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EXCLUSIVE: Two Republican lawmakers are leading 18 members of the U.S. Senate and 64 members of the U.S. House of Representatives in filing an amicus brief at the Supreme Court against selective abortions based on a fetal Down syndrome diagnosis.

DES MOINES, Iowa – U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson, R-Iowa, wants to prevent former members of Congress from lobbying on behalf of China and other communist regimes. 

The Iowa Torch learned Hinson is an original co-sponsor of the No CCP Lobbying Act introduced on Monday.

This bill would prohibit former Members of Congress from lobbying on behalf of (1) communist governments and (2) entities controlled by communist governments. Violators of the law would be subject to a $25,000 penalty.

U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) met with the owner of aSPArations Salon and Day Spa in Marshalltown to talk policy and issues surrounding the small business community.

Hinson asked owner Tasha Schnathorst questions about how her business has worked to return after closure and how they recovered when Marshalltown was hit with natural disasters.

Schnathorst’s business survived an eight-week shutdown amid the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, and said she has managed to bounce back from the added effects of the 2018 tornado and 2020 derecho.

During separate tours of Dubuque and Jackson counties this past week, Republicans U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst and U.S. Rep. Ashley Hinson said they saw some glimmers of bipartisan hope from Democratic majorities in D.C. concerning infrastructure proposals.