Senators highlight groups visiting the rotunda, invite colleagues to meet Iowa food and recovery coalitions

Multiple senators used brief announcements March 18 to invite colleagues and the public to rotunda events and to introduce job shadows and visitors.

Sen. Sweeney (Senator from Hardin) asked members to visit the Iowa Food System Coalition in the rotunda from 2 to 4 p.m. to learn about efforts to strengthen in‑state food production; he noted the coalition will offer refreshments.

Sen. Warmie (Senator from Story) invited colleagues to meet Bridges of Iowa from 2:30 to 4 p.m., praising the organization’s long‑term substance‑use treatment work and its efforts to add recovery housing to its services. Several senators introduced student job shadows and guests from their districts, and Sen. Dre acknowledged a clerk’s birthday in the chamber.

These announcements were informational and invited informal meetings in the rotunda; no floor action or votes were associated with the items recorded in the transcript.