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Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) applauded an announcement by the Biden Administration that six health centers across Iowa will be included in the next expansion phase of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) COVID-19 vaccination initiative, including three in Iowa’s Third Congressional District.
DES MOINES — Today, Rep. Cindy Axne (IA-03) announced the opening of the submission window for the 2021 High School Congressional Art Competition in Iowa’s Third Congressional District.
High school students throughout the Third District are invited to submit original pieces of art to Rep. Axne’s office.
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:
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Iowa Third District Congresswoman Cindy Axne was among the 257 lawmakers voting for $25 billion in funding for the US Postal Service.
Iowa’s congressional delegation wrote a bipartisan letter to United States Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue to ask him to grant assistance to the state’s farmers affected by the derecho on August 10.
The U.S. House convened a rare weekend session Saturday in an attempt to stop the U.S. Postal Service from allegedly disrupting mail service to sabotage the November elections.
Third District Congresswoman Cindy Axne this week took a tour of a derecho-impacted farm in Altoona.
Congresswoman Axne says she spoke with the owners of the nearly 2600-acre farm about what aid will be necessary to help Iowa rebuild damaged facilities, and the outlook for this year’s harvest. Axne described the storm damage that she witnessed to the Iowa Agribusiness Radio Network.
U.S. Rep. Cindy Axne called for the resignation of Postmaster General Louis DeJoy on Tuesday, citing mail slowdowns and “growing proof that these delays are being done intentionally to deny citizens their right to safely vote this fall.”
In recent months, public health and economic crises have combined to create a perfect storm that threatens all ships. But we must acknowledge those that were in peril long before this maelstrom struck.
One of KMAland's congressional representatives is awestruck by the devastation from this week's massive storm.
"We think Iowa has seen everything, and when it's storm that nobody's heard of, we know it's something else."