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  Friday, January 22, 2021 Don’t Exploit Pandemic to Enact Liberal Laundry List In my final hearing chairing the Senate Finance Committee, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the 78th U.S Treasury secretary told lawmakers we must “act big” to restore the economy capsized by COVID-19. At her confirmation hearing held the day before the…

Thursday, January 21, 2021 Great Things Happening, Week 2 Week 2 Week 2 of the 89th General Assembly has been highly productive, as Republicans move forward with the priorities Iowans elected us to accomplish. This Week’s Hot Topics Parental Choice in Education This week, Representatives Landon and Gobble took the first step to ensure parental choice…

  The Schultz Perspective by Senator Jason Schultz Friday, January 22, 2021 The legislative season is through our second week.  One strategy to handle a large number of bills is to move the easiest first.  This week we moved Senate Joint Resolution 1 out of subcommittee.  This is a proposed amendment to the Iowa Constitution.  It…

Friday, January 22, 2021 The Williams Weekly by Senator Craig Williams Welcome to the end of week two of Iowa’s legislative session. This week saw the start of subcommittee meetings which are the first step in the legislative process and are one of the ways Iowans can be involved in the lawmaking process. Due to…

January 19, 2021   News from Week 1 – 2021 Legislative Session I want to thank my constituents for putting your trust in me for two more years to represent the House of Representatives in this great state of Iowa. I also want to thank all of my friends for your concern before, during and…

Iowa Crop Progress & Condition  Week of November 23 – November 29, 2020 Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig today commented on the Iowa Crop Progress and Condition report released by the USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service. The report is released weekly from April through November. “This week marks the end of the 2020 weekly…

Monday, November 16, 2020 Ernst-Supported Bipartisan Bill to Address U.S. Olympics Abuse Scandal Signed Into Law The enactment of the sweeping reform legislation is a culmination of the Iowa senator’s efforts to address the abuses within the U.S. Olympic system The bipartisan Empowering Olympic, Paralympic, and Amateur Athletes Act, supported by U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA), an…

Friday, June 19 “Celebrating Juneteenth National Freedom Day” Congressman Steve King is releasing the text of an op-ed he has written in honor of the celebration of “Juneteenth Day,” June 19, 2020. “Juneteenth” is recognized by the State of Iowa due to legislation King introduced and passed in the Iowa State Senate in 2002. “Juneteenth”…