Iowa House speaker reacts to governor's 2026 agenda

Описание: Iowa House Speaker Pat Grassley took questions from reporters in the House chamber shortly after Governor Kim Reynolds delivered her Condition of the State address to a joint session of the legislature on January 13, 2026.

Topics covered:
-property tax reform proposals
-eminent domain (a House subcommittee advanced a bill earlier on January 13 but Reynolds didn't mention it in her speech)
-whether House Republicans are open to the governor's proposal to codify her administration's policies restricting food purchases for Iowans on the federal SNAP program
-whether House Republicans have talked with the governor or her staff about the "tough on crime" package they plan to pursue (Reynolds didn't mention that in her speech)
-whether House Republicans would seek more funding for the corrections system, in light of the governor's statement that they need to control spending
-the governor's idea to give charter school students access to public school extracurricular programs
-the governor's proposal to give counties more funding if veterans who live there receive all of the benefits they have earned
-Reynolds' lame duck status and how it will affect the legislative session
-the governor's proposal to require use of the federal government's SAVE and E-verify systems