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Iowa’s congressional delegation is working to have custom cattle feeders included in renewed payments from USDA’s Coronavirus Food Assistance Program.
This week, Senators Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst, and Representatives Cindy Axne, Randy Feenstra, Ashley Hinson, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack highlighting the exclusion of custom cattle feeders from CFAP aid.
WASHINGTON (KMTV) - Iowa’s congressional delegation is asking U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to adjust the eligibility of the department’s coronavirus relief programs to include custom cattle feeders, a sector of the state’s agricultural economy mostly run by family farmers.
In a letter, Senators Chuck Grassley, Joni Ernst, and Representatives Cindy Axne, Randy Feenstra, Ashley Hinson, and Mariannette Miller-Meeks pointed out the exclusion of custom cattle feeders from the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program (CFAP).
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, Iowa’s Congressional delegation urged U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack to expand eligibility of the department’s COVID-19 relief programs to include custom cattle feeders, a sector of Iowa’s agricultural economy operated primarily by family farmers.
Vilsack, the former Governor of Iowa and U.S. Secretary of Agriculture under the Obama administration, was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on Tuesday by a 92 to 7 vote.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, February 23rd, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to recognize University of Iowa men’s basketball player Luka Garza. On Sunday, February 21st, 2021, Garza set a new school record with 2,126 career points, breaking the previous record of 2,116 points, held for over 30 years by the late Roy Marble.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, February 23rd, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) released the following statement after the Senate confirmed former Governor of Iowa, Tom Vilsack, to be the United States Secretary of Agriculture, a position he previously held during the entirety of the Obama Administration, with a vote of 92-7:
Iowa community health centers, which reach underserved and vulnerable populations, should be included in the Biden administration’s distribution of the COVID-19 vaccine, Iowa’s House delegation, including Rep. Cindy Axne, D-3rd, said in a letter to federal health officials.
The “oversight” of omitting Iowa’s community health centers from the 25-center pilot project can be rectified by including the state community health centers in the next round of direct vaccination support to the 250 federally qualified health centers, the legislators wrote.
WASHINGTON – Iowa’s entire U.S. House Delegation, U.S. Reps. Ashley Hinson, R-IA 01, Mariannette Miller-Meeks, R-IA 02, Cindy Axne, D-IA 03, and Randy Feenstra, R-IA 04, sent a bipartisan letter to U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary-Designate Xavier Becerra and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Director Dr. Rochelle Walensky urging the Biden Administration to include Iowa’s federally qualified community health centers (FQHCs) in their direct vaccination partnership program.