Today I traveled to parts of Northwest Iowa with Congressman Steve King. We first stopped near Merrill to present Plymouth Oil with almost $7.5 million in a USDA loan guarantee to assist the company in continuing to add value to corn and the ethanol process. This rural area has a lot to gain from Plymouth Oil's expansion including the creation of 30 new jobs. Next, we traveled to Sibley to present funds to Osceola Electric Cooperative. These funds will be used by the Osceola Community Hospital to assist in the purchasing of new telemedicine equipment. Accessibility to quality healthcare is especially important to parts of rural areas of the country where it is not always easy to find. I was glad to see Iowa communities receive these much deserved funds.