DES MOINES, IOWA (June 11, 2019) — Today, Beto O’Rourke released a voter-registration toolkit to empower more people to engage in their democracy by providing them the resources they need to register themselves and members of their communities to vote. This toolkit will be particularly useful in Iowa, where Republican-elected officials have put up barriers intended to make it more difficult for Iowans to vote, including passing a voter-ID law in 2017.

WASHINGTON DC (June 11, 2019) — House Agriculture Committee Subcommittee on Livestock and Foreign Agriculture Chairman Jim Costa delivered the following remarks at the subcommittee hearing on the state of US agricultural products in foreign markets:

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 11, 2019) — Politicians love to talk about farmers, often invoking images of families waving American flags by sun-soaked corn-fields. They pledge their commitment to Rural America, but often their “commitment” ends on Election Day. That hasn’t been the case with President Trump.

WASHINGTON DC (June 10, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley and Ranking Member Ron Wyden today pressed for fulsome and responsive replies to questions instead of partial answers from individuals associated with three entities in the committee’s investigation into syndicated conservation-easements transactions.

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 10, 2019) - Governor Kim Reynolds delivered a keynote speech today at the National Computer Science Summit for State Leaders in Little Rock, Arkansas, about the importance of expanding computer-science instruction for students from preschool through high school.

WASHINGTON DC (June 10, 2019) — Here is information about Senator Charles "Chuck' Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session.

WASHINGTON DC (June 10, 2019) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley and Sen Marco Rubio sent a letter today to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Acting Inspector General (IG) Joanne M Chiedi requesting oversight on potential payments made to US entities with partnerships to companies with ties

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 10, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation today for three counties in response to severe weather beginning May 17 and continuing.

WASHINGTON DC (June 10, 2019) — Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation captivated Washington for nearly two years. Much of the media focused on speculation and fuzzy allegations, fueled by critics eager to pronounce the president’s guilt, of coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.

DES MOINES, IOWA (June 10, 2019) — The Office of Governor Kim Reynolds and Iowa’s Area Education Agencies (AEAs) announced that training for teachers and other school staff has started this summer thanks to the new $2.1 million appropriation for addressing children’s mental-health needs in schools.

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