Supporters argue the bill it would crack down on child trafficking as well as "child recycling," which refers to bad actors bringing children with them across the border multiple times and falsely claiming them as a relative to appear as a family unit.
In a call with reporters Wednesday, Iowa’s U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley also shrugged off former President Donald Trump’s latest call to scrap Obamacare, saying Republicans are working to bring health care costs down, but have little interest in rehashing the fight to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.
Pharmacies across Iowa have closed at an alarming rate over the past decade-plus, partly because insurance payouts don't cover drug costs. Iowa Republican U.S. Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and colleagues this week introduced a proposal that would tackle practices used by pharmacy benefit managers that drive up costs for prescription medications.
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Request includes aid to Ukraine and Israel as well as border security funding
Senator sends letter to Justice, FBI seeking records
Miller-Meeks and Grassley also move to freeze Iranian assets.
Iowa Republican U.S. House Reps. Ashley Hinson and Mariannette Miller-Meeks publicly declared their support for Steve Scalise as the next House Speaker.
“During the time I was Judiciary chairman and she was the ranking Democrat, we had a wonderful working relationship. She was a true public servant,” Grassley said..
With only a few days left for Congress to avert a government shutdown, Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley criticized the move by some House Republicans to hold up government funding over certain policy goals. He said a shutdown would hurt American taxpayers.
“The government shutdown possibility sucks all of the oxygen out of the room,” Iowa State University professor Chad Hart says. “So until that is taken care of, you really can’t make forward progress on any other piece of legislation, including a Farm Bill.”
At least one Republican presidential candidate has suggested the FBI should be eliminated; U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley said anyone who takes that position “is stupid for saying it.”
Prices spiked in Iowa last week. An analyst says refinery disruptions are the real cause, and prices should start dropping soon.
The impending impeachment inquiry into President Joe Biden, announced by U.S. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on Tuesday, received a show of support from Iowa’s all-Republican members of Congress, who said the inquiry will give House Republicans more tools to investigate the president and his family.
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