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.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 21, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds issued another disaster-proclamation today in response to flooding and flash-flooding beginning March 13 and continuing.

WASHINGTON DC (March 21, 2019) — Congressmen Dave Loebsack (IA-02) and Markwayne Mullin (OK-02) today reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would create a program through the Federal Communications Commission to establish, or expand, job-training programs for communications tower-service, construction, and maintenance.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 21, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds released the following statement after the House voted to pass

WASHINGTON DC (March 21, 2019) — Iowans, including families, farmers, and businesses, looking for resources or information following the devastating flooding in the state can find a frequently-updated page on Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley’s website at grassley.senate.gov/flooding. That information can also be found below.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 21, 2019) —

DAVENPORT — Speak at Naturalization Ceremony

 

WHAT: Representative Dave 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

 

SPRINGFIELD, ILLINOIS (March 21, 2019) — This week, Representative Terry McCombie’s House Bill 1634, which allows misdemeanor DUI convictions to be sealed after ten years under very specific circumstances, passed the House Judicial-Criminal Committee.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 21, 2019) — Governor Kim Reynolds will be joined by United States Airforce Secretary Heather Wilson and US Senator Joni Ernst to sign HF288, a bill that expedites the process for military spouses to obtain an occupational license in Iowa.

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

WASHINGTON DC (March 21, 2019) — US Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon wrote to the Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) and the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) regarding physician-owned distributorships’ (PODs) potential failure to disclose physician ownership interests and related payments as required by the Physician Payment Sunshine Act.

WASHINGTON DC (March 20, 2019) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa is renewing scrutiny of a federal program created to support law-enforcement officers disabled or killed in the line of duty. The Public Safety Officers Benefits Program has been marked by delayed and inconsistent responses to officers and their families seeking disability or death benefits.

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