Iowa Senate
Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink thinks retired teachers "must be the wealthiest of Iowa"
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- Sen. Tim Kraayenbrink thinks retired teachers "must be the wealthiest of Iowa"
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- 0:17
- Date posted
- 8 months ago
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- Feb. 3, 2026
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- Iowa Doge Task Force Full Meeting - Sept. 15, 2025
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- 45:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Iowa DOGE Task Force Full Meeting - August 6, 2025
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- 1:10:02
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- State Sen. Tony Bisignano on SF 418
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- 5:23
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- Feb. 27, 2025
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- Sen. Janice Weiner on Protecting Iowa’s Seniors
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- 5:04
- Date posted
- 1 year ago
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- April 8, 2025
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- State Sen. Tom Townsend comments on Kaufmann Amendment to SF 603
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- 1:58
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- March 19, 2025
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- Iowa State Sen. Matt Blake Speaks at One Iowa’s LGBTQ+ Day on the Hill
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- 4:34
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- March 11, 2025
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- Iowa State Sen. Janice Weiner Speaks at One Iowa’s LGBTQ+ Day on the Hill
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- 4:46
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- March 11, 2025
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- Iowa State Sen. Tony Bisignano Speaks at One Iowa’s LGBTQ+ Day on the Hill
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- 5:04
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- March 11, 2025
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- State Senator Art Staed's floor debate comments on Senate File 418
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- 6:02
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- February 27, 2025
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- Iowa State Sen. Art Staed Comments on SJR6
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- 3:10
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Sen. Art Staed Comments on SJR6, which would repeal Iowa's Natural Resources and Outdoor Recreation Trust fund, on Feb. 19, 2025.
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- Amy Sinclair Touts Iowa Republican Lawmakers’ Gutting of Collective Bargaining as an Accomplishment
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- 0:34
- Date posted
- 2 years ago
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- Petersen Defense Subpoenas Remarks in Judiciary Committee
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- 2:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Dawson Defense Subpoenas Remarks in Judiciary Commitee
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- 1:59
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Iowa state Sen. Dan Dawson defends botched DCI college athletes investigation
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- 4:20
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Petersen Speaks on Sports Betting Investigation
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- 6:58
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Iowa Senate Debates Amendment on Milk Labeling
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- 5:33
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Iowa Sen. Dawn Driscoll on Lab Grown Foods
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- 0:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Sen. Janet Petersen raises privacy concerns about DCI sports betting investigation
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- 1:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Sen. Janet Petersen, D-Des Moines, raised privacy concerns about the Iowa DCI's investigation into sports betting at state universities.
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- Sen. Dan Dawson defends DCI conduct in college sports betting investigation
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- 3:19
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Sen. Dan Dawson, a Republican from Council Bluffs, defends the Iowa DCI's botched investigation into sports betting at Iowa universities.
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- Senator Winckler stands up for Reproductive Rights
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- 1:23
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Republicans' 6-week abortion ban will take effect immediately -- despite vague and ambiguous language that could endanger Iowa women and healthcare providers alike.
Sen. Cindy Winckler calls out extreme politicians for rushing this dangerous bill into law.
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- Republicans shut down debate on extreme abortion debate
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- 0:35
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Senate Republicans literally rewrote the rules to restrict debate and prevent full consideration of an extreme 6-week abortion ban – and then they cut Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott off as she shared Iowans’ deeply personal stories.
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- Sen. Petersen comments on Board of Medicine
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- 4:34
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Janice Weiner 2023 End of Session Speech
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- 3:28
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Janice Weiner Remarks on Opioids Funding
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- 2:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Sen. Trone Garriott: HHS Budget Remarks
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- 4:10
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Sen. Trone Garriott speaks on the HHS budget for FY24.
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- Sen Jochum: HHS Budget Remarks
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- 8:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Sen. Pam Jochum speaks on the HHS budget for FY24.
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- Senator Petersen on SF 496
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- 4:02
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Senate Republicans passed a bill forcing educators to violate their professional ethics. During debate on the bill, Senator Petersen asked Senator Rozenboom to answer a few questions.
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- Dotzler Refusal to Yield Video YouTube
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- 2:01
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Senator Wahls Full Remarks on Senate Debate
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- 3:17
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Senator Dotzler Debate Speech FINAL
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- 3:24
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Senator Petersen: State Board of Health
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- 1:08
- Date posted
- 3 years ago
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- Senator Janet Petersen asks why, after the Governor's state government reorganization bill removes the Board of Health for humans, there continues to be a Board of Health for livestock.
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- Senator Winckler speaks against the GOP book-banning bill
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- 3:46
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Singling out and targeting LGBTQ kids is wrong, but that’s what we’ve seen over and over again in the Iowa legislature this year.
Senator Winckler calls out the hypocrisy of Republican politicians who just voted to protect medical rights for every family and child EXCEPT transgender youth.
