SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (April 11, 2019) — State Representative Tony McCombie welcomed Whiteside County Public Health servant Beth Fiorini and Ann McCarrell of Helping Hands in Port Byron to Springfield on Tuesday for a women’s brunch that honored the contributions of emerging female leaders from throughout the state.

DAVENPORT, IOWA (April 11, 2019) — The Iowa House has passed a bill to toughen animal-abuse laws and punish all who neglect, torture, abuse, or abandon dogs, cats, and other companion-animals. HF737 recently was approved by the Senate Judiciary Committee with strong bipartisan support and is now eligible for a vote by the full Senate.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 11, 2019) — Wednesday morning at the state capitol, a broad coalition including workers, elected officials, business, faith, law-enforcement, civil-rights, and community-groups gathered to tell Congress: “Time to do the right thing.”

House Resolution 18, introduced recently at the Iowa Statehouse, urges Congress to take steps to update the country’s immigration laws by supporting the American Dream and Promise Act of 2019 (HR6).

WASHINGTON DC (April 11, 2019) — US Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement in response to the announcement by Vietnam’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MARD) that Vietnam will ban the importation of glyphosate:

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 11, 2019) — Today, Iowa Democratic Party Women’s Caucus Chair and former Executive Director of the Iowa Democratic Party Jean Hessburg endorsed Senator Kamala Harris for President. Hessburg previously served as Director of the Nevada Caucus in 2008 and as Legislative Director for Congressman Dave Nagel (D-IA).

WASHINGTON DC (April 10, 2019) – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today sought more information from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General regarding pharmacy benefit-manager (PBM) business practices, specifically so-called spread-pricing i

Newark, NJ - Following Cory 2020’s April 13th Hometown Kickoff in Newark, NJ, Sen Cory Booker will embark on a two-week-long “Justice for All Tour," during which he will highlight injustices that are leaving families and communities behind, and outline ideas to reignite our sense of common-purpose to build a more just

WASHINGTON DC (April 10, 2019) — Senate Republicans believe in patient-centered health-care that delivers the choices they want, the affordability and protections they need, and the quality they deserve.

DES MOINES, IOWA (April 10, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds is encouraging Iowans to be aware of, and prepared for, the potential for severe weather and flooding over the next several days.

WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding an announcement from Sanofi to reduce the price of insulin for qualifying patients to $99 a month:

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