UPDATE: Senate business has concluded and Senator Joni Ernst will attend the town meeting in Sioux County at 1:45 pm on Saturday to discuss the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI) in addition to other topics.
Representatives from the Senator’s office will host the other two meetings in Lyon and Osceola counties on her behalf. In addition, the guests below are still confirmed to attend.
These town meetings are open to the public.
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Northwest Iowa — U.S. Senator Joni Ernst says she’ll do everything in her power to attend the town meetings she has set up in Osceola, Lyon, and Sioux counties this Saturday, May 23rd to discuss the Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI). However, due to pending votes in the Senate, she now says it’s unlikely that she’ll be able to make it. The town meetings, which are open to the public, will still be held. Members of Ernst’s staff will attend, whether she’s able to attend or not.
The Senator’s staff (and hopefully Ernst herself) will start the day at 9:30 AM at Cooperative Energy at 1708 Pierce Avenue at Sibley. At 11:15 AM, they will be at the Rock Rapids Public Library at 102 South Greene Street in Rock Rapids. At 1:45 PM, it’s on to Sioux Center for a meeting at the De Yager Student Activities Center in the Campus Center on the campus of Dordt College at 498 Fourth Avenue Northeast.
Confirmed guests at the Sibley and Rock Rapids appearances will be Congressman Steve King, Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Bill Northey, State Senator David Johnson, and State Representative John Wills.
At the Sioux Center appearances, will be King, Northey, and State Representative John Kooiker.
Ernst tells us why this issue is important to her and to the state.
Ernst says she’s interested in hearing from people whose lives are being affected by the outbreak.
Last week, Ernst and Senator Grassley sent a letter to Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack encouraging the USDA to ensure that resources have been properly deployed to Iowa to fight the ongoing outbreak of HPAI.
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