DES MOINES, IOWA (April 1, 2019) —

WHO: Representative Dave Loebsack

Judy Johnson-Mekota, Director Iowa City VAHCS

Cindy McGee, Manager Davenport CBOC

Bryan Clark, Public Affairs Office Iowa City VAHCS

Frank Klipsch, Mayor of Davenport

In a recent column on the mating dance between Big Government and Big Tech, I noted that "Big Tech wants to be regulated by Big Governments because regulation makes it more difficult and expensive for new competitors to enter the market."

Two days after I hit "publish" on that column, Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg called for government regulation of social media in a Washington Post op-ed.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 30, 2019) — In furthering his longtime work to help lift up our nation’s rural communities, this week Sen Cory Booker doubled down on his efforts to help empower Iowa’s family farmers. SUPPORTING FARMERS BILL OF RIGHTS

WASHINGTON DC (March 29, 2019) — The US Food and Drug Administration (USDA) today approved Mavenclad (cladribine) tablets to treat relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (MS) in adults, to include relapsing-remitting disease and active secondary progressive disease. Mavenclad is not recommended for MS patients with clinically-isolated syndrome.