Mr. President, the countdown is on. Today marks the beginning of 100 days until the critical and lifesaving authority placing fentanyl-related substances in schedule I expires. In 100 days that expires. Congress has extended this authority…

The Packers and Stockyards Act probably does more to protect the family farmer and enhance competition than maybe even the Department of Justice antitrust laws do.

Thank you to Secretary Vilsack for issuing the very aggressive proposed rulemaking and enforcement that he wants to do to increase competition within agriculture.

I do think that our response to this pandemic and future pandemics, in addition to supply chain manufacturing coming back to the United States, the origins of COVID-19, which seems to be an issue with our colleagues on the other side of…

Mr. President, every State of the Nation has many infrastructure needs. In Iowa, we rely on our roads, bridges, air, and freight to move our goods and people throughout Iowa, throughout the United States, and eventually throughout the…

Mr. Speaker, the Summer Olympics in Tokyo will kick off in less than a month, and I would be remiss not to mention a young track star from a college in my district who is making his first Olympic appearance. Kenny Bednarek, a 22-year-old…

I think it's important--and I'm in an agricultural state. We know what herd immunity is.

It should've been ended earlier so that people could see there was another benefit to getting vaccinated.

I just personally, as a physician and as someone who was inside this process, really, myself, don't understand why we haven't had more of an update yet.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to honor the life of an Iowa trailblazer from my district. LaMetta Wynn, Iowa's first African-American female mayor, passed away last week at the age of 87 in Lincoln, Nebraska. LaMetta was an incredible woman…

white nationalist, white supremacist, western civilization, how did that language become offensive?

Mr. Speaker, I rise today on a matter that is incredibly important to our national security, our public health knowledge, and preparing for the next pandemic. It has been well over a year since the start of the COVID-19 pandemic, and our…

We can`t restore our civilization with somebody else`s babies.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to urge President Biden and his administration to back off on the attacks on rural America and rural Iowa. The administration has proposed changes to the stepped-up basis tax policy, which is, effectively, the…

Mr. Speaker, I thank Chairwoman Johnson and Ranking Member Lucas for all the work they have done on this bill. Mr. Speaker, I rise today in support of the National Science Foundation for the Future Act. This legislation contains several…

FEMA uses the phrase, locally-executed, State-managed, and Federally-supported.

Mr. Speaker, I rise today in recognition of an individual in my district who has been the true embodiment of Iowa nice and midwestern tough his entire life. Darrell Harris has lived his entire life in rural southeastern Iowa. Darrell grew…

Madam Speaker, I rise today to recognize Chief Michael Nesslage, who has served as fire chief in Hiawatha, Iowa, for the last 16 years. I want to congratulate him on his well-deserved retirement this week. Chief Nesslage dedicated his…