This has been the fastest moving summer ever! This summer was filled with many hours of meetings, seminars, emails, phone calls and good old fashioned hard work. That is what this country was founded on - hard work!As we move ever closer to the upcoming legislative session, I would like to take ...
State Rep. Dean Fisher (R-Montour) is encouraging area students to apply for the Iowa Legislative Page program for the 2018 session.Each year the Iowa General Assembly employs Iowa high school juniors and seniors from across the state to serve as Pages during the legislative session. The ...
The legislative session adjourned a little over a month ago. While it was the first session of my term as your state senator, it was a big one for our constituents and Iowans across the state who wanted to see results.I ran for office because I wanted to fix things, and not play politics or ...
In this week's newsletter I would like to reflect back at this year's session of the Senate. As a first year senator, I can say it has been busy. In the discussions I have had with other senior senators, I have learned this year has been somewhat historic.I have had the opportunity to run a ...
District 72 UpdateNewsletter for Thursday, April 20, 2017We began debating the appropriations bills this week, passing the Education Appropriations and the Administration and Regulations Appropriations on the House floor Monday. The Administration and Regulations Appropriation includes the ...
In the LegislatureThere is less than a week left for our scheduled end of this legislative session. The 100th day is April 18. While we are still working hard to be done by this day, we have much left to do on the budget for the next fiscal year.Finally more flexibility for our schoolsThis week ...
Newsletter for Thursday, April 13, 2017On Wednesday, April 12th, the Tama County Pork Producers generously provided a free lunch to all the folks at the capitol as a way of showcasing our county's agricultural economy. They grilled and served hundreds and hundreds of delicious, tenderized pork ...
In the LegislatureThis week had a lot of floor debate due to the second funnel concluding last week. We have been working on bills coming over from the House and discussing the budget for the next fiscal year. Here's our week:On Monday, we passed HF 52, HF 133, HF 183, HF 202, HF 307, HF 467, ...
In the LegislatureThis week we did a mix of floor debate and committee work. This was the second funnel week of the legislative session. Much like the first funnel, we need to get bills out of committee for them to be considered for the rest of this session. This deadline moves the process ...
Newsletter for Thursday, March 30, 2017This week was the second funnel week where individually filed policy bills have to be passed over to the other chamber to stay eligible. We continued to debate bills received from the Senate as well as pass House bills over to the Senate.We passed House ...