Lombard, Ill. State Senator Jeff Edler (R-State Center) was among 39 select lawmakers to complete a leadership training program that identifies and assists emerging state and provincial leaders in the Midwest.Senator Edler met with fellow lawmakers from Iowa, 10 other Midwestern states and ...
This June, the Government Accountability Office published a report on the federal government's Lifeline program, one of four programs established in the decades long pursuit of "universal service."This principle that all Americans should have access to communications services has cost ...
Senator Ernst tours Iowa Premium, TamaU.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) toured and eet with officials of Iowa Premium, the Tama beef packing plant on Wednesday afternoon, Aug. 23.While the tour was private at the direction of Iowa Premium, Ernst was scheduled to meet with reporters at the ...
To Editor John Speer-A conversation in my office occurred about the Civil War Monuments and Statues. I live near Atlanta, GA so as you probably can imagine the conversations are strong. While I was listening I reflected on my connection to the Civil War, my Great Grandfather, James Young. I ...
Hollywood loves a sequel. This summer, studios are releasing a fifth Pirates of the Caribbean, a third edition of the Despicable Me franchise, and another Spiderman.But warmed-over ideas are not the sole province of the film industry. Progressive lawmakers are launching a reboot of their own - ...
With the Senate's failure to pass health care legislation in last week's votes, Congress should turn to a bipartisan approach. This is needed both to fix the serious, short-term problems with health care marketplaces around the country and to propel health care cost-control initiatives over the ...
Q: What is civil asset forfeiture?A: Civil asset forfeiture laws empower the government to seize property linked to prohibited behavior and criminal enterprise. In the earliest days of our republic, Congress first enacted forfeiture laws as a tool to target and enforce customs violations on the ...
Iowa policymakers are facing a problem because revenues are not rising as predicted by the Revenue Estimating Conference (REC). If this continues, the Legislature must fill the budget from the reserves. "We are still a state that's seeing growth in revenue, although it's not as robust as we had ...
Making sure that Iowa seniors who have worked hard and played by the rules their whole lives get the benefits they have earned was one of the reasons I ran for Congress. That's why I am a co-sponsor of the Senior Citizens Tax Elimination Act, H.R. 2552, which will end the double taxation of our ...
Q: What's the update regarding China's ban on American beef?A: The door to the world's most-populated country and second-largest economy re-opened this summer to U.S. beef exports, ending a 14-year ban. That's good news for America's cattle producers (and the farmers who grow their feed grain) ...