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Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) introduced new legislation aimed at promoting innovation and research around sustainable food practices and food waste reduction in the U.S.
Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor Master Sergeant Bounthieng Egkhounmoung, a recently retired veteran, as Iowan of the Week. Bounthieng, or BJ as he’s known, retired last week from the 132nd Wing of the Iowa Air National Guard after over a total of 38 years in service to the country and the state of Iowa.
Clive Fire Department uses CARES Act funds to launch mental health care program for first responders
Bracketed by fire trucks, members of Clive's Fire Department met with U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, D-West Des Moines, on Wednesday to discuss the importance of mental health programs to keep their first responders safe, healthy and alive.
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) unveiled new legislation to ensure federal roadway funding isn’t used to undermine competitive wages for local workers.
Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne is among the supporters of a bill expanding full-day kindergarten nationwide.
Five years ago, retired Sgt. Brandon Ketchum – an Iowan and Marine veteran – took his own life after he was unable to get the mental health care he needed.
Now, I’m telling his story in the halls of Congress and passing new legislation to ensure veterans like him have access to the care they need.
Bipartisan, bicameral legislation was introduced May 25 in the United States Congress to extend the $1 per gallon blenders tax credit for biodiesel and renewable diesel through 2025. Currently, the incentive is set to expire in a year and a half, at the end of 2022.
U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne is pushing for tenants’ rights to extend to residents of manufactured housing communities to protect them from predatory rent hikes.
Iowa's third district Congresswoman Cindy Axne is now trying to help mobile and modular homeowners in Iowa.
They have been fighting for years for protections against sudden recent increases and rule changes by new owners.
Residents at Country Estates have seen rent spikes and hope Axne's new legislation will finally help.
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) and Rep. Mike Kelly (PA-16) introduced bipartisan legislation in the U.S. House of Representatives to extend the biodiesel tax credit for three years.
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Manufactured home owners who rent lots around the country would receive additional protections, including the right to renew their lease every year unless a landlord provides "good cause" to deny them, under legislation U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa, has reintroduced this year.
Military veterans living in rural areas in Iowa and beyond may see greater access to mental health care through a bill making its way through Congress just ahead of Memorial Day weekend.
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Though the accommodations may seem small to some, Rep. Cindy Axne, D-Iowa – who worked in human resources when she was pregnant and before she worked in government — said she saw firsthand how places of employment may not give accommodations to those who need it.
It’s time for millionaires and billionaires like Amazon founder Jeff Bezos to pay their fair share in taxes, but we can’t let the new laws that will tax the rich inadvertently devastate our family farms.
Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne is sponsoring a bill designed to force big corporations to disclose how many jobs they outsource to other countries and if they’re using so-called tax havens in other countries to avoid paying U.S. taxes.
More than one third of Iowa’s families say they struggle to afford basic costs of food, medicine, and housing.
Despite improving unemployment numbers and an expanding economy, we are leaving too many of our friends and neighbors behind, and their children too.
The twin American Jobs Plan and American Families Plan are a $4 trillion proposal that would pour reams of cash into a number of sectors, while increasing taxes on the wealthy and corporations.
Congressional Democrats have reintroduced legislation in the House and Senate to shed more light on the use of corporate tax havens and incentives for outsourcing jobs abroad,
Rural Democrats issued a warning Thursday about the Biden administration’s plan to tax unrealized capital gains at death, saying they are worried about the potential impact on family farms.
A group of House Democrats who represent rural communities are urging leaders in the chamber to ensure that family farms aren’t hurt by legislation based on President Biden’s proposed tax increases.