DES MOINES, IOWA (August 17, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg on Saturday released their public schedules for Monday, August 19–Sunday, August 25, 2019.

The following events are open to credentialed members of the media:

 

Monday, August 19

Gov Reynolds holds Executive Council and Board of Canvass Meetings

Robert D Ray Conference Room 

Governor’s Office

Iowa State Capitol

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 16, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds testified at a field hearing of the Senate Small Business and Entrepreneurship Committee, chaired by Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA). Gov Reynolds outlined Iowa’s efforts on workforce development through the Future Ready Iowa Initiative, and called for greater federal government flexibility in programs aimed at self-sufficiency.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 16, 2019) – Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg completed the nine-month Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows program, the nation’s premier bipartisan education policy fellowship. Gregg is one of nineteen state leaders from across the country who completed the program. Governor Kim Reynolds was a participant in the inaugural cohort of Hunt-Kean Leadership Fellows in 2015.

Q: What’s your take on the so-called Green New Deal?

A: The Green New Deal is a throwback to FDRs New Deal from decades ago. It ostensibly was proposed to address climate change.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 16, 2019) — Rural communities are struggling to keep health-care services available to their residents.

Like most Americans, Iowans share growing concerns about the rising cost of prescription drugs, out-of-pocket health expenses, and surprise medical bills. In states such as Iowa and Nebraska, we also face additional challenges that are unique to less populated areas of the country.

WASHINGTON DC (August 15, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley is raising concerns over the process by which the Obama administration’s Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States (CFIUS) approved the acquisition of a US automotive technology company, Henniges, with reported military applications.

WEST DES MOINES, IOWA (August 15, 2019) — It seems the only reachable consensus among Americans is that we’re divided. Just scroll through Twitter. Nearly everything is passed through a political lens prescribed by a set narrative. So when I stepped into Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley’s Washington DC office as an intern, I was expecting more of the same. But to my surprise, my experience in Sen Grassley’s office wasn’t like that all.

WASHINGTON DC (August 15, 2019) — Senators Ron Johnson (R-WI), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr today asking for his commitment to publicly release the results of the FBI and inspector general investigations into the recent death of Jeffrey Epstein while in federal custody.

DES MOINES, IOWA (August 15, 2019) — Iowa’s economy is witnessing incredible growth. Our state’s GDP is growing faster than the national average, outpacing neighboring states like Minnesota, Nebraska, Missouri, and Kansas. This steady growth is good news for our state and for hardworking Iowans. It equates to new jobs, revenue, and opportunity at a scale we haven’t often seen.

WASHINGTON DC (August 14, 2019) — Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today met with a host of Ministers from Guatemala to discuss implementation of the recently-signed agreement between the United States and Guatemala to improve H-2A visa-program operations. Following the meeting, Sec Perdue issued the following statement:

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