“This is just simply immoral and unethical that they will set up an environment that hurts kids,” the Iowa Republican said.
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“This is just simply immoral and unethical that they will set up an environment that hurts kids,” the Iowa Republican said.
There could be some political danger in opposing the package, Grassley said, “but I'm not going to judge whether they should vote for it or not. That's up to them.”
Grassley, the ranking Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, has been pushing a package of criminal justice reform measures that could reduce the sentencing difference, now 18 to 1, “but I don’t think one to one can pass.”
Four years after Jeff Dettbarn raised concerns about veterans’ diagnostic exams being canceled without doctors’ orders at the Veterans Affairs Medical Center in Iowa City and two years after he testified about it before Congress, the VA ordered him back to the same unit with the same bosses and no protections as a whistleblower.
The Iowa 3rd District congresswoman’s failure to disclose some financial transactions was an unintentional error that will be remedied soon, her office said, while Iowa partisans traded jabs over the matter Thursday.
Ahead of public hearings, those commenting say congressional, legislative maps meet standards for population equality, keeping political subdivisions intact, contiguity and compactness.
The U.S. is flying Haitians camped in a Texas border town back to their homeland and blocking others from crossing the border from Mexico in a massive show of force that signals the beginning of what could be one of America’s swiftest, large-scale expulsions of migrants or refugees in decades.
Pfizer said Monday its COVID-19 vaccine works for children ages 5 to 11 and that it will seek U.S. authorization for this age group soon — a key step toward beginning vaccinations for youngsters.
Advocates for reform say harsher penalties for crack than powder disproportionately affect people of color.
Marion Republican plans to vote against $3.5T budget bill, undecided on infrastructure bill
Ag secretary says support there, along with emphasis on electric vehicles
The Education Department announced Monday that it’s investigating five Republican-led states - Iowa, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Utah - that have banned mask requirements in schools, saying the policies could amount to discrimination against students with disabilities or health conditions.
The family of a 23-year-old Marine said Friday he was among 13 U.S. service members killed in the suicide bombing attack at the Kabul airport in Afghanistan.
Congresswoman proposes withholding aid until Americans and allies are out of country
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