DES MOINES, IOWA (November 5, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg on Tuesday released a public schedule update for events during the week of Monday, November 4–Sunday, November 10, 2019.

The following event has been added and is open to credentialed members of the media:

Thursday, November 7

Governor’s FOCUS Committee on Criminal Justice Reform

Grimes State Office Building — Room B100

400 E 14th Street

WASHINGTON DC (November 5, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA), Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-OR), Ways and Means Worker and Family Support Subcommittee Chairman Danny K Davis, and Ranking Member Jackie Walorski today introduced the Family First Transition Act to help states transform their child-welfare systems and keep more children safely at home, instead of placing them in foster-care.

“What happens to Julian Assange and to Chelsea Manning is meant to intimidate us, to frighten us into silence. By defending Julian Assange, we defend our most sacred rights. Speak up now or wake up one morning to the silence of a new kind of tyranny. The choice is ours.” — John Pilger, investigative journalist

DES MOINES, IOWA (November 4, 2019) — State Treasurer Michael L Fitzgerald announced the appointment of Randi McLaughlin as Deputy Treasurer for the state treasurer's office. McLaughlin started her treasury career in 1986 and most recently had served as an executive officer within office.