by Pat Grassley We took our first vote of the 2022 Legislative Session this week in the Iowa House. It was a vote I was very proud to cast because it’ll help support our renewable fuels industry here in Iowa. Good for Farmers. Good for Consumers. Good for Biofuels. Governor Reynolds has been working with […]
Week 4 Update Hello Friends, The fourth week of session was a busy one, filled with several subcommittee and committee meetings, as well as visits from constituents and the first floor debate of the second half of the 89th General Assembly! I even got to participate in my son Garisin’s senior government class’s field trip […]
by Dustin Hite We are wrapping up the fourth week of the 2022 Legislative Session, which has been a busy one. In the first debate of the session, the House passed House File 2182, a bill to increase access to higher-ethanol blends at the pump and supports Iowa’s biofuels. This bill passed with bipartisan support, […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom We have wrapped up the third week of the legislative session, a week that was filled with subcommittee and standing committee meetings. We are also beginning the budget process. As always, we focus specifically on K-12 school funding first for two reasons. Our school boards have to develop their own budgets […]
by Holly Brink Week 3 Update Hello Friends, The third week of session began with freezing cold weather, but it didn’t stop me from getting to the Statehouse – and it didn’t stop us from advancing key legislation this week. It was a busy week (almost felt like funnel week), as I attended several committee […]
January 27th, 2022 Oskaloosa, Iowa – US Senator Joni Ernst stopped by the campus of William Penn University for a bite to eat and to listen to how local economic leadership is helping the area stay viable. Ernst is in the middle of her latest 99 county tour, where she’s been visiting with various businesses […]
by Senator Adrian Dickey Hello Iowans! This is the second edition of the Dickey Dispatch for 2022. If you did not receive the first, please let me know and I’d be happy to get it to you. This week we wrapped up the second week of session. While the “official” legislative week was a bit […]
This week marked the second week of the session. The pomp and circumstances from the first week are done and we get down to the business of Iowans. We had several committees and subcommittees this week, and I ran my first bill in committee for the session. That bill, House Study Bill 526, which is […]
by Holly Brink Second Week on the Hill Hello all! It is week two here at the Statehouse, and we are getting down to business. We did not conven on Monday, Jan. 17th as it was Martin Luther King Jr. Day. The rest of the week was filled with several committee meetings and meetings with […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom The 2022 legislative session has officially begun. This first week includes speeches by the Governor, the Chief Justice, the Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard and legislative leaders. These speeches are important components of the legislative session, and they give us a preview of the goals of each caucus and […]
