WASHINGTON DC (March 22, 2019) —

OPEN EXECUTIVE SESSION

The Chairman wishes to inform Members that the Committee on Finance will meet in Open Executive Session on Tuesday, March 26, 2019, at a time and location to be determined, during a scheduled vote off-the-floor of the Senate, to consider favorably reporting the following pending nominations:

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 22, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds today announced her appointment of Amy Zacharias as district court judge in the Fourth Judicial District.   Zacharias, of Persia, Iowa, received her undergraduate and law degrees from Creighton University. She currently serves as a district associate judge in the Fourth Judicial District.

The Fourth Judicial District includes Audubon, Cass, Fremont, Harrison, Mills, Montgomery, Page, Pottawattamie, and Shelby counties.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 22, 2019) — A bill that passed the Senate on March 20 puts new limits on Iowans’ ability to support conservation, clean-water. and natural-resources projects.

WASHINGTON DC (March 22, 2019) — Representative Dave Loebsack today asked the President to grant the request made by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds for a declaration of a major disaster for a total of 57 Iowa counties in response to the recent widespread flooding.

WASHINGTON DC (March 22, 2019) — US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa today issued the following statement welcoming further steps from IRS to provide penalty relief during the first tax-filing season since the historic passage of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 22, 2019) —

DAVENPORT — Speak at Naturalization Ceremony

WHAT: Representative Loebsack will speak at the Naturalization Ceremony to help welcome new citizens of the US

WHERE: Federal Courthouse, 131 E 4th Street

TIME: Ceremony begins at 1:30PM

 

DAVENPORT — Attend St. Alphonsus Lenten Fish Fry

WASHINGTON DC (March 22, 2019) – Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa today asked President Donald Trump to promptly grant the request made by Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds for an expedited review of the major disaster-declaration request for 57 Iowa counties in response to severe storms and flooding which began March 12, 201

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 21, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds will discuss flooding preparedness in Iowa Falls on March 22, 2019.  

The following event is open to credentialed members of the media:

Friday March 22 Gov Kim Reynolds to tour flood damage Iowa Falls Police Department 321 Stevens Street Iowa Falls, IA 2:30PM

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 21, 2019) — On Thursday, Governor Kim Reynolds signed the following 4 bills into law:

PRESS RELEASE (March 21, 2019) — Under current Iowa law, guns are generally prohibited from being carried on school grounds.

But House File 636, a bill in the Iowa House, would create an exception in the law that would let concealed-carry permit-holders carry guns on school-driveways, sidewalks, and in school parking-lots. In effect, this would let almost anyone carry a gun right up to the schoolhouse door.

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