117th Congress
All six members of Iowa’s congressional delegation are sponsoring legislation to give independent cattle producers more information about cattle prices, but they have just 10 days to convince colleagues it should be included in a must-do bill.
The Livestock Mandatory Reporting Act must be reauthorized by December 3 and Senator Chuck Grassley is the lead sponsor of a plan to also force disclosure of the prices paid in private sales of cattle being raised and sold under contracts with a meatpacker.
For years, the federal government has handed out hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts to care for migrant children without taking into account whether the contractor’s license is suspended or under investigation.
That would change if a group of bipartisan lawmakers can find support for new legislation introduced this month.
CLINTON — The city of Clinton has been awarded a $15 million federal Rebuilding American Infrastructure with Sustainability & Equity grant to reconstruct Manufacturing Drive and Bluff Boulevard, a project known as The Drive to Prosperity.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, November 19th, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) released the following statement after voting NO on the second reconciliation bill:
Iowa political leaders congratulated United Auto Workers union members on Wednesday after they agreed to a new contract, ending a five-week strike at John Deere plants.
WASHINGTON – Iowa members of Congress helped introduce bipartisan legislation in the U.S. Senate and U.S. House of Representatives aimed to return fairness to the cattle marketplace dominated by four major meat packers.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, November 18th, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) introduced the Subscribe to Local News Act. This legislation would support small and local newspapers by creating tax incentives for individuals and businesses to subscribe to and advertise in local papers.