more than a year ago, a news website by the name of ProPublica published stories that it claims are based on ``a vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data on the tax returns of thousands of the nation's wealthiest people, covering more…

I ask unanimous consent that James Carmany, a detailee in my office, be granted floor privileges until August 31, 2023, and that another detailee in my office, Dave Lewen, be granted floor privileges until March 3, 2023. The PRESIDING…

last week, while I was meeting with constituents in Iowa, news broke here in Washington, DC, about Assistant Special Agent in Charge Tim Thibault's retirement. Since May 31 of this year, I have highlighted Tim Thibault's partisan bias and…

I thank Ranking Member Smith for yielding. Mr. Speaker, I would just quickly note that I am highly offended by the use of the foul language by my Democrat colleague. That is completely unacceptable. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in strong…

I thank Representative Guthrie for yielding me time. I rise today in opposition to H.R. 5376, the Inflation Reduction Act. As a physician and former director of the Iowa Department of Public Health, I am uniquely positioned to understand…

Attorney General Garland also owes the American people full transparency.

Are they going to have a strike force that goes in with AK-15 already loaded, ready to shoot some small business person in Iowa?

this body has a long record of coming together to improve healthcare for Americans. In 2003, when I was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, we worked in a bipartisan manner to establish the Medicare Part D benefit. More recently, I…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

this one should be simple. My amendment eliminates subsidies for slave and child labor. The price of buying a car has reached a record high, and what is the Democrats' answer? A tax break for wealthy coastal elites to buy electric vehicles…

It is 4:50 a.m., and I want all the people who thought that inflation was going to be transitory to understand that it is persistent, and that persistence of inflation has hurt the Tax Code that tries to help middle-class America. So my…

Do I have some time left? The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. Vote on Amendment No. 5421 The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

I ask to call up amendment No. 5421, and I ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment…

I have long fought to protect victims of violent crime. Victims of sexual assault, especially children who are victimized by sexual predators, must be safeguarded. I have worked to ensure the Violence Against Women Act is funded. I steered…

this body has a long record of coming together to improve healthcare for Americans. In 2003, we worked in a bipartisan manner to establish the Medicare Part D benefit. More recently, I have worked with my Finance Committee colleagues on…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

today, I come to the floor to urge President Biden to turn his attention to his disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan 1 year ago. I want to direct the Commander in Chief to reflect on a series of commitments he made to the American people…

we all know that Congress has a constitutional responsibility to ensure that the executive branch executes the laws and uses taxpayers' money appropriately in accordance with congressional intent. It doesn't matter whether we have a…