WASHINGTON DC (April 9, 2019) — Representative Dave Loebsack again introduced a resolution in the House of Representatives that would designate the week of April 8-12, 2019 as National Specialized Instructional Support Personnel (SISP) Appreciation Week. Loebsack’s bipartisan resolution honors the critical role that non-academic support staff play in education.

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (April 9, 2019) — State Representative Dan Swanson (Alpha) announced he, along with State Representative Tony McCombie (Savanna), will be jointly hosting a Graduated Income Tax Town Hall Meeting in Kewanee the evening of Wednesday, April 17.

WASHINGTON DC (April 9, 2019) — Senators Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa, Dick Durbin of Illinois, along with Sens Roy Blunt of Missouri and Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Reps. Cheri Bustos of Illinois, and Jason Smith of Missouri, led a bipartisan, bicameral letter to Senate and House appropriators urging the inclusion of funding for the Navigation and Ecosystem Restoration Program (NESP) in the Fiscal Year 2020 Energy and Water Development Appropriations bills.

WASHINGTON DC (April 9, 2019) — US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa today discussed pharmacy-benefit managers (PBMs) on “Squawk Box” on CNBC and “Bloomberg Daybreak: Americas” on Bloomberg TV, ahead of the Committee’s third hearing so far this year on drug-pricing. Five PBM executives from Cigna Corporation, CVS Health and CVS Caremark, Humana, OptumRx, and Prime Therapeutics will serve as witnesses. Video of the interviews can be found below.