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HULL, IOWA – Last week, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped reopen the Storm Lake Post Office after it was closed for roughly three months due to damage sustained from a car accident in July.
HULL, IOWA — On October 15th, as the Medicare Open Enrollment period begins, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement encouraging eligible Iowans to enroll in a Medicare plan before the December 7th deadline:
While I’ve been out on the road traveling from town to town on my 36 County Tour, the sights and sounds of this year’s harvest are on full display. Combines, tractors, and grain carts dot the fields, farmers are hauling their crops to market, and our farm families are preparing for winter. Our annual harvest serves as an important reminder that agriculture powers our economy and supports our rural communities.
Over the last few years, the agriculture economy has taken a turn for the worse. Commodity prices have fallen below producers’ break-even points, our agricultural trade deficit has eclipsed $43 billion, farm debt stands at a record $540 billion, and inflation combined with high interest rates continue to squeeze profit margins. A recent report from Purdue University also found that three in every four farmers expect conditions in the farm economy to deteriorate in 2025.
The other week, I had the pleasure of welcoming the Carroll Chamber of Commerce to Washington, D.C. and meeting with Mayor Jerry Fleshner, City Manager Aaron Kooiker, County Supervisor Scott Johnson, Calhoun County Economic Development Corporation Executive Director Theresa Hildreth, Executive Director of the Carroll County Growth Partnership and Carroll Chamber of Commerce Kimberly Tiefenthaler, and President and Chief Executive Officer of St. Anthony Regional Hospital Allen Anderson.
HULL, IOWA – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) released the following statement urging Iowa homeowners and renters impacted by the floods from June 16th through July 23rd to apply for disaster relief through FEMA before the October 22nd deadline:
Over the last several weeks, we’ve received negative reports and forecasts about the economy and our fiscal outlook. Inflation rose in September – opposite expectations – and was up 2.4% from just a year prior while the National Federation of Independent Business’s Small Business Optimism Index registered at 91.5 in September, which is the 33rd consecutive month under the 50-year average of 98.
When I was first elected to Congress, I pledged to visit every county in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District to hear directly from Iowans about not only the challenges they face, but also see firsthand the amazing investments being made in our communities. My conversations with our families, farmers, small businesses, seniors, and local officials inform my work in Congress to create solutions to the problems confronting our communities. It is a responsibility that I take very seriously.
HULL, IOWA – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) announced that his office will hold fall traveling office hours this October. Representatives from Feenstra’s office will be in 18 counties to help constituents with casework relating to passports, veterans’ benefits, IRS issues, and other federal programs. Traveling office hours were also held this past spring.
Since I was first elected, I have traveled to every county in Iowa’s 4th Congressional District at least twice a year. It’s a commitment that I made to my constituents that I would be transparent and accessible while taking their concerns, ideas, and suggestions back to Congress and offering meaningful solutions to the problems facing our communities, state, and nation.