February 15, 2007 Governor Chet Culver and legislative Democrats are pushing an agenda that calls for a repeal of the ban on human cloning (SF 115). The Democrats and Governor Culver support for human cloning is based on the goal of acquiring transplant materials and embryonic stem cells for research, but what they don’t acknowledge is how this change in policy challenges our way of thinking about the ethics of science. Unfortunately, the Senate passed SF 115 on Wednesday on a 26-24 vote predominately along party lines, with 4 Democrats joining in with all of the Republicans in opposition to the bill. Despite what you may have heard there is currently no ban on embryonic stem cell research in Iowa. The current ban on cloning simply does not allow for new embryos to be created for research by cloning. The Iowa Code (§707B.4) states that it is illegal to clone anything, receive a cloned anything, or participate in cloning activities such as “somatic cell nuclear transfer”, the technical name for human cloning. The bill has no concerns with embryonic stem cell research, it seems the only reason Culver wants to repeal this bill is his desire to clone human embryos to support a zealous research agenda. I spoke by telephone to a doctor named Alan Moy who used to work at the University of Iowa in research. He has since left the University program and has started his own private business in Coralville, continuing to do adult stem-cell research and has assured me revoking the ban on human cloning is a bad idea......................February 15, 2007

February 22, 2007

February 28, 2007 Give Me Liberty or Give Me, "Fair Share?"

March 8, 2007

March 15, 2007

Polly Granzow - State Representative

February 11, 2007

June 2, 2007 Mandates

July 11, 2007 Few Bills Vetoed

Dave Johson - Senate District 3

Senate Approves Additional Funding for Iowa’s Soldiers- February 5, 2007

March 15, 2007 Iowa’s Right to Work safe from repeal --- for now

March 29, 2007 Election Day Voter Registration: Good for Iowa?

April 27, 2007 To Tell the Truth

U.S. Congressman Steve King - Iowa's Fifth Congressional District 1432 Longworth House Office Building · Washington, DC 20515

http://www.house.gov/steveking/ · Phone: (202) 225-4426 · Fax: (202) 225-3193

May 18, 2007 Amnesty

Mary Lundby - Senate Republican Leader

January 5, 2007

January 12, 2007

January 22, 2007

February 5, 2007 Budgets, Bullies and Party-Line Votes

February 12, 2007 Human Cloning Comes to Iowa

February 15, 2007 Touchplay: Senate Democrats want to bring back the machines.

February 23, 2007 Democrats Attempt to Fast Track Teacher Pay Legislation

March 5, 2007

March 9, 2007 Do You Remember 1966?

March 19, 2007

March 26, 2007

April 2, 2007

Rod Roberts

February 8, 2007

February 15, 2007 Forcing non union workers to pay union dues is not fair. Iowa’s Right to Work law has served Iowa well these past sixty years and is vitally important to our state’s future. I will oppose any attempt to repeal Iowa’s Right to Work law.

Tom Sands - House District 87 http://www3.legis.state.ia.us/ga/member.do?id=249

Thomas R. Sands

State Representative

134 Orchard Lane

Columbus Jct., IA 52738

Capitol Phone: 515-281-3221

Home Phone: 319-728-8716

Mobile: 319-750-1423

E-mail: Tom.Sands@legis.state.ia.us

Web: www.SandsforStateHouse.com

News from the Hill - January 11, 2007

News from the Hill - January 18, 2007

News from the Hill January 25, 2007

News from the Hill - February 1, 2007

News from the Hill - February 8, 2007

News from the Hill - February 15, 2007 .........

Public Hearing on HF 324…

Democrats introduced HF 324, the bill which guts Iowa’s Right to Work law, on a Friday morning when only three members and no media were present in the chamber. They called a public hearing at 2:30 and closed the sign-up down at 4:30. Interestingly Speaker Murphy’s wife belongs to SEIU Local 199. SEIU Local 199 faxed a list of 50 members who wanted to speak at the public hearing. It is extremely disappointing that the House Democrats rigged the public hearing so supporters of the so-called “fair share” bill would significantly outnumber opponents.

David Yepsen of the Des Moines Register noted in his column on Jan. 30 that, “…lawyers and others trying to craft the legislation to enact it are discovering that they can't do it without gutting part of the right-to-work law.

Iowa cannot afford to lose its Right to Work status, it is one of the best economic development tools we have going for us.

News from the Hill - February 22, 2007

News from the Hill - Tom Sands - March 1, 2007

News from the Hill - Tom Sands - March 8, 2007

News from the Hill - Tom Sands - March 15, 2007

Special Edition - March 15, 2007

News from the Hill…

The bill that has been referred to as Fair Share has been pulled from the calendar today. The bill is not dead for the year, but the votes are just not there to pass the bill today.

This is a big victory, but the fight is not over. We must stand our ground and not let down our guard.

It may be back before the year is over.

Until next time,

Tom Sands

News from the Hill - Tom Sands - March 29, 2007

Chuck Soderberg - House District 3

From the Desk of Chuck Soderberg - January 11, 2007

From the Desk of Chuck Soderberg - January 18, 2007

From the Desk of Chuck Soderberg - February 1, 2007

From the Desk of Chuck Soderberg - February 8, 2007

From the Desk of Chuck Soderberg - February 15, 2007

From the Desk of Chuck Soderberg - February 22, 2007

From the Desk of Chuck Soderberg - March 1, 2007

Repealing Iowa’s English Law?

