DES MOINES, IOWA (December 12, 2019) — The Iowa State Fair earned numerous awards at the 129th International Association of Fairs and Expositions (IAFE) annual convention earlier this month. The IAFE awards are divided into five divisions based on attendance and are judged by a team of industry experts. The Iowa State Fair competed against other fairs and festival members with attendance over 1 million people.

DES MOINES, IOWA (December 12, 2019) — Today, the Governor’s FOCUS Committee on Criminal-Justice Reform (Fueling Ongoing Collaboration and Uncovering Solutions) unanimously adopted recommendations for criminal justice reform efforts in the state of Iowa.

WASHINGTON DC (December 12, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR) today introduced the Increasing Opportunities for Former Foster Youth Act, bipartisan legislation to improve services for older youth aging out of the foster-care system.

CANTON, MISSOURI (December 12, 2019) — Congratulations to Kaden Schneider on being accepted into Culver-Stockton College's incoming class for fall 2020. Schneider, who is from Muscatine, Iowa, and is a senior at Louisa-Muscatine HS, also was awarded the Hilltop Scholarship, a $10,000 per year scholarship for four years. This scholarship is awarded based upon academic credentials and is renewable provided the student remains in good academic standing.

WASHINGTON DC (December 11, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley released the following statement regarding his discussion and subsequent letter to Dan Halem, the Deputy Commissioner of Baseball Administration and Chief Legal Officer for Major League Baseball regarding their Iowa teams.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (December 11, 2019) —

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WASHINGTON DC (December 11, 2019) — Following reports of a questionable $50 million World Bank loan to a Chinese organization associated with the forcible internment of Chinese Uighur Muslims, Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA), Marco Rubio (R-FL), and Tom Cotton (R-AR), are introducing legislation to prevent such loans in the future.

WASHINGTON DC (December 11, 2019) — Representative Dave Loebsack released the following statement today after the House passed the conference report to the FY20 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Rep Loebsack, a former member the House Armed Services Committee, helped incorporate several provisions in this year’s legislation that will help create jobs here at home, increase defense research, and strengthen the Rock Island Arsenal.

 

MOLINE, ILLINOIS (December 11, 2019) — In April 2013, Mary Pruess was named General Manager of WQPT, Quad Cities PBS. During her tenure, WQPT moved offices, restructured master control and programming, and continued with a focus on the creation of local television-programming, to be aired along with PBS programming. As Mary put it, “We are creating a new way of being a public broadcasting station.”

WASHINGTON DC (December 11, 2019) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley's tribute to former Iowa Congressman Berkley Bedell:

 

I come to the floor today to pay tribute to an extraordinary Iowan with whom I shared a decades-long friendship.

Over this past weekend, former Iowa congressman Berkley Bedell passed away at age 98.

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