NEW: Ashley Hinson says DC Tariffs are “Level[ing] the Playing Field” 

NEW: Ashley Hinson says DC Tariffs are “Level[ing] the Playing Field”  Hinson Said Tariffs Are “Level[ing] the Playing Field” Despite the Massive Economic Pain They’re Inflicting on Iowa Families and Farmers DES MOINES – Ashley Hinson continues to defend the chaotic and harmful tariffs she’s supported in Congress.  In a statement she made after the Supreme […]

Iowa Farmers Call Out Chaotic Tariffs That Ashley Hinson Continues to Support in DC

Iowa Farmers Call Out Chaotic Tariffs That Ashley Hinson Continues to Support in DC Iowa Public Radio: “Pam Johnson, a Retired Iowa Farmer, Described Her Reaction to the House Vote as ‘Jubilation’” Mark Mueller, President of the Iowa Corn Growers Association: “We’re Needlessly Shooting Ourselves in the Foot When We Pick Fights With Our Trading […]

BREAKING: Iowa Dems Slam Congressional Delegation After Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs

BREAKING: Iowa Dems Slam Congressional Delegation After Supreme Court Strikes Down Tariffs Iowa’s Congressional Delegation Consistently Voted to Keep in Place Chaotic DC Tariffs Iowa Families and Farmers Have Been Hammered by Costly Tariffs That Are Raising Prices, Killing Jobs, and Devastating the Ag Economy DES MOINES – Today, the Supreme Court has done what Ashley […]

IDP Chair Rita Hart Issues Statement on the Death of Iowa First Lady Billie Lee Ray

IDP Chair Rita Hart Issues Statement on the Death of Iowa First Lady Billie Lee Ray Des Moines – Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement regarding the death of Iowa First Lady Billie Lee Ray.  “Billie Lee Ray represented the best of Iowa through her philanthropic and charitable work. She was a […]

Iowa Republicans failing to deliver on E-15

Iowa Republicans failing to deliver on E-15 Feenstra, Nunn, and Iowa Republicans continue getting rolled by their own party on Iowa priorities DES MOINES – Iowa agriculture faces a “financial squeeze” from increased input costs and costly tariffs and Iowa Republicans seem increasingly incapable of offering any relief.  In January, after Republicans stripped year-round E-15 from a must-pass spending bill, […]

Des Moines Register: Iowa Delegation Votes to Keep Trump Tariffs on Canada in Losing Effort

Des Moines Register: Iowa Delegation Votes to Keep Trump Tariffs on Canada in Losing Effort All Four of Iowa’s Representatives Voted to Keep in Place 25 Percent Tariffs on Imports from Canada DES MOINES – Iowans woke up this morning to front page news that Ashley Hinson and the entire Iowa GOP congressional delegation voted to keep in place tariffs that are […]

Ashley Hinson, Iowa GOP Congressional Delegation Vote to Keep in Place Chaotic Tariffs That Are Hurting Iowa Farmers

Ashley Hinson, Iowa GOP Congressional Delegation Vote to Keep in Place Chaotic Tariffs That Are Hurting Iowa Farmers All Four of Iowa’s Representatives Voted to Keep in Place 25 Percent Tariffs on All Imports from Canada DES MOINES – Ashley Hinson and the Iowa GOP Congressional delegation refused to provide much needed relief for Iowa farmers, who are struggling under […]

Ashley Hinson and Iowa’s GOP Congressional Delegation Are Silent as Trump Signs Trade Deal with Argentina That Will Hurt Iowa Cattle Ranchers 

Ashley Hinson and Iowa’s GOP Congressional Delegation Are Silent as Trump Signs Trade Deal with Argentina That Will Hurt Iowa Cattle Ranchers  Associated Press: “The Deal Also Shows the U.S. Quadrupling the Current Amount of Argentine Beef it Imports at a Lower Tariff Rate” DES MOINES – A new U.S.-Argentina trade deal negotiated by the Trump Administration could […]