On Labor Day Weekend, Iowans Across The State Hearing About How Iowa’s New Child Labor Law Violates Federal Law “Iowans spent their Labor Day weekend reading articles in the news about how Iowa Republicans have pulled our state out of sync with federal child labor laws. From allowing 16 year olds to work in demolition, not requiring apprenticeships nor student learner roles to be registered as per federal law, or allowing teenagers under 16 to work six hour days after school – it’s clear these changes aren’t in our children’s best interests,” said IDP Chair Rita Hart. “As a farmer, f ..read more

IDP Chair Rita Hart on Scott, Pence, Ramaswamy Visiting Iowa This Week   Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement ahead of Tim Scott, Mike Pence, and Vivek Ramaswamy traveling to Iowa over the next two days.   “This week some of the most extreme, MAGA presidential contenders are headed back to our state and pushing an agenda that is wildly out of touch with the majority of Iowans. While President Biden continues building the economy from the bottom up and middle out, Scott, Pence, Ramaswamy, and the other GOP candidates are focused on out-MAGAing each ot ..read more

IDP Chair Rita Hart Highlights First Drugs Selected for Medicare Price Negotiation    Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart responds to the Biden-Harris administration’s announcement of Medicare selecting the first 10 drugs for price negotiation. In 2022, seniors paid $3.4 billion in out-of-pocket costs for these 10 medications. This provision allows Medicare to negotiate lower prescription drug costs, dealing a blow to Big Pharma and a win to Iowa families.   “For decades, Big Pharma has been able to use Medicare as a blank check, raking in billions of dollars off the backs of ..read more

IDP Chair Rita Hart’s Responds To Ramaswamy and DeSantis Visit   IDP Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement on Vivek Ramaswamy and Ron DeSantis visiting Iowa today:   “Ramaswamy and DeSantis are returning to Iowa to push the same extreme message they did on the debate stage this week, pandering to the fringes of their MAGA base while neglecting to offer any solutions that would help working families, address climate change, or lower prescription drug prices. Anyone who’s been in Iowa this past week dealing with the record-breaking temperatures knows just how wrong Ramaswamy w ..read more

  IDP Chair Rita Hart’s Statement on the First RNC Debate   Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart responds to the first RNC debate: “Instead of offering solutions that would benefit middle-class Iowans, the MAGA candidates on stage chose to focus on whether climate change is a hoax and who wants to pass the most extreme abortion ban,” said IDP Chair Rita Hart. “It’s clear that Republicans are desperately trying to out-MAGA each other to prove they’re extreme enough to be the Republican nominee. I know that it can be hard for them to talk about real issues — especially when ..read more

ONE YEAR LATER: IDP Chair Rita Hart’s Statement On The Inflation Reduction Act Anniversary  Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart released the following statement on the one year anniversary of the Inflation Reduction Act becoming law: “One year ago, President Biden and Democrats delivered a win for the American people despite every Republican in Iowa’s Congressional Delegation voting against it.” “The Inflation Reduction Act is doing exactly what it promised: lowering health care and prescription drug costs for Iowans, creating new jobs in our communities, and making the largest investme ..read more

IDP Chair Rita Hart Spotlights Reality Of Scott/Reynolds Assault On Public Education Ahead Of Town Hall   Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement ahead of Tim Scott’s town hall with Governor Reynolds. Scott has publicly been very supportive of the Governor’s policies that defund public schools and even visited a private school with her during one of their last joint events to highlight the policy.   “Tim Scott wants to take the Governor’s assault on public education nationwide. Our public schools already financially struggle to cover all that we ask them ..read more

Trump Praises Chinese Communist Party While in Iowa Des Moines – While in Cedar Rapids last night, Donald Trump was asked about President Xi. Here is how he responded: “Think of President Xi, central casting, brilliant guy. You know, when I say he’s brilliant, everyone says, ‘Oh that’s terrible,’ Well, he runs 1.4 billion people with an iron fist. Smart, brilliant, everything perfect. There’s nobody in Hollywood like this guy.” The facts say otherwise. “This should go without saying but the word perfect doesn’t belong in the same breath as the leader of the Chinese Communist Party. T ..read more

DES MOINES — Special interests have been rewarded for their investments in Iowa’s Republican legislative and executive leadership. While a majority of Iowans do not support further restrictions on abortion and 96 percent of people who submitted comments online about the new legislation disapproved, Iowa Republicans voted to approve a six-week abortion ban and Governor Kim Reynolds signed the bill into law while special interest groups were given a front row seat to the bill signing. Reynolds signed the bill at the Iowa Family Leadership Summit Friday afternoon. Th ..read more

Iowa Democratic Party Celebrates Inflation Falling For 12 Straight Months Iowa Democratic Party Chair Rita Hart issued the following statement on the June CPI report and the many ways ‘Bidenomics’ is benefitting Iowans. The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics report showed that annual inflation has fallen for 12 months in a row, reaching its lowest level in over 2 years “President Biden has shown what happens when we build our economy from the middle out and bottom up. This latest CPI report highlights what many Iowans are noticing on their grocery bills and at the gas pump – prices are ..read more