Update from Ashley: Delivering for Iowa Families

Friend,

Iowans want Washington focused on the things that matter at home: making ends meet, lowering costs at the pump and checkout counter, finding affordable childcare, and getting the care and benefits they need. Those priorities guide my work every day. Here’s a look at what we’ve delivered together.

Keeping More of Your Paycheck

I helped pass the Working Families Tax Cuts to prevent a major tax hike on working families and help Iowans keep more of what they earn. We secured:

A permanently doubled Child Tax Credit to help with the cost of raising a family.
Stronger childcare tax credits to help parents afford childcare and more employers offer it.
Ended taxes on tips and overtime, plus an additional tax deduction for eligible seniors.
Permanent tax relief for small businesses and protection for family farms.
Tax relief for auto loans and mortgage payments to help make homes and cars more affordable.

Iowans are still feeling squeezed and we have so much more to do to lower the cost of living and support working families. As a mom, I know every dollar matters when you’re planning the family budget. I’ll keep working to make life more affordable.

Legislative Wins + Highlights

I know Iowa families can’t continue to do more with less…and I know it’s going to take bipartisanship to make life easier and more affordable – and root out all the corruption and dysfunction in DC. We’ve got a lot more to do, but I’m proud we were able to:

Pass bipartisan legislation through the House to ban members of Congress from trading stocks. This legislation was blocked by Senate Democrats.
Pass bipartisan legislation, now law , to improve veterans’ mental healthcare.
Pass bipartisan legislation, also now law, to help end the tragedy of stillbirth.
Pass my bipartisan bill out of the House to hold China accountable for trade crimes and ripping off American workers and businesses.
Pass bipartisan legislation to help lower housing costs and stop Wall Street from buying up single family homes.
Deliver a well-earned 5-7% pay raise to our servicemembers, as well as improving healthcare and childcare options for our military families.

I’ve led many bipartisan bills this Congress and worked on Iowans’ priorities. I’ve introduced bills to:

Direct a portion of federal funds collected on imported tobacco products to fund cancer research, focusing on pediatric and rare cancers. Last year alone, under my bill, that would have meant roughly $24 million for cancer research.
Allow parents to use 529 savings programs for childcare and early learning expenses.
Enhance paid leave options for new moms and families facing emergency health situations.
Hold Big Health Insurance companies accountable for denying or delaying basic care for patients to protect their bottom line.
Help veterans better transition into civilian life after service, connecting them with careers in advancing manufacturing and other in-demand jobs.
Expand access to over-the-counter birth control and help women access long-lasting birth control options, like arm implants or IUDs, at their local community health center.
Allow families to save tax-free for a down payment on a home.
Ban members of Congress from profiting from and betting on prediction markets.
Help families afford infant formula or donor breast milk when a mom or baby can’t breastfeed because of a medical condition.
Root out corruption in DC, banning senior executive officials from turning around and lobbying their friends after their public service.
Ensure that all VA medical centers have private nursing rooms that are accessible for veteran mothers, VA employees, and their families.

Helping Families Access Care Close to Home

After hearing from mothers who endured the heartbreak of stillbirth, I worked across the aisle to get my stillbirth prevention bill signed into law, expanding access to federal resources for prevention and research.

That same commitment to healthy families drives my work here in Iowa – the status quo of today’s healthcare is unacceptable. I secured $1 million for Grinnell Regional Medical Center’s labor and delivery expansion and $700,000 for surgical upgrades at WinnMed in Decorah, where new surgical technology is helping patients receive care closer to home.

I also helped establish the $50 billion Rural Health Transformation Program, bringing $209 million back to Iowa to strengthen rural healthcare.

We have a lot more to do, but I’m glad it’s already starting to make a difference by helping recruit providers, bring critical screening technology to underserved communities, and expand access to cancer care. I joined the Iowa delegation to request more funding from this program, so we can bring as many investments and results back to our rural communities as possible.

