Senator Mike Klimesh — the new Iowa Senate Majority Leader — says the proposed Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline was front and center in conversations he had with his fellow Senate Republicans before they elected him as leader two weeks ago.
In May, 13 of the 34 Republicans in the Iowa Senate joined with Democrats in voting for new restrictions for carbon pipelines and other utility projects, but Governor Reynolds vetoed the bill in June. Klimesh says the key is setting the rift aside and finding some sort of common ground.
Klimesh says he honed conflict resolution skills while serving as Spillville’s mayor — off and on — for a total of 20 years.
Klimesh, who is 56, was first elected to the Iowa Senate in 2020.
