Greetings to you all! This week is the start of the 7th week and things are picking up at the Capitol. Monday I had a Commerce Committee meeting dealing with Iowa appraisal standards and appraiser certification law. Tuesday I had a subcommittee HSB218 dealing with requiring employers to give adoptive parents the same benefits as a biological...Read More

  Greetings to you all. I hope everyone has stayed warm and safe despite the extremely cold weather and hopefully we see warmer weather soon. Monday I had a Commerce Committee meeting that passed a bill dealing with private flood insurance. Tuesday I attended a Public Safety Committee meeting dealing with staying safe and sound...Read More

  Greetings to you all, Wearing a mask and social distancing is still a priority for me to keep myself and the people around me safe. Hopefully with additional access to vaccinations we can begin to reclaim some normalcy again in our lives. With the 5th week of the legislative session finishing up we are reaching a...Read More

  Greetings to you all, Monday was the start of the fourth week of the legislative session. This week there has been recent reports of additional outbreaks of Covid-19 at the Capitol. This concerns me greatly, and I am taking the steps to keep myself and staff protected by wearing a mask and social distancing....Read More