Come you masters of war/You that build the big guns You that build the death planes/You that build all the bombs You that hide behind walls/You that hide behind desks I just want you to know/I can see through your masks…. You fasten all the triggers/For the others to fire Then you sit back and watch/When the death count gets higher You hide in your mansion/While the young people's blood Flows out of their bodies/And is buried in the mud. — Bob Dylan, “Masters of War”

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 12, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig are currently leading a 24-member trade-mission delegation to Japan. The mission, which is focused on the food and ag industry, is aimed at expanding trade and investment opportunities and is being coordinated by the Iowa Economic Development Authority (IEDA).

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 12, 2019) — Iowa will launch a tracking and reporting system for sexual-assault evidence-kits, which will provide transparent status-updates to survivors of rape as well as law-enforcement and medical professionals.

WASHINGTON DC (November 12, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers from the House of Representatives and the Senate to introduce legislation to promote justice for additional survivors of crimes of sexual violence across the country. The Survivors’ Bill of Rights in the States Act encourages states to adopt the same protections for survivors of state sex crimes that already exist at the federal level.