Bringing Federal Investments Back Home to Strengthen Communities

Since taking office, I’ve helped bring back more than $145 million for Iowa projects supporting rural healthcare, water quality, childcare, flood resiliency, and infrastructure. A few of those investments include:

Workforce training: $5 million for Hawkeye Community College’s Smart Automation and Robotics Center to train Iowans for careers in advanced manufacturing.
Housing: $1 million for the Iowa Heartland Habitat for Humanity’s Targeted Neighborhood Revitalization to help revive neighborhoods and expand housing options for workers and families.
Childcare: $750,000 for a new Sumner Daycare and Learning Center building to help local families access childcare.
Rural infrastructure: $4 million to improve water treatment, storage, and distribution in Belle Plaine.
Local roads: $5 million for improvements along the Tower Terrace Road Corridor to improve safety and promote economic development in Linn County.
Emergency services: $4.3 million to upgrade emergency radio systems in Hardin and Howard Counties so first responders can reliably communicate.

These projects started with local needs and conversations with Iowans. Seeing them become reality is why this work matters. More on my website HERE.

Delivering for Iowa Farmers

Our farmers need more markets and relief from high costs. I fought to secure House passage of year-round E15 and a Farm Bill that includes my solution to reverse radical mandates like Prop 12 (legislation I’ve been leading for years to Save Our Bacon and protect farmers against costly California mandates), new tools for precision ag, and flood resiliency investments.

We also protected tax relief for family farms and extended biofuels tax incentives. And I’m leading the charge to promote competition for inputs like fertilizer and lower costs for Iowa farmers. I’ll keep pushing to get a Farm Bill signed into law and address the input costs squeezing our producers.

Delivering for Iowa Photo Gallery

Grinnell Regional Medical Center

Seeing how funding I secured for the labor and delivery expansion is supporting care for Iowa moms and babies.

WinnMed in Decorah

Getting a firsthand look at surgical technology upgrades supported by the $700,000 I secured.

Protivin Fire Station

Touring the upgraded station after working with local firefighters to secure expansion funding after their emergency vehicles could barely fit.

Dubuque Water & Resource Recovery Center

Got to see firsthand the improvements supported by $2 million in federal funding I helped secure to improve water quality for Iowa families.

Hinson Headlines

KTTC: Rep. Ashley Hinson visits Protivin, hosts rural public safety roundtable

Cresco Times Plain Dealer: Grants Empower Howard County Public Safety

Fox News: Bipartisan lawmakers join forces to break up ‘out-of-touch’ DC power structure

KCHA: USDA Highlights Funding for Winneshiek Medical Center in Decorah

KTTC: Hinson introduces bill to expand birth control access in rural Iowa

Fox News: China ‘ripping off’ American businesses – but the DOJ can fight them, GOP lawmaker says

WHO 13: New communications system to fix critical radio gaps in Hardin County

Radio Iowa: Hinson proposes billing change for Medicaid ‘Wellness Visits’ in rural clinics

The Ripon Advance: Bipartisan bill from Johnson, Hinson creates mandatory fertilizer price reporting program

Here to Help and Constituent Services

Getting results also means helping when you can’t get answers. My team has closed thousands of cases this year, and has delivered $2.8 million dollars from the government back to constituents. Among the Iowans we’ve helped:

A veteran’s widow received overdue survivor benefits and back pay she was owed.
A constituent received approval for heart medication after her insurer denied coverage.
An Army National Guard veteran received corrected retirement records and the back pay he earned.

Three priests serving the Archdiocese of Dubuque were unable to serve their congregations for seven months while waiting for their religious worker visas to be renewed. These priests mean so much to their parishes and communities – we didn’t let up until we got this resolved.

We were also relentless in our advocacy to get the Decorah Social Security Office back open to serve Iowans. More here in the Decorah Leader .

If you need help with Social Security, veterans’ benefits, tax returns, passports, or another federal agency, please contact my team.

Request Assistance Here

Cedar Rapids: (319) 364-2288

Dubuque: (563) 557-7789

Waterloo: (319) 266-6925

It’s an honor to serve you and your family.

Best,

Ashley

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