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Iowa Congresswoman Ashley Hinson is pushing the Biden Administration to reopen federal offices to the public.

Many of those local offices - like social security administration and USDA offices - remain closed to the public as part of COVID-19 restrictions that started last year.

That’s despite most state, county and city offices, as well as businesses, reopening to in-person services.

Representative Hinson says her own local offices have been open for months.

The Supreme Court on Friday said an expanded number of small refineries can seek an exemption from certain renewable fuel requirements.

The high court ruled 6-3 that a small refinery that had previously received a hardship exemption from complying with Clean Air Act requirements may obtain an “extension” of that exemption. That's even if the refinery let a previous exemption lapse.

Iowa Renewable Fuels Association Executive Director Monte Shaw made the following statement in response:

The City of Dubuque is receiving $5 million to make rail and fertilizer storage improvements in the Port of Dubuque.

The U.S. Department of Transportation recently approved the grant, which will see the renovation of an existing fertilizer storage shed at Gavilon Grain LLC, 505 E 7th Street, in Dove Harbor. Officials also will use the funds to replace and upgrade approximately 7,300 feet of inoperable rail and relocate another 2,800 feet of rail to improve the loading and unloading of fertilizer and other bulk products.

Agriculture is the most essential industry to the global population. It covers everything we need to eat. That is why industry reps want to be at the table when ideas are being shared about how to improve the environment. Not only to discuss how changes will affect the industry but to also share those stories about how many farmers have already taken the bull by the horns and implemented successful practices on their own.

House Democrats rejected consideration of an accountability measure for Vice President Kamala Harris and her border duties, introduced by GOP Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-IA). The freshman congresswoman introduced legislation to block Harris from using further taxpayer dollars for travel until she visits the southern border to see the crisis firsthand.