Iowa House speaker reacts to governor's 2026 agenda

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