar Valley has lost a hometown hero, Iowa has lost a respected public servant and America has lost a lifelong patriot. Barbara and I have lost a dear friend   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Hinson Co-Leads Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act to Make Year-Round E-15 Permanent Washington, D.C. \- Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-02) helped introduce the bipartisan Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act with Rep. Adrian Smith (NE-03), which would allow E15 to be sold nationwide year-round. "Securing consumer choice for nationwide, year-around E15 is an essential step to unleash   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 13 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks, Colleagues Push to Codify Year-Round E15 Washington, D.C. - Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), along with Reps. Adrian Smith (R-NE), Angie Craig (D-MN), Dusty Johnson (R-SD), Nikki Budzinski (D-IL), and Sharice Davids (D-KS), introduced the Nationwide Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation would extend the Reid vapor pressure (RVP) vola  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Miller-Meeks, Dingell Introduce Bill for Increased Dental Insurance Access Washington, D.C. -- This week, Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Debbie Dingell (D-MI) introduced the bipartisan Increasing Access to Dental Insurance Act to expand access to private dental coverage for millions of Americans. "Consistent, prophylactic dental care is necessary for   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * My weekly column: Finding solutions to the bird flu outbreak In 2014 and 2015, our producers were ravaged by a devastating outbreak of avian influenza. This outbreak, and corresponding depopulation efforts, killed roughly 43 million chickens and more than 7 million turkeys in flocks across 21 states while also impacting more than 960 dairy herds nationwide. Iowa--the number one egg-producing state in   more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vermont, issued the following commentary to The Guardian on Feb. 19, 2025: * * * Can Trumpism be defeated? Absolutely. Here's how What we are fighting for is not 'utopian' or unachievable. Trumpism can and must be defeated I will be doing town meetings in Omaha, Nebraska, this Friday night and Iowa City, Iowa, on Saturday morning. Further, in the coming weeks and months, I and other progressives will be holding grassroots events from coast to coa  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19 -- Sen. Jerry Moran, R-Kansas, issued the following news release: * * * Sens. Moran, Grassley, Cantwell Introduce Legislation to Create PBM Accountability WASHINGTON. - U.S. Senators Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced legislation to combat the high cost of prescription drugs and provide greater transparency of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs). The Pharmacy Benefit Manager (PBM) Transparency Act would ban deceptive and un  more

WASHINGTON, Feb. 20 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Support Grows for Swift Passage of HALT Fentanyl Act WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed growing support for the Halt All Lethal Trafficking of (HALT) Fentanyl Act ahead of the bill's markup in the Senate Judiciary Committee tomorrow morning. Grassley cosponsors the legislation, alongside Sens. Bill Cassidy   more