WASHINGTON DC (June 18, 2019) — Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley and Mark Warner today called on federal investigators to improve transparency surrounding their review of the fatal shooting of Bijan Ghaisar by US Park Police in 2017. In letters to the FBI and National Park Service, the senators are requesting an update of the investigation as well as the U.S. Park Police’s policies regarding the use of force.

MENOMONIE, WISCONSIN (June 18, 2019) — The following students from the area graduated in May 2019 from the University of Wisconsin-Stout in Menomonie, Wisconsin.

HOMETOWN, STATE; NAME, DEGREE, HIGH SCHOOL (if listed)

Davenport, IA  Benjamin Bassier, MS, Marriage and Family Therapy, Assumption High School

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 18, 2019) — Today, Governor Kim Reynolds talked about how the Future Ready Iowa Initiative, registered apprenticeships, and work-based learning opportunities continue to expand economic opportunities for Iowans during the second American Workforce Policy Advisory Board meeting in Charlotte, North Carolina.

WASHINGTON DC (June 18, 2019) — Opening remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee, from the hearing on the President’s 2019 trade-policy agenda and the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA):

I am pleased to welcome our witness, Ambassador [Robert] Lighthizer, and thank him for being here. We have been eager to have you before the committee for this very important annual hearing to discuss the President’s trade agenda.