Mr. Speaker, Sunday is National Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Awareness Day, a day to bring attention to a disorder that affects countless of my fellow veterans. PTSD is a disorder that tens of thousands of Americans are diagnosed with…

Mr. President, I guess I am not surprised that we would have an objection like this because a program that has been corrupt and that we have been trying to reform for 8 years--every time we reach an agreement, there is big-moneyed…

Mr. President, I am here with Senators Cornyn and Leahy to ask unanimous consent. As if in legislative session, I ask unanimous consent that the Committee on the Judiciary be discharged from further consideration of S. 831 and the Senate…

Mr. Speaker, I rise today to call on my colleagues to consider the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion Act, legislation that would preserve the longstanding Hyde amendment. For the first time in over 40 years, the administration's proposed…

These moves would leave our troops in nearby positions unguarded and vulnerable, and that is unacceptable.

The safety and security of our country is paramount.

I was disappointed in the President's budget request. I believe it is a disservice to you and all the men and women who commit their lives to defending our freedoms.

The President's decision to increase the budget by only a mere 1.6 percent... is actually a budget cut.

Madam President, I intend to object to any unanimous consent request relating to the nomination of Kenneth Allen Polite to be an Assistant Attorney General at the Department of Justice, PN423. Last week, at the Senate Judiciary Committee's…

That is not going to work for the farmers in my State that are mad about the $1,200 profit that the packers are making.

Iowa leads the Nation in cash trade, nearly 60 percent, and they are frustrated that they are shouldering the burden.

There is no benefit to the consumer.

I strongly disagree that that helps the market.

It is imperative that the United States counter the People's Republic of China's or the Chinese Communist Party's growing influence and ambitions as evidenced in its poor Silk Road efforts.

I think we just heard the Senator from New York speak very strongly about the need for this legislation. She said 12 times she has come to the Senate floor to ask for UC on this bill. So we all ought to know--not only on this bill but a…

In one of my 99 county tours in Iowa, in Northwest Iowa, very sparsely populated, it was brought to my attention that the wind turbines on a number of these properties, actually the taxes drawn from those wind turbines enabled that very…

I would like to thank all of our witnesses for being here today and sharing information that is so important to all of us that reside and work in rural America.

Thank you, Chairwoman Smith and I am pleased to join you this morning for this hearing of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry's Subcommittee on Rural Development and Energy.