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Kim Reynolds

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Kim Reynolds is the 43rd Governor of Iowa, having taken office on May 24, 2017. She is notable for being the first female governor of Iowa and the first Republican woman to serve as governor in the United States. Reynolds has focused on various issues during her tenure, including education reform, economic development, and public health. She has been an advocate for women's rights and has made statements emphasizing the importance of recognizing biological differences in discussions about gender.

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Feb 27, 2025

What this bill does accomplish is to strengthen protections for women and girls, and I believe that it is the right thing to do.

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Feb 27, 2025

Safeguards the rights of women and girls

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Feb 27, 2025

Women and men are not identical; they possess unique biological differences. That’s not controversial, it’s common sense.

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Feb 15, 2025

Iowa was doing DOGE before DOGE was a thing.

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Nov 9, 2023

She made a risky move, just because if DeSantis doesn't get it and Trump does get it, I think Trump will have some retribution for her not being on his side.

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Nov 9, 2023

Governor Reynolds endorsing Ron DeSantis over GOP front-runner Donald Trump, is the talk of the Hawkeye State.

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Nov 5, 2023

I believe he can’t win ... and I believe that Ron can.

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Aug 10, 2023

Well, I just said I think it's early. Our job is not to pick the winner necessarily, but to start to narrow the field. And that's really what the caucus has done.

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Aug 10, 2023

It's really important that they feel that they have kind of a fair shot, and they're welcome here in Iowa, and I want Iowans to have the chance to interact with them.

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Jul 13, 2023

I could not imagine a more appropriate place to sign this bill.

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May 9, 2023

Once again, we can reduce our emissions and improve our economic standing at the same time.

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May 9, 2023

As Iowa's former governor, it's clear to me how agriculture can be a significant boon to our economy and have an enormous positive impact on climate change.

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Sep 5, 2021

We will continue to support individual liberty over government mandates.

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Jul 28, 2021

It`s confusing. They`re sending mixed messages constantly. It`s contradictory. I think it sets us back and what we`re trying to do with encouraging people to get vaccinated.

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Jun 1, 2021

We can`t continue to pay people to stay home.

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Feb 5, 2021

No more rules at all in Iowa.

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Sep 17, 2020

Well, in Iowa, the Des Moines public school district said that they were not comfortable with that. They would essentially defy the governor's order.

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Sep 3, 2020

We can open our schools back up, we can open our colleges back up, we can continue to move forward, but we have to have personal responsibility.

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Aug 28, 2020

Don't need it. Why would we need it?

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Aug 28, 2020

You must open in person.

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May 10, 2020

It makes us look worse, because the more people you test, the likely the higher numbers they are.

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Apr 15, 2008

Madam Speaker, today represents yet another missed opportunity on the floor of this House. We could have approached the issues of taxpayer rights and tax simplification in a bipartisan way just as we did last year. But with the election…

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Dec 18, 2007

We are united in our respect for those who wear the uniform of the United States Armed Forces, and we are united in our desire to ensure that Federal programs within the Ways and Means Committee's jurisdiction from the Tax Code to the SSI…

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Dec 7, 2005

I believe that solution that you had also contained tax increases that Members felt that they did not want to incur at this time. Mr. Speaker, I yield 2 minutes to the gentleman from Colorado (Mr. Beauprez), another distinguished member of…

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Dec 7, 2005

I certainly respect the gentleman from Massachusetts (Mr. Neal) and his contribution to both the Ways and Means Committee and this important legislation for a final fix, which I advocated that we do a final fix. Unfortunately, as I stand…

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