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Sen. Zach Wahls’ Opening Day Speech for the 2023 Legislative Session

2 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

Remarks as Delivered Madam President, ladies and gentlemen of the Senate, staff, members of the press, and my fellow Iowans: welcome to the 2023 legislative session. I’d like to start first by thanking my family, my wife Chloe, my sister Zeb, for all your love and support. Thank you. I ...

Iowa state Sen. Pam Jochum Responds to Settlement In Medicaid Managed Care Overbilling Case

2 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

Iowa state Sen. Pam Jochum released the following statement regarding the Iowa Attorney General’s $44.4 million settlement with Medicaid managed care company Centene over allegations of overbilling the state for pharmacy benefits and services: “Let’s be clear on what happened here: one of the private, for-profit companies that Gov. Reynolds ...

Sen. Janet Petersen: State Revenue Estimate is a Warning Sign for Iowa’s Economy

2 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

Statement by Senator Janet Petersen, Ranking Member of the Senate Appropriations Committee “Today’s no-growth revenue estimate is yet another warning for Iowa’s economy. Projected revenues for both 2023 and 2024 are down compared to 2022, and Iowa’s job creation continues to lag behind our neighbors. Senate Democrats are committed to passing ...

Iowa state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott responds to district court ruling on Republican attempts to restrict abortion access in Iowa

2 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

DES MOINES – Iowa state Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott released the following statement regarding the district court ruling on Republican attempts to restrict abortion access in Iowa: Trone Garriott, D-West Des Moines, is the ranking member on the Senate Health and Human Services Committee and the Democratic Whip. “An impartial ...

Senate Democrats Select Leadership For 2023-24 Legislative Sessions

2 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, News releases, Official

Democratic members of the Iowa Senate on Friday re-elected Sen. Zach Wahls as the Senate Democratic Leader. In addition to Wahls’ re-election, Democrats selected Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott as Democratic Whip, the No. 2 position within the caucus. Sens. Nate Boulton, Eric Giddens, Pam Jochum, and Herman Quirmbach will serve ...

Voting in the Iowa 2022 General Election!

2 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Official

A summary of how to vote–and how to help others vote–this fall in Iowa. Make sure you are correctly registered to vote. Are you registered to vote? Any Iowan can check their voter registration status online. Here’s the link: https://sos.iowa.gov/elections/voterreg/RegToVote/search.aspx. If you or someone you know need to register to ...

2022 session is a wrap

2 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Official

The Legislature adjourned for the year early Wednesday. While we some successes this year, thanks to Iowans speaking up, Republican politicians at the Statehouse have ignored real solutions to our state’s workforce crisis, instead treating workers as the enemy.

Iowa has turned itself into the Cayman Islands of child sex predators

3 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Official

Statement by Stephen Mills, May 13, 2022 News Conference My name is Stephen Mills, and I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse. I want to take a moment to explain that term—“survivor”—just to be sure we’re all on the same page. We call ourselves survivors because many of us ...

Chapman kills bipartisan reforms for Iowans in manufactured housing 3 SEPARATE TIMES

3 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, News releases, Official, Quality of life, Working families

Iowa State Senate President Jake Chapman (R-Adel) has, on three separate occasions, played the key role in sabotaging years of bipartisan work to improve the rights and living conditions of Iowans living in manufactured or mobile homes.

Why Iowa needs to end civil statute of limitations for child sex abuse

3 years ago by ContentAdmin · Blog, Issues, Official, Post includes video, Safer communities

Iowa gets a failing grade when it comes to protecting kids from sexual abuse & trafficking. SF 32 would remove the civil statute of limitations for people who were abused as minors, allowing them to come forward as adults, seek justice, expose hidden predators & protect more kids from becoming victims.

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