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- Senator Trone Garriott: "I'm a parent"
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- 2:42
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Governor's anti-education bill bans books, undermines teachers, censors curriculum, and requires outing of students’ gender identities. Senator Sarah Trone Garriott spoke against the bill because it will hurt children in our state.
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- Senator Petersen HHS Committee 3/2/23
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- 8:28
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- It’s hard to be a kid in Iowa, especially when Statehouse Republicans keep sponsoring harmful bills that target LGBTQ+ children.
Watch as Senator Janet Petersen stands up for the rights of transgender children to access gender-affirming healthcare, which is safe, effective, necessary, and often life-saving.
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- 2022 Session Closing Address, Iowa Senate Democratic Leader Wahls
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- 5:19
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Closing Remarks – 2022 Session
Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls (D-Coralville)
As we wrap up the 2022 Legislative session, I am grateful to my Democratic colleagues for the honor of leading our caucus, and I am especially grateful to the several retiring members of my caucus for their decades of dedicated public service to our state. Thank you.
I also thank our smart, caring, and hardworking caucus staff and interns, on both sides of the aisle, and we all grieve the loss of the late Joshua William Bronsink.
Finally, I thank the Secretary of the Senate and his staff, this year’s wonderful Senate pages, all the hardworking staff of LSA and DAS who keep this building working, the statehouse press corps, and most importantly, our families and constituents back home.
Iowa’s 2022 Legislative Session began with Senate President Jake Chapman accusing teachers and the media of a “sinister agenda,” and trying to “normalize...
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- "...Iowa has turned itself into the Cayman Islands of child sex predators."
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- 6:55
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Partial Transcript:
"My name is Stephen Mills, and I am a survivor of childhood sexual abuse...
"By barring victims over age 18 from seeking justice in civil court, Iowa has turned itself into the Cayman Islands of child sex predators. You are effectively offering them safe harbor, allowing them to go on molesting children without any fear of having to answer to those victims in civil court. My perpetrator was many things, but he was not stupid."
Complete Transcript: https://www.senate.iowa.gov/democrats/2022/05/iowa-has-turned-itself-into-the-cayman-islands-of-child-sex-predators/
Petition to fix Iowa's broken child sex abuse laws:
https://bit.ly/Petition-to-fix-iowas-broken-child-sex-abuse-laws
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- National Leaders Urge Iowa Legislators to Fix Nation's Worst Child Sex Abuse Laws! (5/13/22)
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- 21:48
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- 00:00 IOWA STATE SENATOR JANET PETERSEN: Long-time advocate for children’s rights
Sources: www.kcci.com/article/iowa-man-comes-forward-with-claims-a-church-employee-abused-him-as-a-child-corning-iowa/39897418 o www.justice.gov/opa/pr/former-medical-doctor-sentenced-20-years-prison-engaging-illicit-sexual-conduct-minors-Kenya
02:47 STEPHEN MILLS: Author of “Chosen: A Memoir of Stolen Boyhood.” Ambassador for ChildUSA and advocate for children and survivors of sexual violence.
Sources: “Don’t tell us it’s too late to get justice” -- triblive.com/opinion/stephen-mills-don't-tell-us-its-too-late-to-get-justice/ o “At a Place Where He Was Supposed to Be Safe, He Was Molested” -- www.nytimes.com/2022/04/26/books/review/chosen-Stephen-mills.html
10:21 KATHRYN ROBB, ESQ: Executive Director of ChildUSAdvocacy, the nation’s leading nonprofit think tank dedicated to protecting kids and preventing abuse.
Sources: “Iowa’s ...
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- Boulton: Iowa workers fighting for fair wages and benefits help all Iowa workers
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- 1:15
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- This week State Senator Nate Boulton spoke up for Iowa workers who are currently on strike for fair wages and benefits.
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- Iowa Senate debate on fixing our state's "worst in the nation" child sex abuse laws
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- 23:38
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- On Monday, May 2, 2022, after the debate on current bills ended, Democratic and Republican senators debated how discussed the question of fixing Iowa's "worst in the nation" child sex abuse laws during points of personal privilege.
00:00 Senator Claire Celsi reads an editorial from two Iowa survivors of sexual abuse
5:12 Senator Jackie Smith
9:40 Senator Amy Sinclair, chair of the Senate Education Committee
16:52 Senate Democratic Leader Zach Wahls asks Senate Leader Jack Witver for a leadership bill to fix Iowa’s "worst in the nation" child sex abuse laws.
19:00 Senator Janet Petersen reviews the repeated attempts by Senate Democrats to eliminate the civil statute of limitations for the sexual abuse of Iowa children.
There is plenty of time to give Iowa victims more time to hold their abusers accountable by adopting reforms common in most other states.
Sign the petition urging ...
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- Teacher Appreciation Week
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- 3:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Calling attention to Teacher Appreciation Week, State Sen. Sarah Trone Garriott thanked teachers before the Senate adjourned on Monday, May 2.
