Press Releases

Davenport, IA– Today, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) announced a fall writing contest dedicated to honoring the state of Iowa. The contest is open to elementary, middle, and high school students in Iowa’s 1st District and is a unique opportunity for students to highlight what they love about the Hawkeye State. 

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks, MD (R-IA-1) and Scott Peters (D-CA-50) led a group of 14 bipartisan colleagues in a request to the Chair and Ranking Member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee to advance bipartisan solutions to strengthen and reform the 340B Drug Discount Program.

WASHINGTON DC — Last night, the U.S. House passed the Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act, bipartisan legislation introduced by Congresswoman Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-01) and Senator Joni Ernst (R-IA). The Billion Dollar Boondoggle Act would require the public disclosure of every taxpayer-funded project that is $1 billion or more over budget or five years or more behind schedule.

WASHINGTON DC – Today, the U.S. House passed H.R. 7637, the “Refrigerator Freedom Act.” This legislation was introduced by U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks, M.D. (IA-01) and prohibits the Department of Energy (DOE) from prescribing or enforcing energy efficiency standards for refrigerators that are not cost effective or technologically feasible, or that fail to save a significant amount of energy.

DAVENPORT – U.S.Representatives Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-IA) and Angie Craig (D-MN) introduced bipartisan legislation to stop drug trafficking on social media platforms and help law enforcement counter the sale of illicit drugs on social media platforms.

The Cooper Davis and Devin Norring Act is named for Devin Norring of Hastings, MN, and Cooper Davis of Shawnee, KS. Both teenagers died of fentanyl poisoning after purchasing what they thought were Percocet pills on Snapchat. The pills were laced with illicit fentanyl.