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Jeff Sessions Rebukes SPLC for Using Hate Group Label on Conservatives

AG Jeff Sessions said Southern Poverty Law Center uses the hate group label “as a weapon and they have wielded it against conservative organizations that refuse to accept their orthodoxy.”

Working to End Food Waste

In the United States, 40 percent of food is lost or wasted somewhere along the food supply chain, Congressman David Young (R-Iowa) writes.

Atheist Groups Call DOJ Religious Liberty Task Force “Theocratic” and “Troubling”

Atheist groups called the new religious liberty task force at the U.S. Department of Justice “troubling” and said that the “theocratic” task force would “bring down the wall of separation.”

SCOTUS, the Constitution, Freedom and Your Health

Dr. Elizbeth Lee Vliet: The confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court affects all of us, all our freedoms, and indeed, all aspects of our lives, for generations to come.

Rubio and Wagner’s Paid Family Leave Plan Is A Solid Solution

Shane Vander Hart: Rubio and Wagner offer a solid solution that does not increase the size of the federal government, does not expand the budget, and does not put a strain on small businesses.

Warner Floats Prospective Social Media Regulations in White Paper

U.S. Senator Mark Warner (D-Virginia) has floated some proposed regulations on social media platforms which represent a large federal footprint in a sector that is largely unregulated.

Reflecting on the First Half of 2018

Congressman David Young: 2018 is quickly passing by and it’s important to reflect on our accomplishments as a community and country, and continue to strive towards improvements for Iowa.

Joni Ernst: “I Look Forward to Confirming Judge Brett Kavanaugh”

U.S. Senator Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) met with President Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nominee Judge Brett Kavanaugh and expressed her intent to vote to confirm him.

“Medicare For All” Would Increase Fed Spending by $32.6 Trillion in First 10 Years

A Mercatus Center report says U.S. Senator Bernie Sanders’ (I-VT) Medicare For All Act would add “an unprecedented strain on the federal budget.”

Grassley Discusses Immigration Enforcement and Family Reunification Efforts

U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discussed the Trump Administration’s family reunification efforts during a Senate Judiciary Committee oversight hearing.

NYT Columnist Argues Against Impeaching Trump Says Pence is “Holy Terror”

Frank Bruni made an unusual argument against impeaching President Donald Trump: He believes Vice President Mike Pence would be worse.

Attorney General Jeff Sessions Announces DOJ Religious Liberty Task Force

Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the creation of a Religious Liberty Task Force at the U.S. Department of Justice on Monday morning.

U.S. State Dept. Releases Potomac Declaration in Support of Religious Freedom

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo: These documents reassert the United States’s unwavering commitment to promoting and defending religious freedom.

New Poll Shows Americans Reject Court-Imposed Abortion Policy

A new poll shows that of those who are decided 58 percent of Americans want their elected officials, not courts to determine abortion policy.

40 Senate Democrats Put LGBTQ Agenda Ahead of Children

Forty Senate Democrats wrote a letter opposing the Childhood Welfare Provider Inclusion Act protecting faith-based adoption and foster care agencies at risk because of state and local SOGI laws.

Grassley and Ernst Discuss Kavanaugh Confirmation on U.S. Senate Floor

Iowa’s Republican U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst spoke on the floor of the U.S. Senate about the confirmation of Judge Brett Kavanaugh to the United States Supreme Court.