DES MOINES, IOWA (February 11, 2020) — Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate is encouraging Iowa high schools to conduct voter registration drives on Tuesday, March 3. Every school that registers at least 90 percent of its eligible students to vote receives the Carrie Chapman Catt Award, named after the Iowan who was a national leader in the women’s suffrage movement. Nine schools across the state have already qualified for the Catt Award. The deadline for this school year is April 1, 2020.

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 11, 2020) — The Iowa chapter of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, a part of Everytown for Gun Safety, applauded the introduction of extreme-risk legislation that would empower law-enforcement officers to ask a court to temporarily block a person’s access to guns if there is evidence that they pose a threat to themself or others.

WASHINGTON DC (February 11, 2020) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley, Chairman, Senate Finance Committee:

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Yesterday, Sen Martha McSally announced her support for the bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act.

Sen McSally and I worked together on several parts of the bill. Arizonans should know that Sen McSally’s leadership is making all the difference in moving this bill forward.

WASHINGTON DC (February 10, 2020) — Senator Martha McSally (R-AZ) today endorsed Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley’s (R-IA) bipartisan Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act, growing the ranks of Senate Republican support.

WASHINGTON DC (February 10, 2020) — Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley will begin his annual tradition of holding question-and-answer sessions with Iowans in every county this year for the 40th year in a row on Friday, February 14, with meetings in Johnson County, Cedar County, and Jones County.

WASHINGTON DC (February 10, 2020) — Representative Dave Loebsack issued the following statement today after President Trump released his budget for Fiscal Year 2021.

WASHINGTON DC (February 10, 2020) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley on the retirement of Evelyn Birkby:

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Today, I’d like to pay tribute to a remarkable Iowan. She’s one of the longest-serving newspaper columnists in America.

She has an uncommon work ethic, having never missed a deadline in seventy years.

Her weekly commentary in the Shenandoah Valley News blanketed her close-knit community in Southwest Iowa for seven decades.

Q: What was President Trump’s message at the 2020 State of the Union?

DES MOINES, IOWA (February 7, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg  released their public schedule for the week of Monday, February 10, 2020-Sunday, February 16, 2020.

The following events are open to credentialed members of the media:

 

Wednesday, February 12, 2020

Gov Reynolds, Lt Gov Gregg hold weekly press conference 

Robert Ray Conference Room

Governor’s Office

Des Moines, IA

10AM 

 

WASHINGTON DC (February 7, 2020) — Senate Finance Committee Chairman Charles "Chuck" Grassley sent a letter to Social Security Administration (SSA) Commissioner Andrew Saul and Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Acting Secretary Chad Wolf seeking information on why SSA is not providing the statutorily-required information to DHS regarding noncitizens working on, and reporting wage earnings to, non-w

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