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Ernst Works to Address Childcare Access in Rural Iowa

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 17, 2023

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is supporting the bipartisan, bicameral Expanding Childcare in Rural America (ECRA) Act of 2023 to expand childcare access in agricultural and rural communities.

Gov. Reynolds Joins Letter to Congress Urging Congress to Protect Ag Industry

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 16, 2023

On June 13, Gov. Kim Reynolds joined 10 other Republican governors in a letter to congressional leadership to support the reintroduction of the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression Act, a bill that would uphold the Commerce Clause of the Constitution by preventing states from impeding interstate agricultural trade.

Ranking Member Ernst Works to Overhaul, Refocus Failing SBA Entrepreneurship Program

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 16, 2023

The Service Corps of Retired Executives (SCORE) program, one of the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) core entrepreneurial development programs, has been plagued by poor performance, waste, and ongoing failures to reach women-owned entrepreneurs and small businesses in rural America.

Ernst: Your taxpayer dollars should NOT fund our foreign adversaries

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 15, 2023

On JUNE 7, 2023, U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) called out the Biden administration and federal bureaucrats for out-of-control spending without proper oversight and transparency.

Gov. Reynolds Announces SBA Disaster Assistance for Davenport Apartments Collapse

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 15, 2023

On June 16, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) has granted her request to provide assistance in the form of low-interest disaster loans for residents and businesses impacted by the partial building collapse of The Hotel Davenport Apartments.

Gov. Reynolds: 'The response to the Students First ESA program has been overwhelming'

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 14, 2023

Response to Iowa’s school voucher program has far exceeded projections with more than 15,000 applicants signing up in the first week.

Q&A: Flag Day

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 14, 2023

Q: What is Flag Day?

Ernst Slams Biden’s Nominee for Deputy Administrator of the SBA

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 14, 2023

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, slammed Biden’s nominee to be Deputy Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA) for his failure to be transparent with the committee, unwillingness to decrease burdensome regulations, and concerns about his commitment to fully recover fraudulent SBA COVID funds.

Attorney General Bird Announces Distribution of $141 Million Settlement to Iowans and Americans Deceived by TurboTax

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 14, 2023

Attorney General Bird announced that Iowans who were scammed by TurboTax’s owner, Intuit, into paying for free tax services began receiving checks from a $141 million multistate settlement announced in May 2022.

Gov Reynolds Statement on DOJ Indictment of President Trump

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 14, 2023

Gov. Kim Reynolds released the following statement in response to former President Donald Trump announcing an indictment from the U.S. Department of Justice:

Grassley, Bipartisan Colleagues Work To Combat Chinese Dumping, Stand Up For American Farmers

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 13, 2023

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) on June 8, 2023, joined Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) to reintroduce the China Trade Cheating Restitution Act in a continued effort to counter the Chinese Communist Party and stand up for American farmers and agricultural producers.

Grassley & Comer On Fox News: The FBI Is Covering For President Biden

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 13, 2023

Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member and long-time whistleblower advocate Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) yesterday joined Jesse Watters on Fox News to discuss government oversight of the FBI. Grassley and Comer blasted FBI Director Christopher Wray’s refusal to produce a subpoenaed, unclassified record alleging criminal activity involving then-Vice President Biden and a foreign national, and demanded the FBI show its work to the American people.

Attorney General Bird Announces $102.5 Million Settlement to Increase Availability of Opioid Treatments

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 13, 2023

Attorney General Brenna Bird today announced that Iowa and a coalition of 41 other states negotiated a nationwide $102.5 million settlement with Indivior Inc., manufacturer of the opioid addiction treatment drug Suboxone. Iowa will receive over $1 million from the settlement.

Gov. Reynolds Announces Funding to Support Centers of Excellence Program to Promote Rural Health Care

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 13, 2023

On June 8 Gov. Kim Reynolds and the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) announced up to $1.5 million in grant funding to enhance health care service delivery throughout Iowa by supporting Centers of Excellence with a focus on innovation and collaboration.

Ernst Works to Cut Funding to Outlaw Organizations Disregarding Federal Law

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 13, 2023

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) is fighting to stop taxpayer funding of organizations that disregard the law, such as EcoHealth Alliance, which refuses to provide information about the dangerous experiments on bat coronaviruses conducted in China’s state-run Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) with U.S. tax dollars.

Ernst Names Small Business of the Week, Classroom Clinic

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 12, 2023

Throughout this Congress, Ranking Member Ernst plans to recognize a small business in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties.

Grassley, Johnson Urge Investigation of Retaliation and IRS Failure to Inform Employees of their Rights as Whistleblowers

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 12, 2023

Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are raising the alarm about a recent IRS email instructing employees on how to report potential wrongdoing.

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