WASHINGTON DC (August 22, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley and USDA Undersecretary Bill Northey will meet with Iowa agriculture stakeholders on Wednesday, August 28 at the Cedar Falls Family Restaurant located at 2627 Center Street in Cedar Falls, Iowa. The topic of discussion will be the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) and how it will benefit the Iowa agriculture industry.

WASHINGTON DC (August 21, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley is pressing the internal watchdog arm of the Department of Commerce regarding recent staff departures, low morale, and falling productivity after hearing from nearly a dozen whistleblowers.

DES MOINES – Today, Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig sent a letter to Environmental Protection Agency Secretary Andrew Wheeler outlining the damaging effects of the 31 new small refinery waivers (SRE’s) undermining the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS). Gov Reynolds and Sec Naig also extended an invitation to Sec Wheeler to come to Iowa and see the devastating impact of these exemptions firsthand.

DES MOINES– Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg on Monday released a public schedule update for events during the week of Monday, August 19–Sunday, August 25, 2019.

The following events have been added and are open to credentialed members of the media:

Wednesday, August 21

Gov Reynolds visits Iowa State University’s Southeast Research and Demonstration Farm

3115 Louisa-Washington Road

Crawfordsville, IA

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