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WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) voted for the Crucial Communism Teaching Act, which would direct the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation to create a curriculum to educate high school students about the dangers and history of communism.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) led a letter to Acting Director of the Air National Guard, Major General Duke Pirak, and Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting that ongoing runway and ramp projects at the 185th Air Refueling Wing (ARW) in Sioux City be included in the Future Years Defense Program (FYDP).
House and Senate members representing Iowa, Nebraska, and South Dakota all cosigned Feenstra’s letter. This included all 6 members of Iowa’s congressional delegation.
Based on a 2021 analysis, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) recently determined that it would remove 36 Aids to Navigation (ATONs) along the Missouri River north of Blencoe, Iowa. The removal process is projected to be completed by May 2025, and if implemented, this would be devastating for our farmers, businesses, and manufacturers that rely on the Missouri River to ship their goods and serve their customers in an efficient and effective manner. It would also severely curtail ongoing investments in the Missouri River and slow economic growth in Iowa and across the Midwest.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) led a letter to U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Captain Andrew Bender urging the USCG to reconsider its decision to remove 36 Aids to Navigation (ATONs) on the Missouri River north of Blencoe, Iowa and to continue infrastructure investments in the Missouri River.
Eight lawmakers and 53 local businesses, organizations, and leaders supported Feenstra’s letter.
At the end of July, our national debt peaked at $35 trillion – a figure once considered unthinkable. However, just 118 days later, our country surpassed another sobering milestone – $36 trillion in debt. This rapid accumulation of debt threatens our economic security, weakens the value of the dollar, emboldens our adversaries like China and Iran, and jeopardizes our longstanding status as the world’s reserve currency.
HULL, IOWA — Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) released a brief message ahead of Thanksgiving:
“On Thanksgiving, we give thanks to our Lord for the many blessings He has given us and cherish valued time with our friends and family. We also pause to appreciate that we live in the greatest country on Earth. From the Feenstra Family to yours, Happy Thanksgiving!”
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WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement after the national debt officially surpassed $36 trillion:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, the National Taxpayers Union released its 14th annual “No Brainers” list of legislative reforms that benefit American taxpayers, which includes U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra’s (R-Hull) Save Our Seniors Act. This legislation would help protect the long-term solvency of Social Security by requiring the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) to include the honest projection of its financial health in its annual ten-year economic outlook.
Earlier this year, our communities were hit by severe floods and powerful tornadoes that devastated homes, farms, businesses, hospitals, and schools. Crops were damaged, personal property was destroyed, and vehicles were totaled. Months later, families are still picking up the pieces and working to rebuild. But, even amid unthinkable tragedy, Iowans rallied around our neighbors to lend a helping hand because that’s just how we do things in Iowa. We help where we can and support our fellow Iowans when they need it most.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) recently introduced legislation – the Improving Brain Health in Schools Act – to help Iowa schools provide brain health care to students.
The American Psychiatric Association and Brain Health Now both support this legislation.