
Madam Speaker, I rise today as our national debt has reached the $30 trillion marker for the first time in our Nation's history. This enormous figure should scare us all. Since 1990, our national debt has grown tenfold, and there is no…
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Madam Speaker, I rise today as our national debt has reached the $30 trillion marker for the first time in our Nation's history. This enormous figure should scare us all. Since 1990, our national debt has grown tenfold, and there is no…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to speak about an event that many Americans look forward to every 4 years: The Winter Olympics. In a few days, millions around the world will tune in to watch their country compete in the 24th Winter Olympic Games…

Madam President, this week, news reports made public a May 2019 subpoena from the Justice Department. That subpoena requested financial records relating to Hunter Biden as part of the Department's criminal investigation into his…

Madam Speaker, I thank my colleague, the fine gentleman from Louisiana, for organizing this Special Order on such an important topic. It is no secret that our country has been ravaged by the opioid epidemic for years. Families and…

Cattle ranchers have reduced emissions per pound of beef by more than 40 percent.

In Iowa the livestock industry has a great story to tell when it comes to sustainability.

Dairy farms in the U.S. have the lowest greenhouse gas emissions of all our global competitors.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize and honor one of Dubuque, Iowa's most respected citizens and a fixture in the community, Mayor Roy Buol. Serving 10 years on the city council and 16 years as mayor, Roy dedicated the last 26 years…

Mr. Speaker, I thank my friend from Florida for yielding. China will stop at nothing to try and surpass the United States as the world's greatest superpower, and we have the tools at our disposal to counter this growing threat of the…

Unfortunately, Mexico is taking a non-science-based regulatory approach to agricultural products.

I want year-round E15, and if you could pass that along to the Administration.

If you have too many competing proposals, essentially, you're back to the same old same old and it makes it more difficult because it's easier to sort of stalemate the process.

dairy stakeholders will have to all agree on one dairy pricing plan before opening a hearing.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the life of a well-known and generous man from Davenport, Iowa. Mike Duffy passed away peacefully on January 21 surrounded by his loved ones. For the overwhelming majority of his life, Mike called…

I think everybody agrees, or most everybody agrees that changes are necessary. Where there is disagreement is precisely how to structure those changes to deal with the regional difference in dairy.

Making sure Americans are fed remains a shared and critical goal for this Committee, I think for most people in Congress.

Those who are vulnerable and need food should have access to it.