WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (April 4, 2019) — Iowa Farm Bureau Federation (IFBF), the state’s largest grassroots farm-organization, launched the Farming Community Disaster Exchange where Iowans can offer help to those impacted by the floods or to seek assistance.

BETTENDORF, IOWA (April 4, 2019) — The Iowa Association of REALTORS® (IAR) partnered with the National Association of REALTORS® (NAR) to provide relief for flood stricken areas of Iowa. NAR’s REALTOR Relief Foundation has awarded IAR a grant of $250,000. IAR is contributing an additional $25,000 to bring the total to $275,000.

WASHINGTON DC (April 4, 2019) — Representative Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after the House passed the reauthorization of the Violence against Women Act of 2019 (VAWA). The bipartisan legislation that passed today is a robust, five-year extension of the bill, which expired in February after it had been reauthorized on a short-term basis since September of last year. The bill now heads to the Senate for its consideration.

PRESS RELEASE (April 4, 2019) — Budget scorekeepers tell us that taxpayers spent at least $600 billion in 2017 to pay for health-care services for low-income Americans covered by Medicaid. This public-health insurance program is a federal-state partnership that pays hospitals, nursing-homes, and health-care providers to care for more than 70 million people. That’s 1 out of 5 people living in the United States.