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Mr. President, it is my pleasure to celebrate with my colleagues the month of May as National Beef Month, and I come to the floor not just to say that we ought to eat more beef and help the farmers and cattlemen of this country. Before I…
Mr. President, I call up my motion to instruct conferees, which is at the desk. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report the motion. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Ms. Ernst] moves that…
Mr. President, I am really beginning to believe everyone in the White House is clueless. After promising to lead us away from crisis and chaos, President Biden has instead made achieving the American dream more challenging and, folks, a…
Mr. President, the Small Business Innovation Research and Small Business Technology Transfer Programs provide critical innovation support to America's small businesses. While this program is celebrating 40 years in business, SBIR continues…
Mr. President, today, the Senate will vote on the nomination of Joshua Frost to be an Assistant Secretary of the Treasury for Financial Markets. While by most accounts Mr. Frost is qualified for this position, I will vote against his…
Mr. President, I want to take a few minutes to speak about Orrin Hatch, whom many of us were fortunate enough to work with for many, many years. He had a tremendous impact on the U.S. Senate and, in turn, on America. Barbara and I first…
Madam President, there has been a lot of noise about canceling student debt. That has been going on for quite a few months, but it seems to have taken on a new life here within the last week to 10 days. That whole talk is worse than…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to honor the five Sullivan brothers of Waterloo, Iowa, as well as those who are working to preserve their legacy by saving the USS The Sullivans. On January 3, 1942, a month after the bombing at Pearl Harbor…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the achievements of a small business in Iowa's Second District. Jefferson County Ciderworks of Fairfield recently won four awards at the annual New York International Cider Competition. This…
This Budget is not a wish list, it is a to do list.
This is nuts. This is just crazy what is going on here with the workforce.
Under the President's leadership, America is building back better.
We have identified those five additional states.
We have begun to turn the tide on the pandemic and our country has made historic progress in the face of unprecedented challenges.
What we need to do is be able to create additional ways in which profit centers and income sources can come from the farm.
I just don't understand why it can't pass this body.
I want to be very clear. Efficiency is not an excuse for exploitation, and what is happening right now is the exploitation of smaller independent producers for the benefit of the big four.