In Iowa, the official start of summer also brings the official start of county fair season. All 99 counties in Iowa have a county fair that brings together kids, families, 4H, FFA, farmers, and the broader community for their games, fair…

at each of my 99 county meetings and in conversations with Iowans generally, the record cost of living is top of mind as Iowa families feel the impact of 9.1 percent inflation. They feel that on their family budgets, for sure. Due to…

I ask all my colleagues on every seat in every aisle of this Chamber to vote against this extreme, radical, and cruel abortion bill, H.R. 8296.

I thank my colleague, the Honorable Representative Rodgers, for yielding me time. Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 8296. The Supreme Court recently took the important and correct step to return the power to regulate…

I am here today in the Senate to sound the alarm about one of America's guiding principles--everybody knows about this--the constitutional principle of civilian control of our military, very much a cornerstone of our Republic. This…

In fiscal year 2021 the Coast Guard interdicted over 3,500 undocumented migrants at sea, almost double the number from fiscal year 2020.

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 might sound quaint…

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 example, at…

transnational crime organizations and drug cartels are leveraging capability gaps and the gaps in our Southern Border to enhance their operations.

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 speak for up to 10…

these gaps in our Southern Border have led to increased drugs, especially synthetic Fentanyl coming across.

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 join them in…

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 government not answering…

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 series of threshold…

We cannot wait because people are dying. People are getting sicker.

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 substance…

more information is always better rather than trying to censor information that we do not particularly like.

Certainly, H.R. 5274 is a small step that we can take in managing the crisis at our southern border, in addition to emphasizing border security. I thank Representative Joyce for his very astute observation that our law enforcement is at…