WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on June 30, 2025: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Continuum Ag 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: Continuum Ag of Washington County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one o more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Issues Statement Expressing Disappointment in Supreme Court Decision Not to Hear Case against California's Proposition 12 * HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement expressing his disappointment in the U.S. Supreme Court's decision not to hear the Iowa Pork Producers' case against California's Proposition 12: "I am very disappointed that the U.S. more PR

WASHINGTON, June 26 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement at a judicial nominations hearing: * * * On today's agenda, we have seven nominations. The nomination of Kurt Wall to be U.S. Attorney is listed for the first time and will be held over. We'll vote today on Whitney Hermandorfer, nominee to be a circuit judge on the Sixth Circuit, Joshua Divine to be a district judge on the Eastern and Western Districts more PR

WASHINGTON, June 25 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing on judicial nominations for the Third Circuit and Florida district courts: * * * Good morning, I'd like to welcome everyone to today's hearing. Our first panel features Emil Bove, nominated to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit. Then, on panel two, we'll hear from four district court nominees: Anne-Leigh Gaylord Moe, Kyle Dude more PR

WASHINGTON, June 24 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following opening statement at a hearing entitled "The Thin Blue Line Protecting America from the Cartels": * * * Grassley Opens Judiciary Hearing on Law Enforcement's Ongoing Work to Combat Cartels, Protect American Lives Today's hearing focuses on the very real threat of Mexican drug cartels and the lengths law enforcement goes to defend Americans. In the last few months, my Dem more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 -- Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Miller-Meeks Joins Army Secretary Driscoll at Rock Island Arsenal * Davenport, IA - Today, U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) joined Secretary of the Army Driscoll for a site visit and mission briefing at the Rock Island Arsenal, one of the nation's most critical logistics and manufacturing hubs. "Rock Island Arsenal has always been a pillar of strength for our national  more PR

DES MOINES, Iowa, July 1 (TNSrpt) -- The Iowa Democratic Party issued the following news: * * * New Trump Administration data: Iowa still 49th in economic growth, state economy continued to contract in Q1 2025 State GDP shrank 6.1% on inflation-adjusted basis * DES MOINES - The Bureau of Economic Analysis' quarterly state GDP numbers showed Iowa's economy shrank substantially in the first quarter. In March, data showed Iowa was only one of two states to have its economy contract in 2024. Wa more PR

WASHINGTON, June 30 [Category: Animals] -- The Center for a Humane Economy posted the following news release: * * * U.S. Supreme Court Swats Away Pork Industry's Latest Challenge to Proposition 12 * WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Today, the U.S. Supreme Court declined to accept a petition for certiorari from the Iowa Pork Producers Council, marking the latest -- and perhaps final -- judicial defeat for the pork industry in its years-long campaign to overturn California's Proposition 12, a landmark anim more PR