Thank you, Chairman Scott and Ranking Member Thompson, for holding this hearing today.

So our farmers in the Midwest, in Iowa, are every day looking at better ways to create soil health from cover crops and no-till to rotations to terraces.

I agree 100 percent, Dr. Larson, and thank you for those comments.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize Jon Van Utrecht of Ottumwa. Since its creation in 1854 in Fairfield, Iowa, the Iowa State Fair has been a yearly tradition for Iowans, attracting millions of people from across the country. With a…

They do an amazing job. They are the breadbasket to the world.

My district, Iowa's Fourth District, is either number one or two in the nation when it comes to corn and soybean production.

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent that James Carmany, a detailee in my office, be granted floor privileges until August 31, 2023, and that another detailee in my office, Dave Lewen, be granted floor privileges until March 3, 2023. The…

Madam President, more than a year ago, a news website by the name of ProPublica published stories that it claims are based on ``a vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data on the tax returns of thousands of the nation's wealthiest…

Madam President, last week, while I was meeting with constituents in Iowa, news broke here in Washington, DC, about Assistant Special Agent in Charge Tim Thibault's retirement. Since May 31 of this year, I have highlighted Tim Thibault's…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in opposition to this so- called Inflation Reduction Act. Last year, we warned that spending trillions of dollars would cause prices to spike but Democrats did it anyway--ramming through a trillion-dollar…

Madam Speaker, I thank Representative Guthrie for yielding me time. I rise today in opposition to H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act. As a physician and former director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, I am uniquely positioned…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Smith for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would just quickly note that I am highly offended by the use of the foul language by my Democrat colleague. That is completely unacceptable. Mr. Speaker, I rise today…

Attorney General Garland also owes the American people full transparency.

Are they going to have a strike force that goes in with AK-15 already loaded, ready to shoot some small business person in Iowa?

I ask to call up amendment No. 5421, and I ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment…

It is 4:50 a.m., and I want all the people who thought that inflation was going to be transitory to understand that it is persistent, and that persistence of inflation has hurt the Tax Code that tries to help middle-class America. So my…

Do I have some time left? The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. Vote on Amendment No. 5421 The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…