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Madam President, over the July 4 recess of Congress, I held Q&A's in 17 counties as part of my annual 99 county meetings. The need for energy independence and the concerns over soaring gas prices were raised at nearly every meeting. As an…
Madam President, 200 years ago, the Senate went about their business without computers, without cell phones, and any of our other modern conveniences that run on electricity, including the very lights in this room. Working by candlelight…
In fiscal year 2021 the Coast Guard interdicted over 3,500 undocumented migrants at sea, almost double the number from fiscal year 2020.
transnational crime organizations and drug cartels are leveraging capability gaps and the gaps in our Southern Border to enhance their operations.
these gaps in our Southern Border have led to increased drugs, especially synthetic Fentanyl coming across.
Madam President, before I speak, I have been asked to make a unanimous consent request that Senators Scott, Hoeven, Barrasso, and I be permitted to speak for up to 5 minutes each prior to the votes and that Senator Bennet be permitted to…
Madam Speaker, I rise in support of the Sergeant First Class Heath Robinson Honoring our PACT Act. When the House first passed the PACT Act in March, I spoke on the floor and urged my colleagues to find a bipartisan solution to give…
Mr. President, I am back to the floor for reasons that my Senator friends are tired of hearing me talk about all the time, but I have come back to give you a specific example of retaliation against whistleblowers, Agencies of the…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to address the record- high inflation hurting working families in Iowa caused by the Biden administration. When President Biden took office in January 2021, inflation was at 1.4 percent. As of May 2022, inflation…
Mr. President, I want to thank my colleagues, especially Senators Shaheen and Tillis, for leading an incredibly successful congressional delegation to the NATO summit. I want to thank them, as well, for organizing the colloquy today. I…
Madam President, on May 9 of this year, Senator Johnson and I wrote to David Weiss, the U.S. attorney for the District of Delaware. Now, he happens to be in charge of the Hunter Biden criminal case. In that letter, we asked Mr. Weiss a…
We cannot wait because people are dying. People are getting sicker.
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the accomplishments of Ottumwa's Collins Clingman. Collins recently won gold in the men's 100-meter walk and the bronze in the 50-meter run while representing Team Iowa at this year's Special Olympics…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the accomplishments of Maxwell Rantilla of Bettendorf, Iowa. Maxwell is currently a junior at Bettendorf High School. This past year, Maxwell joined millions of students across the country in taking…
Madam Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 6493, the Campus Prevention and Recovery Services for Students Act. As we are coming out of a two-year pandemic, taking care of individuals with mental health and substance use disorders…
more information is always better rather than trying to censor information that we do not particularly like.
Mr. Speaker, I thank Ranking Member McMorris Rodgers for yielding time. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of H.R. 7666, the Restoring Hope for Mental Health and Well-Being Act. This bill takes serious action to address mental health and…