WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Michael F. Bennet, D-Colorado, issued the following news release: * * * Bennet, Ernst Introduce Legislation to Mitigate Flood Risks * Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, introduced the bipartisan Restoring America's Floodplains Act to mitigate flood risk and improve water quality by ensuring farmers, landowners, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) can work toge more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Ed Case, D-Hawaii, issued the following news release: * * * Case Speaks on the Pacific Partnership Act * I rise today in support of my Pacific Partnership Act, co-introduced with Congresswoman Radewagen of American Samoa and cosponsored by 21 of our colleagues. A companion version of our bill was introduced in the U.S. Senate by Senator Cortez Masto of Nevada and Senator Ernst of Iowa. Scattered across the three traditional Pacific subregions of Melanesia, Micro more PR

WASHINGTON, July 11 -- The Center on Budget and Policy Priorities issued the following research: * * * Iowa to Use Over $900M in Reserves to Cover Tax-Cut Fallout This post is part of a series: Tracking the Fallout From State Tax Cuts By Anna Phillips * Iowa lawmakers have approved a new state budget that lays bare the growing cost of the state's tax-cut agenda: to balance the books, they're now planning to use over $900 million in state reserves to cover declining revenue. The gap is larg more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on July 9, 2025: * * * Chair Ernst Leads Senate in Confirming William Briggs at SBA Today, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) urged her Senate colleagues to confirm Mr. William Briggs to serve as Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration to continue restoring strong leadership at more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Chair Ernst Leads Senate in Confirming William Briggs at SBA * WASHINGTON - Today, U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) urged her Senate colleagues to confirm Mr. William Briggs to serve as Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration to continue restoring strong leadership at the agency. After she spoke, the Senate confirmed Briggs by a vot more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, chair of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, posted the following news release on July 9, 2025: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Edd the Florist 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 Week: Edd the Flori more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 (TNSFR) -- The U.S. Department of Transportation Federal Aviation Administration has issued a notice entitled "Request To Release Airport Property; Waterloo Regional Airport (ALO), Waterloo, Iowa." FAA is inviting public comment on a proposal to release and dispose of two land parcels at the Waterloo Regional Airport, Waterloo, Iowa. These parcels total approximately 12.84 acres. The Director of Aviation at Waterloo Regional Airport has asked the Federal Aviation Administrati more PR

PELLA, Iowa, July 11 (TNSjou) -- Central College issued the following news: * * * Featured: Central Professor Abby Rocha Publishes Research on How Teachers Learn Math Central College's Abby Rocha, assistant professor of mathematics, publishes new research in the journal "Frontiers in Education" on how mathematics teachers learn and grow their practice. Her work, "Unpacking Constructs used to Describe Teachers' Mathematics Knowledge for Teaching: Insights into MKT and MMT,"(https://www.fronti more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Rep. Randy Feenstra, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Feenstra Introduces Legislation to Improve Livestock Indemnity Program and Support Iowa Cattle Producers * HULL, IOWA - Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) introduced legislation - the Livestock Indemnity Program Improvement Act - to make needed updates to the Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) so that Iowa cattle and livestock producers receive a fair market price for their livestock. Under cu more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley Probes FBI's Mismanagement of Undercover Operations Program Whistleblower disclosures reveal Biden-Harris administration endangered agents' safety and wellbeing Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is urging the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) to address the agency's reported mismanagement of national security un more PR

LYONS, Nebraska, July 11 (TNSxrep) -- The Center for Rural Affairs issued the following news release: * * * Report examines positive impact of funding boost for producers, conservation in Iowa NEVADA, IOWA - U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) programs that help producers incorporate conservation practices into their farm and ranch operations are popular with producers in Iowa. A new report from the Center for Rural Affairs examines the historic increase in funding made available for the pr more PR

WASHINGTON, July 10 -- Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following floor remarks on July 9, 2025 (In this document, the reference to Mr. President refers to the presiding officer of the Senate at the time of the speech): * * * Mr. President, this year, I have been working hard to help the renewable fuels industry, which provides about 40,000 to 50,000 jobs in the State of Iowa and is a very big help for the family farmers of Iowa. These family farmers rely on the renewable fuels market more PR

WASHINGTON, July 9 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * What They Are Saying: Wind and Solar Advocates Laud Grassley Efforts to Advance Iowa's Clean Energy Future * WASHINGTON - Clean energy advocates are applauding Sen. Chuck Grassley's (R-Iowa) leadership to support the wind and solar energy industries in the One Big Beautiful Bill Act. Grassley successfully got the wind energy industry off the ground by instituting America's first-ever federal wi more PR