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Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentlewoman from Minnesota for yielding to me today. Mr. Speaker, President Biden and Speaker Pelosi are moving full steam ahead with their Big Government, big spending vision for this country. One of the most…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize the tragic loss of one of Iowa's heroes. Yesterday, October 20, Iowa State Trooper Ted Benda passed away from injuries sustained during a crash while responding to a call for help to detain a wanted…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to discuss an issue that has become a national crisis and that must be immediately addressed. Serving in the Army for 24 years as both a nurse and a physician, from the Vietnam era to the first Gulf War, I have…
Mr. President, a little over 25 years ago, a Democrat President and a Republican Congress came together, to quote former President Clinton, ``end welfare as we know it.'' On a bipartisan basis, Congress passed, and President Clinton signed…
Madam Speaker, I rise today to celebrate the recent success of a high school football team in Iowa's Second District. For the first time in 31 years, the Clarke Community High School Indians are headed to the playoffs. The team finished…
Mr. President, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness--our Nation was founded upon this set of inalienable rights that are provided to each one of us not by government, but by our Divine Creator who made us all equal. It is the role…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize October as Breast Cancer Awareness Month. As a physician, and also as a member of our society and country and the female gender, we are all familiar with the amazing work the Komen Foundation and…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize a teacher from my district who recently received a prestigious Iowa award for her work to inspire the next generation. Last week, Sara Russell, who has been teaching social studies for nearly 20 years…
Mr. Speaker, today, I rise to share a story about educators in my district literally going the extra mile to ensure their students' success. For the last few months, the Newton School District in Jasper County has reported a shortage of…
Thank you, Senator Crapo, for leading this effort to point out what is wrong with this $4.2-trillion reckless tax-and- spending spree. It is a massive government intrusion into the daily lives of American families. Under their vision for…
Mr. President, I hear about rising costs of prescription drugs at nearly every one of my townhall meetings. Three years ago, I began a bipartisan effort to lower prescription drug costs. Following our Finance Committee hearings at that…
Mr. Speaker, I rise today to recognize the achievements of an exceptional healthcare professional in my district. Recently, Dr. Stuart Weinstein, the Ignacio V. Ponseti chair and professor of orthopaedic surgery and professor of pediatrics…
I have continually fought for our farmers, and I am afraid we are now back in the same fight that we had over Waters of the United States.
I just want to reiterate my huge concerns with the Obama-era Navigable Waters, or Waters of the U.S. Rule.
U.S. agriculture secretary, former Iowa governor, Tom Vilsack, is planning to visit the picket line at the John Deere plant north of Des Moines in Iowa.
I think that we would be more than happy to host one of those roundtables in our great State of Iowa.