WASHINGTON DC (December 16, 2019) — Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) and Senate Appropriations Committee Vice Chairman Patrick Leahy (D-VT) Monday hailed the inclusion of their legislation to combat anticompetitive practices used by some brand-name pharmaceutical and biologic companies to block entry of lower-cost generic drugs in the domestic appropriations package filed today in the House.

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 16, 2019) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is leading a bipartisan delegation of 11 Secretaries of State from across the US on a visit to Israel this week. Sec Pate, who is also the president of the National Association of Secretaries of State (NASS), partnered with the American Jewish Committee’s (AJC) Project Interchange to arrange the trip.

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 16, 2019) — A bombtastic celebration of arena rock, Hairball returns for the eleventh concert at the Jacobson Exhibition Center on the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Saturday, February 1, 2020. Hairball brings special guest Bonne Finken, described as a true musical warrior by 24OUR Magazine. Finken's beauty, power and emotion, will set the stage for a one-of-a-kind Hairball experience. Hairball tickets go on sale now, Monday, December 16, 2019, at 10AM.

US Senator Lindsey Graham (R-SC) makes no bones about his position on the likely upcoming impeachment trial of US president Donald Trump. "I am trying to give a pretty clear signal I have made up my mind," he tells CNN International's Becky Anderson. "I'm not trying to pretend to be a fair juror here." Well, okay, then. Graham has publicly disqualified himself as, and should be excused from serving as, a juror.