THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I can report to the American people and to the world that the United States has conducted an operation that killed Osama bin Laden, the leader of al Qaeda, and a terrorist who’s responsible for the murder of thousands of innocent men, women, and children. It was nearly 10 years […]
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell released the following statement on House Budget Committee Ranking Member Chris Van Hollen’s release of a proposed FY2012 budget and President Obama’s budget statement. “I am encouraged that Ranking Member Van Hollen and President Obama are tackling both cuts to spending and ways to generate revenue by ending […]
Possible Presidential candidate Michele Bachmann made one of her two stops, for The Family Leader, in Pella on April 11th. The second stop was in Iowa City later in the afternoon. Bachmann, representing the 6th District of Minnesota, was first elected to the office in 2006. Her first Congress was the 110th. Bachmann is also […]
Event to be attended by Senator Charles Grassley (IA), Senator Tom Harkin (IA) Congressman Buck McKeon (CA), Congressman Tom Latham (IA), Congressman Leonard Boswell (IA), Congressman Steve King (IA), Congressman David Loebsack (IA), and Congressman Bruce Braley of Iowa (IA) WASHINGTON, DC (April 12, 2011) – State of Iowa Senators Charles Grassley and Tom Harkin, […]
Washington, DC – Today, Congressman Leonard Boswell continued to call for increased funding for job-creating transportation and infrastructure projects after Iowa was ranked third in the nation for structurally deficient highway bridges. “Today’s report that 21.7 percent of Iowa’s bridges are structurally deficient should be a wake-up call at the local, state, and federal levels […]
Former Minnesota Governor Tim Pawlenty announced last week that he has formed an exploratory commitee to explore a bid for President. Pawlenty is the first major candidate to announce the formation of an exploratory committee. Pawlenty’s announcement came via a video on his Facebook page. In addition to serving as Minnesota’s Governor, Pawlenty was on […]
Roy Moore is the former Chief Justice of the Alabama Supreme Court who is also known as the “America’s Ten Commandments Judge”. Moore said on his facebook page that he is, “considering the possibility of forming an exploratory committee for considering a presidential run for 2012.” Moore was removed as Chief Justice of the Alabama […]
Rome, Italy – Congressman Leonard Boswell returned to Italy from a bipartisan Congressional Delegation trip to Afghanistan earlier this week, where he visited Iowa Guard troops on the ground and attended a series of key meetings with military leaders, including President Hamid Karzai, on the political and security situation in the country. “This trip is […]
On ObamaCare’s first anniversary, King renews call for repeal Washington D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA) released the following statement in conjunction with ObamaCare’s first anniversary. On March 23, 2010, President Obama defied the wishes of the American people by signing the unconstitutional law. Since that time, opposition to ObamaCare has continued to grow, and a […]
The USGS has updated the magnitude of the March 11, 2011, Tohoku earthquake in northern Honshu, Japan, to 9.0 from the previous estimate of 8.9. Independently, Japanese seismologists have also updated their estimate of the earthquake’s magnitude to 9.0. This magnitude places the earthquake as the fourth largest in the world since 1900 and the […]
