News List

  • Congressman Dave Loebsack Announces Over $500,000 in Funds for Iowa’s Police Officers
    Jul 28, 2009  - Today, Congressman Dave Loebsack announces over $500,000 in funds for the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) program. Through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, Burlington and Centerville will receive funds to hire and retain additional police officers. Congressman Loebsack has bee... More
  • Congressman Dave Loebsack Voted to Secure Funds for Iowa’s Law Enforcement Officers
    Jun 18, 2009  - Today, Congressman Dave Loebsack voted to secure $295,000 for law enforcement officials in the Second District. The funds were secured through the Fiscal Year 2010 Commerce, Justice, Science Appropriations Act.  “During the devastating floods of 2008, our law enforcement officers had seriou... More
  • Congressman Loebsack Votes to Put More Cops on the Streets
    Apr 23, 2009  - Today, Congressman Dave Loebsack (IA-02) voted in support of the COPS Improvements Act of 2009 (H.R. 1139).  This bipartisan bill authorizes $3.05 billion a year for Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) programs and will provide three times the currently authorized funding leve... More
  • CONGRESSMAN LOEBSACK ANNOUNCES OVER $18 MILLION IN STIMULUS FUNDING FOR BYRNE-JAG FUNDING FOR THE STATE OF IOWA
    Mar 5, 2009  - Congressman Dave Loebsack announces over $18 million for Iowa in Recovery Act funds for Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grants (JAG). The Second District will receive $1,440,115. The law enforcement communities throughout the Second District rely on Byrne-JAG  funds to locate and close... More
  • LOEBSACK SECURES OVER $58 MILLION IN FEDERAL INVESTMENTS FOR IOWA’S SECOND DISTRICT
    Feb 25, 2009  - Today, Congressman Dave Loebsack will vote in support of the Omnibus Appropriations Act of 2009. The Congressman will bring over $58.7 million dollars in targeted federal funds into Iowa’s Second District, including critical support for our schools, local law enforcement and community development ef... More
  • CONGRESSMAN LOEBSACK COMMEMORATES THE SEVENTH ANNIVERSARY OF THE 9/11 ATTACKS
    Sep 11, 2008  - Congressman Dave Loebsack released the following statement commemorating the seventh anniversary of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. “Today, as we mark the anniversary of the September 11th terrorist attacks we remember the thousands of innocent men, women, and children who lost their... More
  • LOEBSACK VOTES TO INCREASE BYRNE-JAG FUNDING FOR FY 2009
    Mar 13, 2008  - Today, Congressman Dave Loebsack voted in support of the House FY 2009 Budget Resolution.  The Resolution, which passed 212-207, rejected many of the Administration’s budget proposals, including the reformatting and underfunding of the Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (Byrne-JAG).... More
  • CONGRESSMAN LOEBSACK: COMMINUTY SAFETY MUST BE A PRIORITY IN THE FY 2009 BUDGET DESPITE PRESDIENT BUSH’S ATTEMPTS TO DRASTICALLY CUT FUNDING
    Feb 5, 2008  - Today, Congressman Dave Loebsack announced his disapproval of President Bush’s attempt to slash funding for Iowa’s law enforcement and drug prevention efforts in the President’s recently released FY 2009 budget.  Included in the President’s $3.1 trillion dollar budget was a drastic cut in Edward ... More
  • CONGRESSMAN LOEBSACK WORKS TO SAVE CRITICAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AND DRUG PREVENTION FUNDS
    Jan 30, 2008  - Congressman Loebsack introduced legislation that would provide emergency supplemental appropriations to immediately restore FY 2008 Edward Byrne Memorial Justice Assistance Grant (JAG) funding to $660 million, up from the $170 million included in the consolidated appropriations bill signed into law ... More
  • CONTACT LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT FOR HELP OR SHELTER INFORMATION
    Dec 11, 2007  -   As Iowa families continue to cope with freezing temperatures and severe winter weather, Congressman Dave Loebsack encourages his constituents to contact their local emergency management agencies or local law enforcement for emergency services or shelter information. Congressman Loebsack i... More