117th Congress
This weekend, we celebrate the 245th anniversary of our nation’s independence. As we use this time to celebrate our freedom with family and friends, we must take a moment to remember what Independence Day means to us as a nation.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, July 1st, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to recognize Indian Hills Kenny Bednarek, who recently earned a place on Team USA for the 2021 Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo, Japan.
Three of the Iowans serving in the U.S. House were in the Oval Office yesterday as President Biden signed a bill named for an Iowa veteran who died by suicide five years ago.
Brandon Ketchum of Davenport was a Marine sergeant who unsuccessfully sought in-patient treatment at a VA center in Iowa City. Congresswoman Cindy Axne of West Des Moines said Biden called Ketchum’s mother.
“When he connected with Bev, Sergeant Ketchum’s mother, there was not a dry eye in the room,” Axne told Radio Iowa today.
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Throughout our history, Americans have put aside their partisan differences and stood together in times of crisis. It is time for us to stand together again.
Maria Theresa Louis was born in Kerala, India, in 2003. She and her older brother moved to the Triangle with her parents in 2009 when her father was hired to work in the area through an H-1B visa, a non-immigrant status granted to workers in a specialty occupation.
WASHINGTON, DC (WHO-TV) — On Wednesday, President Joe Biden signed a mental health bill into law named for Sgt. Brandon Ketchum – an Iowa veteran who took his own life after being denied mental health services in 2016.
CLINTON, Iowa (KWQC) - The mayor of Clinton is paying respects to the city’s former mayor, LaMetta Wynn, after she passed away last week.
“I want to send my thoughts and prayers to the family and friends of Mayor Lametta Wynn,” Mayor Scott Maddasion said in a Facebook post on Friday. “Her legacy will continue to live on in our community as she touched so many lives not only as our Mayor but as a mother, grandmother, friend, and neighbor.”