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May 4, 2021

WATERLOO, Iowa (KWWL) - In his speech to Congress Wednesday evening, President Biden laid out an ambitious agenda including a $2 trillion "American Families Plan" that would cover universal Pre-K, tuition-free community college, and expanded child care tax credits.


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May 4, 2021

DES MOINES, Iowa – Iowa’s Republican members of Congress responded to President Joe Biden’s first address to a joint session of Congress.

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, who represents Iowa’s 1st Congressional District, criticized Biden’s first 100 days in office.


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April 20, 2021

Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson is co-sponsoring legislation to make a retroactive change in the federal Paycheck Protection Program for some farmers and small business owners.

The PPP was created last spring and quickly ran out of money. A third round of funding was approved by Congress in December.


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April 20, 2021

House Republicans introduced a slate of bills Friday they billed as "natural solutions" to climate change and an alternative to Sen. Debbie Stabenow's soon-to-be-reintroduced Growing Climate Solutions Act.


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April 19, 2021

Congresswoman Ashley Hinson made a stop in Tama County on April 12. She first met with the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association (ICA) for a lunch meeting at Murph’s Creamery and Grill in Toledo before departing for a meeting on the Meskwaki Settlement.


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April 19, 2021

 Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, introduced new legislation Tuesday to make permanent five of former President Donald Trump's executive orders that 


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April 19, 2021

The family of veteran Brandon Ketchum, who died by suicide in 2016, says a new bill named after him could help other rural service-members struggling to acclimate back to life in the U.S.

The "Sgt. Ketchum Rural Veterans' Mental Health Act" was introduced earlier this week by Iowa lawmakers and is being discussed Thursday on Capitol Hill. 


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April 13, 2021

WATERLOO -- Hundreds gathered behind a fence at the Waterloo Regional Airport on Wednesday afternoon, holding up signs to welcome home about 100 Iowa Army National Guard soldiers before hugging and kissing them minutes later after they were released.


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April 13, 2021

The Iowa Congresswoman visited the Southern Border this week with other Republican members from the Republican Study Committee (RSC) to tour the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) fa


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April 13, 2021

 Republican Study Committee members demanded Democratic leadership to visit the southern border and see the consequences of reversing Trump-era immigration policies firsthand.