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Madam Speaker, I wish a happy birthday to Steve Schleffer. I wish a happy 43rd anniversary to Mary and Kirk Ferentz on August 11. Happy anniversary, Mary and Kirk. On August 13, Kurt and Cathy Haller will celebrate their 39th wedding…
Madam Speaker, I thank Ranking Member Lucas for yielding and for his leadership on the Committee on Science, Space, and Technology. Madam Speaker, H.R. 7361, the National Weather Service Communications Improvement Act, is a bill that was…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Dr. Michael Welsh of the University of Iowa College of Medicine. Dr. Welsh recently won the 2022 Shaw Prize in Life Science and Medicine for his discoveries of defects causing cystic fibrosis and…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the accomplishments of Regina Catholic High School's softball team. Last weekend, the Regals concluded the State softball tournament hosted in Fort Dodge and won the 2A State championship title…
Madam Speaker, on that I demand the yeas and nays. The yeas and nays were ordered. The SPEAKER pro tempore. Pursuant to clause 9 of Rule XX, the Chair will reduce to 5 minutes the minimum time for any electronic vote on the question of…
Madam Speaker, I have a motion to recommit at the desk. The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Clerk will report the motion to recommit. The Clerk read as follows: Mrs. Ashley Hinson of Iowa moves to recommit the bill H.R. 8373 to the Committee on…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to present a reasonable solution to a challenge that millions of American women face: access to birth control. Seventy percent of women aged 18 to 64 reported using oral contraceptives throughout their lifetime…
Mr. President, I want to congratulate AM 600 WMT- NewsRadio on celebrating 100 years of broadcasting to Iowans in the Cedar Rapids area. Iowans look to broadcasters at WMT as trusted leaders in the community, relying on their programs each…
Mr. President, I want to congratulate News Talk 1540 KXEL on celebrating 80 years of broadcasting to Iowans in the Waterloo and Cedar Falls area. When I was younger, I remember joining my father at the National Cattle Congress and was…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act and against H.R. 8373. My colleague, Dr. Michael Burgess, has listed its many flaws, and this is an extreme bill from a desperate…
Mr. President, this bill is a wolf in sheep's clothing. While the language touts supporting access to family planning, in reality, it is likely a $5 billion gift for Planned Parenthood and other abortion-related providers. Prior to the…
Mr. President, I am hearing a lot of news reports, and if they are correct, it sounds like the majority party has a very partisan bill that they want to call a drug pricing bill. And I am also told that this is moving along because it…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Newsradio 600 WMT on the upcoming 100th anniversary of the station being on the air. WMT is a local news staple. The team provides informative coverage on local and national news, as well as…
Madam President, at each of my 99 county meetings and in conversations with Iowans generally, the record cost of living is top of mind as Iowa families feel the impact of 9.1 percent inflation. They feel that on their family budgets, for…
Mr. Speaker, in Iowa, the official start of summer also brings the official start of county fair season. All 99 counties in Iowa have a county fair that brings together kids, families, 4H, FFA, farmers, and the broader community for their…
Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague, the Honorable Representative Rodgers, for yielding me time. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 8296. The Supreme Court recently took the important and correct step to return the power to…
Madam Speaker, I ask all my colleagues on every seat in every aisle of this Chamber to vote against this extreme, radical, and cruel abortion bill, H.R. 8296.
Mr. President, I am here today in the Senate to sound the alarm about one of America's guiding principles--everybody knows about this--the constitutional principle of civilian control of our military, very much a cornerstone of our…