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- Senator Kinney stands up for law enforcement
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- 1:57
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Former Deputy Sheriff Senator Kevin Kinney stands up for law enforcement in the Iowa Senate on Monday, May 2nd.
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- Worst in the nation? Iowa sex abuse laws.
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- 0:26
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- It’s embarrassing. It’s an outrage. It’s a moral failure that we must fix. Tell Iowa leaders to get it done.
Do it now. Sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-the-statute-of-limitations-for-child-sex-abuse
“Unfortunately, Iowa continues to be one of the very worst in the state right now on exposing those sexual predators and giving justice to victims. And, the only way to do this is to extend the statute of limitations and open up some sort of revival language which this Bill 32 would do.”
Kathryn Robb, ESq., Executive Director of Child USAdvocacy
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- When putting predators away, everybody wins.
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- 0:58
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Child sexual predators don’t just hurt one child. If not stopped, they will keep hurting more children and more families. Iowa must fix our broken laws.
Do it. Sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-the-statute-of-limitations-for-child-sex-abuse
“This is a really important chart and a point that I make when I testify all over the country: is that really when we think of statute of limitation reforms, it really helps everyone, the common good of Iowa. Right, so the first thing it does is identify those hidden sexual predators and the institutions that are likely concealing them. So it lets the public know right away. So it also shifts the cost of abuse from the victims and perhaps their families and the taxpayers of Iowa to those who caused the problem. So, we take that shift away from victims and taxpayers to the bad guys who caused it. And finally, it educates the public about the prevalence, the science signs of trauma, the signs o...
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- Debate on Senator Amanda Ragan Retirement Resolution
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- 56:24
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The Iowa Senate recognizes the contributions of Senator Amanda Ragan who served from 2001 to 2022.
Speakers:
00:11 Senator Bolkcom
07:49 Senator Celsi
09:33 Senator Wahls
12:06 Senator Jochum
14:58 Senator Mathis
19:57 Senator Costello
21:09 Senator Sweeney
22:14 Senator Smith
23:42 Senator Edler
24:38 Senator Lykam
24:10 Senator Petersen
28:45 Senator Dotzler
34:18 Senator Garrett
35:36 Senator Hogg
38:16 Senator Quirmbach
39:51 Senator Bisignano
43:16 Senator Carlin
45:05 Senator Wahls
45:39 Senator Bolkcom
47:30 Senator Ragan
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- Other states put their children first. Iowa is not.
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- 0:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Kathryn Robb is the leader of Child USAdvocacy. She’s helped fix broken child sex abuse laws across the country. Her message to Iowans: You need to do better.
Take a minute to sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-the-statute-of-limitations-for-child-sex-abuse
“The data is really clear, lawmakers are listening, except unfortunately, for Iowa.”
Kathryn Robb, ESq., Executive Director of Child USAdvocacy
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- How Iowa can do more to stop child predators.
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- 0:30
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Iowa’s child sex abuse are among the WORST in the nation. Iowa Republican legislators need to hear from YOU on this issue.
SIGN THE PETITION: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-the-statute-of-limitations-for-child-sex-abuse
“If you look at this chart right here we look at the best on the right and the worst on the left, and you can see Iowa is right there as one of the worst in the country. If we look to the far right we have states doing wonderful work, whether it's in Louisiana or Minnesota or New Hampshire or Vermont or Colorado. Many of these states are just making great strides because they're understanding what an epidemic that we have.”
Kathryn Robb, ESq., Executive Director of Child USAdvocacy
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- When did protecting our kids become "political"
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- 0:51
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- Why are Iowa’s statehouse Republicans blocking reforms wanted by victims of child sexual abuse, reforms that protect Iowa’s kids? Protecting children should not be a partisan issue.
Demand action from legislators. Sign the petition: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-the-statute-of-limitations-for-child-sex-abuse
“So again, the age cap in Iowa is very low, one of the lowest in the country.
“It’s an impossible time to expect someone who has been raped, sodomized, or sexually assaulted as a minor to come forward and to talk to people and to maybe expose these hidden predators, these bad institutions.
“It's just not consistent with the science. This is not a Democrat problem, an independent problem, a Republican problem, this is a problem that is harming all children across the political spectrum, all religious entities, all races.
“It is a national problem that should have a non-partis...
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- Iowa: worst in the nation at protecting children
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- 0:22
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- The State of Iowa ties for last place when it comes to stopping child predators and protecting kids. The 2022 session should not end without fixing Iowa’s broken child sex abuse law.
Sign the petition urging legislators to act: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-the-statute-of-limitations-for-child-sex-abuse
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- Civil lawsuits catch predators
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- 1:06
- Date posted
- 4 years ago
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- A short video on how civil lawsuits can help fix Iowa’s “worst in the nation” child sex abuse laws.” Under current Iowa law, but the time victims are old enough to fight back, their right to sue has expired.
Help fix it. Sign the petition now: https://actionnetwork.org/petitions/end-the-statute-of-limitations-for-child-sex-abuse
