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President Biden and Department of Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas have created the worst border crisis in generations. Their open-border policies have left our nation vulnerable to evil forces and jeopardized the safety of our families and rural communities. Iowa families deserve a secure border and safe communities.
In the United States of America, every child deserves a loving family to call their own and a safe place to call home. Our foster care system plays an integral role in fulfilling this mission and connecting vulnerable children with families who are able and prepared to support their growth, health, and success. However, our foster care system also faces enormous challenges – from foster home shortages to low retention rates of foster families – that prevent vulnerable children from finding a caring home.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped introduce legislation – the Combatting High Inflation Limiting Daycare (CHILD) Act – to help Iowa families cover the skyrocketing cost of childcare by doubling the annual contribution limit for tax-advantaged Dependent Care Flexible Savings Accounts (DCFSAs). The contribution limit would also be adjusted for inflation.
Agriculture is the economic engine of Iowa. When our farmers and producers are successful, our economy grows, our main streets thrive, our businesses invest in new employees and finance expansions, and our rural communities grow stronger. As is obvious from our endless fields of corn and soybeans and our countless hog, cattle, and poultry operations, we grow and raise more than we can consume and sell in Iowa – or even our country.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Yesterday, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) – alongside the entire Iowa congressional delegation – sent a letter urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to approve year-round sales of E-15 beginning this year. Currently, the EPA has authorized year-round sales in eight states – including Iowa – beginning in 2025.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) introduced the Save Our Seniors Act, which 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.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) – alongside U.S. Reps. Max Miller (R-OH), John Duarte (R-CA), and Angie Craig (D-MN) – led a letter to U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai urging the Biden administration to address the growing U.S. agricultural trade deficit.
In our free-market economy, Americans should have the freedom to purchase the car or truck of their choice without the federal government putting its thumb on the scale to advance a specific policy preference and distort the market. However, President Biden doesn’t see it that way. He prefers government intervention and costly mandates that support his Green New Deal agenda and further his vision to cripple the American energy sector through executive orders, burdensome regulations, and red tape.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement on the long-delayed announcement by the Environmental Protection Agency that eight states — including Iowa — would be able to sell E-15 year-round beginning in 2025.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-IA) and U.S.