WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Joni Ernst, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Senator Joni Ernst, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today blasted the Biden administration for failing to provide meaningful guidance on the 45Z Clean Fuel Production Credit, continuing to leave Iowa's farmers and biofuel producers with little to no certainty. Earlier this year, Ernst led the call demanding President Biden's U.S. Department of Treasury publish 45Z guidance in a timely manner with t  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Finance and Agriculture Committees and a lifelong family farmer, today issued the following statement regarding the newly-released Biden Treasury Department's 45Z guidance: "Once again, the Biden administration has left farmers with more questions than answers. I'm disappointed the Biden Treasury failed to clarify whether 45Z will fully credit farmers  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and 42 Senate Republicans in introducing the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act. The bill would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges to exercise those rights in any state that allows concealed carry, within the limits of each states' laws. "Responsible gun owners shouldn't  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is announcing Polk County, Clay County and the city of Merrill will receive a total of $15,342,095 to update several railroad crossings. The award will be administered through the Department of Transportation's Railroad Crossing Elimination program, which was established in the Grassley-backed Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). "I applaud Polk County, Clay County  more

WASHINGTON, Jan. 10 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release: Q: What prompted your bipartisan investigation into private equity's stake in hospital ownership? A: In the last Congress, I launched a bipartisan inquiry to dig into the impact that private equity ownership of hospitals has had on patient care and rural health care. Specifically, my concerns were prompted following a tragic incident at Ottumwa Regional Health Center, the general acute care hospital in   more