State Representative Kevin McCarthy

Iowa House Majority Leader - House District 67
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End of Session Remarks - 2008

Mr. Speaker, ladies and gentlemen of the House. I will try to be brief because I know it is very late.

First, I just want to say a few thank you’s. First to you, Speaker Murphy. It has been good to be a part of your team. You are a good, loyal friend. You wear your heart on your sleeve. I think you’re an honest person. It has been a pleasure to serve with you.

Secondly, I want to thank my staff: Mark Langgin and Brian Meyer. And, I also want to thank Bonnie, you’ve been a great Page, I hope it has been a good experience for you.

I would like to thank all the staff in the Speakers office. They have been fantastic to work with and also Chief Clerk Mark Brandsgard and all of your staff, as well as Paulee Lipsman and the caucus staff. Thank you all very much for all your work.

It may surprise you to believe that I have a somewhat different take on this legislative session. Perhaps slightly more up beat. I think this has been an historic session. And I think these last two years will go down as one of the best general assemblies ever, in the history of Iowa. Let me tell you why I think that is the case.

When House Democrats first came into power, about a year and a half ago, we said that we were going to try to work in a bi-partisan way and we were going to be a party that would govern from the mainstream, not the extreme. I think we have done just that - and middle class families are better off now as a result.

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Legislative Summary - March 25, 2008

HF 2393, Minority Impact Statements

HF 2650, Health Insurance Mandate Commission

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Fortune Magazine Ranks Principal in “Top 25 Companies” list

From Iowa Independent:

Fortune Magazine has ranked Des Moines-based Principal Financial Group 21st in its annual list of the Top 25 companies to work for — citing 100 percent income retirement benefits for most employees, a new child-care center and the ability to buy time off.

The average salary is $95,308 (which comes close to tripling Iowa’s median income).

What’s more, 67 percent of the workforce are women.

Principal employs about 8,000 people in Des Moines and 560 in Mason City.

Click here to get more detailed information on the Fortune Principal ranking.

Principal is the only Iowa-based company to make Fortune’s list which was headed by California-based Google.

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