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On Tuesday, House Democrats on the House Appropriations Committee approved their DHS spending budget, which, as Breitbart News reported, revokes all funding for a border wall and expands upon President Joe Biden’s “sanctuary country” orders by making it increasingly difficult for federal immigration officials to deport illegal aliens.
House Republicans on the committee voted for the budget.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Rep Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, and fifteen of her Republican colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Acting Inspector General Larry Turner calling for an investigation into the amount of federal funds stolen through fraudulent unemployment claims during the pandemic.
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Washington, D.C. - Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-01) released the following statement upon successfully securing Dubuque's metropolitan status. The Office of Management and Budget (OMB) announced that the agency would not be moving forward with a proposal to change the definition of a Metropolitan Statistical Area (MSA); the threshold for an MSA will remain at a population of 50,000.
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Washington, D.C. – Congresswoman Ashley Hinson (IA-01) and fifteen of her colleagues in the U.S. House of Representatives sent a letter to U.S. Department of Labor Acting Inspector General Larry Turner calling for an investigation into the amount of federal funds stolen through fraudulent unemployment claims during the pandemic. |
Last week marked the 13th anniversary of the Iowa flood of 2008. During this disaster, I was a journalist at KCRG-TV 9 in Cedar Rapids, and I’ll never forget what it was like to cover the flood and its devastating aftermath.
Our community prepared as best we could, but there was only so much we could do as the Cedar River continued to rise and overtake buildings and homes throughout Cedar Rapids — until it eventually crested at 31.12 feet, the highest level in our history.
A bipartisan bill, aimed at expanding access to mental health care for veterans living in rural areas, is expected to be signed by President Joe Biden on Wednesday.
It's named in memory of Iowa Sergeant Brandon Ketchum, who died by suicide after investigators said he was denied access to mental health services through the Iowa City VA Medical Center.
He was suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.
The U.S. Senate unanimously approved the bill on June 24.