WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Parkersburg Pharmacy * 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: Parkersburg Pharmacy of Butler County. Throughout the 119th Congress, Chair Ernst plans to recognize a small business in each of Iowa's 99 counties. "For over 10 years, Parkersburg Pharmacy has fill more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Grassley, Lankford Reintroduce Legislation to End Government Shutdowns, Hold Congress Accountable * WASHINGTON - Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) reintroduced the? Prevent Government Shutdowns Act to take government shutdowns off the table and force Congress to stay in town until their work is done. "It costs money to shut the government down and costs money to open i more PR

KANSAS CITY, Missouri, Sept. 8 [Category: Sports] -- The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics posted the following news release: * * * Hardman Lands NAIA Special Teams Player of the Week Award After 4 Field Goals, 5 PATs for MNU * KANSAS CITY, Mo. \- Luke Hardman booted four field goals and converted five more point-after attempts Saturday for MidAmerica Nazarene (Kan.), helping the Pioneers to a 47-28 win over Culver-Stockton (Mo.) and earning the freshman from Pella, Iowa, the more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee posted the following news release: * * * ICYMI: 'What's that clucking sound?' Iowa Republican mocked as 'chicken' for abandoning town hall [Raw Story] * Last week, Zach Nunn said he was holding a "community forum" - but then he chickened out. Nunn backed out of the previously advertised public event to instead hold a private meeting, and even changed the location of the event rather than risk facing his own constituents w more PR

WASHINGTON, Sept. 8 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: * * * Pentagon Agrees with Ernst Effort to Safeguard Innovation from China * WASHINGTON - A key portion of U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship Chair Joni Ernst's (R-Iowa) INNOVATE Act, which reforms the Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) and Small Business Technology Transfer (STTR) programs to safeguard critical innovation from China, earned support from the Pentagon. After c more PR