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Last month, the U.S. Department of Agriculture marked another disappointing development in the Biden administration's lackluster trade agenda. It projected that our agriculture trade deficit—which already shattered records this past fiscal year—will climb to $27.5 billion for Fiscal Year 2024.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped introduce – alongside U.S. Reps. Rick Crawford (R-AR), Clay Higgins (R-LA), Frank Lucas (R-OK), and Austin Scott (R-GA) – the Prioritizing Offensive Agricultural Disputes and Enforcement Act. This legislation would establish a joint task force between the U.S. Trade Representative and the U.S.
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement after voting for legislation to avoid a government shutdown and continue negotiations over appropriations:
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) issued the following statement after voting for the Spending Reduction and Border Security Act, which would avert a government shutdown.
Over the last three years, I’ve made 226 trips to farms, schools, businesses, police departments, workforce training centers, cooperatives, ethanol plants, and food pantries on my biannual 36 County Tour. At each stop, I have had meaningful conversations with Iowans about their policy priorities at the federal level and real discussions about how we can work together to deliver real results for our families, farmers, small businesses, and rural communities.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) cosponsored two pieces of legislation – the Pay Our Troops Act and the Pay Our Border Patrol and Customs Agents Act – to ensure that our troops and border patrol agents receive their full compensation uninterrupted in the event of a government shutdown.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) – alongside Rep. Terri Sewell (D-AL) – introduced the Secure Family Futures Act to apply ordinary treatment of debt investments for certain insurance companies, which in turn, would help secure life insurance policies – at a lower cost – for American families.
HULL, IOWA – Today, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) penned and released an open letter to Iowa police and law enforcement, reiterating his strong support and deepest appreciation for Iowa’s men and women in blue.
The letter reads as follows:
Roughly three months after our country exceeded $32 trillion in debt, we have surpassed another grim milestone and broken another unfortunate record. Our national debt has officially eclipsed $33 trillion, which is now the highest debt burden in American history. To put this figure into perspective, every single American – all 340 million of us – shoulders nearly $100,000 of this debt.
WASHINGTON, D.C. – This summer, U.S. Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Hull) helped introduce the Main Street Tax Certainty Act, which would permanently allow Iowa small businesses to deduct 20% of their qualified business income from their federal taxes. Feenstra is an original cosponsor.