by Holly Brink I am happy to say that I have made it through my first funnel week here in the House. What a busy week it was. Throughout this week, my colleagues and I have be going through the bills we have drafted earlier this session, running several subcommittee meetings on them and presenting […]
by Dustin Hite This past week was what is referred to as “funnel week” by the members of the Iowa Legislature. This “funnel” is a rule stating that by Friday, March 8, all House bills must be reported out of House Committees. This rule is put in place to ensure State Government is working efficiently […]
by Senator Ken Rozenboom This was the seventh week of the 2019 legislative session, a week busy with subcommittee meetings. Next week is the first funnel week of the year, meaning Senate bills need to be out of Senate committees by Friday in order to be considered for the rest of the year. The funnel […]
by Holly Brink Hello Friends, First, I wanted to extend my congratulations to our district’s students at the Iowa State Univerity, University of Iowa and Univerisity of Northern Iowa! I received an email with a great number of students from our District that made either the Dean’s List (3.5 GPA or higher), the President’s List […]
by Dustin Hite Another busy week has flown by in Des Moines. Along with legislation, we released more budget targets and furthered our commitment to SAVE. The House passed an extension of SAVE last session, but it did not move forward in the Senate. Extending SAVE is a top priority for House Republicans this session, […]
by Sen. Ken Rozenboom This week I will devote my newsletter to one subject, the matter of abortion. My convictions on this issue should be evident to all because they have never changed, they never will, and because I have spoken to the issue a number of times on the Senate floor. I will continue […]
by Rep. Holly Brink Hello Friends, I want to say thank you for all those who attended the legislative forums in Albia and Centerville this past Saturday to see Senator Rozenboom and myself. I greatly appreciate you all coming to share your questions and concerns about issues and legislation that affects our communities. I hope […]
by Sen. Ken Rozenboom It’s become obvious to me that the best way to speed winter along is to work in the Iowa Senate…the weeks just fly by! We’re already five weeks into the session, and I expect the session to last less than our normal target of 15 to 16 weeks. So we probably […]
by Rep. Dustin Hite Another busy week has flown by at the Statehouse, and Iowa’s lawmakers are hard at work. Education spending once again was a top priority in the House.That is why earlier this week the House passed its first couple bills of this Session, both of which set education funding for the year. […]
by Ken Rozenboom Education funding is always a big topic of discussion during the first weeks of each legislative session. This week we started the process for setting an education budget for the next fiscal year. Senate File 172, which sets supplemental state aid (SSA) and Senate File 171, which is the transportation/per pupil equity […]
