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Two key agricultural positions remain vacated under the Biden administration.

All four Iowans who serve in the U.S. House have introduced a bill that would upgrade the communications network for the National Weather Service. Damage to a fiber optic cable at a Weather Service office in Texas delayed warnings during last month’s tornado outbreak in Iowa.

Republicans offered a motion to block the previous question on the House floor on Wednesday night. If the previous question was blocked, the House could consider Republican-led H.R. 6858, the American Energy Independence from Russia Act, to support American energy production across the country.

WASHINGTON — Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) has announced the launch of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition.

This annual competition is conducted by the U.S. House of Representatives to showcase the talent of high school students from across the country.

Representative Miller-Meeks has formally announced the start of the 2022 Congressional Art Competition for the Second District.

U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-IA) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) on April 1 joined fellow Iowan lawmakers in introducing a bipartisan bill to upgrade the communications service used by the National Weather Service (NWS).

U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-IA), Randy Feenstra (R-IA), Cindy Axne (D-IA), Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA), and Carlos Gimenez (R-FL) recently introduced legislation to update the National Weather Service’s (NWS) NWS Chat platform, which circulates time-sensitive information during severe weather events.