HSB 108 has been filed to repeal Iowa’s English Language Reaffirmation Act. The stated purpose of the law is to encourage every citizen of this state to become more proficient in the English language, thereby facilitating participation in the economic, political, and cultural activities of this state and of the United States. One misconception is that there are no exceptions to Iowa’s English Language law. However, there are a number of exceptions.

Since the passage of the bill in 2002, there have been two unsuccessful attempts to repeal this law. However, this year the controversial legislation appears to be moving forward and Governor Culver has said he supports the repeal of Iowa’s English Language Reaffirmation Act.......................

Right-to-Work

I have recently mentioned that this issue was something being discussed. The Iowa House Democrats introduced House File 324 on February 9^th which could overturn Iowa’s 60-year old Right-to-Work status. This issue is not about whether it is right or wrong to be a union member. It is about whether people should have the choice to join or not to join a union at their work place.

If adopted, non-union member employees would be required to pay fees of what is deemed as a “fair share fee” to a union organization. Nationally, non-members pay an average of approximately 85% of the dues paid by the union members in non Right-to-Work states. If adopted, a labor union would be allowed to enter into an agreement with an employer as a condition of continued employment. It would also “require” employees, if the union is certified to represent them, to become a member of the labor union or to pay a fair share fee. These newly collected fees would total about $19 million if this legislation is enacted. This legislation would be devastating for Iowa, especially for northwest Iowa as South Dakota and Nebraska are Right-To-Work states. All Republicans stand united in our fight to prevent this from happening.

Matt Windschitl

Words from Windschitl - February 8, 2007 Friends, Here is this weeks newsletter, if anyone would like more information on stem cell research or human cloning I would happy to share what I know about those subjects. Also just for your information, my wife gave birth to our second daughter last Saturday. Her name is Adrianna, she weighed 8 lbs 12 oz..

Words from Windschitl - February 16, 2007 Repeal Iowa’s Ban on Human Cloning Passed Senate The fight over Iowa’s ban on human cloning began last week in the Senate. Senate File 162 is cleverly called the “Iowa Stem Cell Research and Cures Initiative,” and it will lift Iowa’s five-year ban on human cloning.

The bill strikes Iowa’s current prohibition on reproductive and therapeutic cloning, and establishes a new Code chapter dealing with the subject. This new chapter will ban reproductive cloning yet will allow therapeutic cloning. Therefore, it seeks to promote human cloning for research purposes. The only way for scientists to take the stem cells from therapeutic cloning is to kill the embryo and therefore end the life for scientific purposes only.

The stated purpose of the new Code Chapter 707C would be, “to ensure that Iowa patients have access to stem cell therapies and cures and that Iowa researchers may conduct stem cell research and develop therapies and cures in the state, and to prohibit human reproductive cloning.”

By eliminating references to therapeutic cloning, the embryonic stem cell method of creating a Human cloned embryo and removing the stem cells, thus destroying the embryo, would be legal.

I will oppose all efforts to lift the ban on human cloning.
for the rest of Matt's words: Words from Windschitl - February 16, 2007
Sincerely
Matt Windschitl
State Representative
House District 56
Capitol (515) 281-3221
District (712) 642-4334

Friends, This is a hard newsletter to send out because it saddens me so much to say that the Cloning bill passed the House last night around 9:30 p.m.

I will be having a full update on the tobacco tax as soon as it is brought to the floor of the House, which should not take long. The tax Hike which is the biggest in 10 or more years passed out of the House Ways and Means committee on Wednesday night around 10:45 p.m. It passed by one vote. 13 aye's 12 nay's. I voted no.

There will be a legislative coffee on Saturday at the Logan Community center at 10:00 a.m. All are welcome to attend. Also the Senate Transportation Committee will be in Missouri Valley at the Rand Center on Friday March 2nd, at 12:30 to discuss the road systems in Iowa and answer your questions. I will be in attendance and I believe that Senator Seymour will be there also.

If there are any questions about any issue please feel free to contact me at any time.

Sincerely, Matt Windschitl

Words from Windschitl - February 23, 2007

March 9, 2007

March 15, 2007

March 23, 2007

April 6, 2007

April 20, 2007

May 3, 2007

June 1, 2007 Year End Summary

Tami Wiencek House District 21

Capitol Update - February 8, 2007

Capitol Update - February 15, 2007

Capitol Update - February 28, 2007

Capitol Update - March 8, 2007

Capitol Update - March 15, 2007

Capitol Update - March 22, 2007

Capitol Update - March 28, 2007

Capitol Update - April 6, 2007

Brad Zaun - Senate District 32

February 6, 2007 Senate Democrats Introduce Legislation to Repeal Right to Work

March 1, 2007 Anti-Business Bills Hurt Job Creation Efforts

March 20, 2007

April 23, 2007

2007 Legislative Session Wrap Up

April 2, 2007 Senate Approves Same-Day Voter Registration

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