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News from June 2023

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Gov. Reynolds Releases Video Message for ESA Launch

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 5, 2023

On May 31, Gov. Reynolds released the following video message in response to applications for her landmark Student First Education Savings Account (ESA) program becoming available at 8:00 AM CT.

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Attorney General Brenna Bird Sues Biden Administration Over Illegal Open Borders Policies

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 5, 2023

Attorney General Bird joined 18 other states in a lawsuit Wednesday to challenge the Biden Administration’s “Circumvention of Legal Pathways” immigration rule.

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Capitol Hill Report, 05-26-2023

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 5, 2023

Capitol Hill Report, 05-26-2023

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CDC predicts 108 people in 65-74 age group in Iowa died during week ending May 20

By Hawkeye Reporter | Jun 4, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 108 people in the 65-74 age group died during the week ending May 20.

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Who contributed the most in Iowa during week ending June 3?

By Hawkeye Reporter | Jun 4, 2023

The top 50 political contributions made during the week ending June 3 can be found here.

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Grassley, Wicker: It’s High Time For Federal Bureaucrats To Return To The Office And Get To Work

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 4, 2023

U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) are calling on federal employees to return to their taxpayer-funded offices or get rid of unused office space that continues to lie vacant.

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Supreme Court Rejects EPA Overreach in WOTUS Case

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 4, 2023

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s decision rejecting the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) onerous Waters of the U.S. (WOTUS) regulations.

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Upper threshold of death expectancy exceeds death count in Iowa during week May 20

By Hawkeye Reporter | Jun 4, 2023

Iowa's death count did not exceed the upper threshold of death expectancy during the week ending May 20, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Week of May 20: 54 people in 45-64 age group are estimated to have died in Iowa

By Hawkeye Reporter | Jun 3, 2023

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention estimates 54 people in the 45-64 age group died during the week ending May 20.

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Gov. Reynolds Authorizes Iowa National Guard and Dept. of Public Safety Deployment for Operation Lone Star

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 3, 2023

On May 30, Gov. Reynolds authorized the deployment of approximately 100 Iowa National Guard troops and 30 Department of Public Safety personnel to help secure the U.S. Southern border.

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Grassley, Sanders, Braun, Warren, Wyden Urge Secretary of Defense to Investigate Price Gouging from U.S. Defense Contractors

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 3, 2023

Following a CBS News investigation uncovering repeated instances of defense contractors overcharging the Department of Defense (DOD) to secure excess profits of 40 to 50 percent, costing the U.S. taxpayers hundreds of millions of dollars, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) in urging Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin III to launch a thorough investigation.

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Comer & Grassley Blast FBI for Refusing to Provide Subpoenaed Record Alleging Then-VP Biden Engaged in a Bribery Scheme

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 3, 2023

Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) this are blasting FBI Director Christopher Wray for defying a congressional subpoena for an unclassified record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national.

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Johnson and Grassley to Durham: Why Did Former FBI Officials Not Cooperate With Your Investigation?

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 2, 2023

Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Special Counsel John Durham determined on getting to the bottom of the lack of cooperation by senior Justice Department officials and other witnesses central to his investigation.

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Gov. Reynolds Issues Disaster Proclamation for Scott County in Response to Building Collap

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 2, 2023

On May 29, Gov. Kim Reynolds issued a disaster proclamation for Scott County in response to the partial collapse of an apartment building in Davenport on May 28.

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Senator Grassley Backs the Blue in Coralville

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 2, 2023

In continuation of National Police Week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman and a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, this gave an address at the Iowa Police Chiefs Association’s 36th Annual Conference in Coralville.

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May 30 sees Congressional Record publish “FOREIGN TRAVEL FINANCIAL REPORTS” in the Senate section

By Hawkeye Reporter | Jun 1, 2023

“FOREIGN TRAVEL FINANCIAL REPORTS“ was published in the Senate section on pages S1790-S1803 on May 30

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ACRU’s Lori Roman: 'We applaud' Iowa policymakers who 'fight to preserve and maintain constitutional rights like permitless carry'

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 1, 2023

The head of the American Constitutional Rights Union (ACRU) has called Iowa's policy of allowing citizens to carry concealed weapons without a permit an affirmation of citizens' rights to keep and bear arms.

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Gov. Reynolds Announces New Staff to Administration

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 1, 2023

On May 26, Gov. Kim Reynolds announced new staff joining her administration.

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Cramer, Grassley, And Colleagues: EPA’s Proposed Rule Hurts Small Businesses And Rural America

By Hawkeye Reporter Report | Jun 1, 2023

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined U.S. Sen. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), along with U.S. Rep John Joyce (R-Pa.) and 82 bicameral colleagues, in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to withdraw portions of a proposal which would place more stringent vapor emissions requirements on small gasoline bulk plants.