117th Congress
WASHINGTON – The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to advance Rep. Cindy Axne’s (IA-03) bipartisan legislation to expand mental health care for rural veterans.
The Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans’ Mental Health Act, named in memory of Iowa Sgt. Brandon Ketchum of Davenport, establishes new Rural Access Network for Growth Enhancement (RANGE) programs through the VA and supports additional research on rural veteran mental health care needs.
Below is a press release from Congressman Michael Guest:
Military veterans living in rural areas in Iowa and beyond may see greater access to mental health care through a bill making its way through Congress just ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
On Tuesday, the U.S. House passed a bill that would require the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to spend more than a million dollars each year to fund the creation of additional mental health care outreach teams to serve veterans outside of cities and to research the VA's effectiveness with those rural veterans.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, May 18th, 2021, the House of Representatives passed four pieces of legislation introduced by Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02). All of the bills were passed by the House Veterans’ Affairs Committee earlier this month.
WASHINGTON, D.C.—Today, May 18th, 2021, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) spoke on the floor of the House of Representatives to recognize Tiffin native and University of Iowa sophomore Abby Crow, who was recently appointed by Governor Kim Reynolds to fill the student seat on the State Board of Regents.
Two members of South Dakota’s congressional delegation are urging US Attorney General Merrick Garland to continue the US Department of Justice investigation into the nation’s four biggest meatpackers.
In a bicameral letter, Sen. John Thune and Rep. Dusty Johnson, along with several of their colleagues, also requested that DOJ provide Congress with updates on its investigation and encouraged ongoing vigilance on this issue.
On May 17, Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) announced the opening of the application period for individuals seeking a Congressional nomination to a United States service academy.
