MILWAUKEE, WISCONSIN (January 29, 2020) — The following students have graduated from Marquette University in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.

418 undergraduate and graduate students received their diplomas last semester.

Marquette University is a Catholic, Jesuit university that draws its more than 11,500 students from all 50 states and more than 84 different countries. Marquette is ranked in the top 10 nationally for job placement.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 29, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement following President Trump signing the United States Mexico Canada Agreement (USMCA) at the White House: 

“President Trump successfully negotiated a strong, balanced, and reciprocal trade agreement that will benefit Iowa and the entire nation. Years from now, USMCA will prove to be a major boost to Iowa’s economy, especially for families, farmers, manufacturers, and small businesses.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 28, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate will meet with election officials across the country and top cybersecurity officials during the annual winter conference of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS). Election cybersecurity will be a key topic of discussion. Sec Pate is the current president of the organization.

WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — Statement for the record by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley honoring the Iowa caucuses:

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In a week, all political focus will be set on my home state of Iowa for the First in the Nation Precinct Caucuses.

Many pundits ask why Iowa should be awarded this much impact in the Presidential nomination process?

Iowans take this job seriously.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 28, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Dana Oxley as a justice of the Iowa Supreme Court Tuesday afternoon at the Iowa State Capitol in Des Moines.

WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — Senator Charless "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) today joined Sens Dianne Feinstein (D-CA), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-NV) to introduce a bipartisan resolution to bring awareness to human trafficking. The resolution expresses the Senate’s support for National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month.

DES MOINES, IOWA (January 28, 2020) — Donald Trump, Andrew Yang, and Bernie Sanders are the top three vote-getters so far among presidential candidates in Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s Iowa Youth Straw Poll. Thousands of students across the state voted in the poll on Tuesday.

ATLANTA, GEORGIA (January 28, 2020) — Aditya Singh of Bettendorf, IA, has earned a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta.

Singh was among approximately 4,200 undergraduate and graduate students who received degrees during Georgia Tech's 258th Commencement exercises December 13-14, 2019, at the McCamish Pavilion.

WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a classified letter Tuesday to US Attorney General William P Barr to request the declassification of four footnotes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of Inspector General’s (OIG’s) report on FISA abuses in the Crossfire Hurricane investigation.

WASHINGTON DC (January 28, 2020) — The Congressional Budget Office (CBO) released its January 2020 Budget and Economic Outlook, projecting the return of trillion-dollar deficits as well as high and rising debt and deficits over the next decade and beyond. CBO’s report shows:

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