The Rauner Administration filed a brief in the Fifth Judicial District Appellate Court this afternoon addressing the duplicity of the Attorney General’s appeal in the state employee pay lawsuit.  For over a year, AG Madigan benefitted from the very court order she is now attacking by paying her own staff over $23 million dollars in FY 2017 alone, bringing into question her motives.

Over the next decade, millions of jobs will need to be filled in new and growing industries. In order to prepare Iowans to be successful in these industries, we must eliminate the skills gap that exists between our nation’s workforce and the demands of emerging fields.

WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement regarding a Federal Trade Commission settlement requiring ChemChina and Syngenta to divest certain U.S. assets as a condition of its merger.

Last week, I was proud to reintroduce my bipartisan legislation to cut Members’ of Congress pay for the first time in eight decades. The Congressional Halt in Pay Increases (CHIP IN) and Cut Congressional Pay Act would cut Members’ pay by 10 percent and repeal the automatic pay raises that currently take place unless Congress votes to stop them.