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Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) and the members of the House Rural Broadband Task Force reaffirmed their goal of closing the digital divide and extending affordable high-speed internet to all communities by introducing comprehensive legislation to invest in the expansion of broadband connectivity.
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) issued the following statement on the House’s passage of two pieces of commonsense background check legislation related to the purchase of firearms:
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) voted to send the American Rescue Plan, the COVID-19 relief deal that Congress has crafted over the past month, to the President’s desk to become law.
Included in the COVID-19 relief bill passed by the U.S. Senate on Saturday was a provision first proposed by Rep. Cindy Axne and Illinois Sen. Dick Durbin.
In an effort to expand broadband access and help close the digital divide, Congresswoman Cindy Axne (IA-03), a member of the House Rural Broadband Task Force, and Congressman Jerry McNerney (CA-09), a member of the House Energy and Commerce Committee’s Subcommittee on Communications and Technology, have introduced H.R. 1700, the Broadband Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (BIFIA).
Earlier today, Reps. Axne and Herrera Beutler introduced bipartisan legislation to expand access to Medigap insurance coverage named in memory of John “Jack” Reynolds from Carlisle
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) and Rep. Troy Balderson (OH-12) reintroduced bipartisan legislation that would require a formal documentation of the costs, efficiency, and quality of telehealth programs during the pandemic.
Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) issued the following statement on the House’s bipartisan passage of the Protecting Rights to Organize (PRO) Act, legislation to protects workers’ basic right to organize and negotiate for higher pay, better benefits, and safer working conditions:
With Governor Kim Reynolds recently signing into law changes to voting in Iowa, U.S. Congresswoman Cindy Axne is against those changes.
Axne says the changes to aspects such as reducing the number of early voting days could impact groups such as those with disabilities, students who may be studying out of their residency, older Iowans or those who have difficult work schedules.
March 8 marks one year since the first cases of COVID-19 were found in Iowa.
Since then, we have lost more than half-a-million friends and family members from across the country to this deadly virus. To put that number in perspective, that equals nearly two-thirds of the population of Iowa’s 3rd District, which includes a 16-county stretch from Des Moines to Council Bluffs.
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As I’ve traveled throughout the Third District the last few months, I have heard from so many of you about the daily impact that rising prescription drugs costs is having on your lives.
Des Moines Register, Cindy Axne, April 5, 2019
I have never been more proud to call myself an Iowan than after seeing how our communities have come together to help one another recover from this devastating flood.
Raccoon Valley Radio, Sam McIntosh, April 4, 2019
While Iowans recover from March’s flooding, U.S. Representative Cindy Axne (D) is urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture to authorize emergency relief programs to assist farmers impacted.
Robin Opsahl, Des Moines Register, March 26, 2019
Rep. Cindy Axne said Iowa needs more federal funding to help with flood relief in a House floor speech Tuesday.
Des Moines Register, Luke Nozicka, March 23, 2019
Jen Steele became emotional as she spoke into the microphone.
The West Des Moines woman's daughter was 6 when she was diagnosed with ectodermal dysplasia, a genetic disorder that has left her without 18 permanent teeth.
Kevin Hardy, Des Moines Register
March 13, 2019
While Wells Fargo blamed declining workload when it announced hundreds of local layoffs late last year, U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne said the company appeared to be shipping American jobs overseas.
KMA, Mike Peterson, March, 7 2019
(Washington) -- Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne wants to strengthen continuing campaign finance reform efforts in Washington.
KMA, Mike Peterson, March 6, 2019
(Washington) -- Iowa Congresswoman Cindy Axne is part of a coalition addressing continuing health care issues in the country.