Iowans back home are proud of your nomination and believe there is no one better qualified to lead the Federal Highway Administration.

I also agree with Senator Whitehouse when it comes to fairness within the process and the withholding of grants in exchange for votes.

I am greatly optimistic with this nomination.

I consider him a friend as well as our Secretary of Agriculture, and let me explain to the Committee that this is a special honor for me to introduce him.

Mr. Speaker, I am privileged to address the House of Representatives on this issue, as I seek to do on each pro-life issue that we have come before this Congress. This is a powerful piece of legislation that has had a lot of hands on it to…

I particularly want to acknowledge the work of Senator Grassley, who, as a former chairman and ranking member of the committee, laid much of the groundwork for the ideas we're discussing.

My preference has always been for this to be a bipartisan effort.

I'm very pleased that we have been able to bridge so many divides and I am optimistic about our chances going forward.

That's why I wrote a bipartisan provision with Republican Senator Chuck Grassley from Iowa in the new education reform law-the Every Student Succeeds Act-to require school districts to work with child welfare agencies to make sure that…

Mr. Speaker, I thank the gentleman from Arizona for yielding to me, and I appreciate the years that we have sat elbow to elbow on the Judiciary Committee and on the Constitution and Civil Justice Subcommittee and have done the battle for…

Mr. President, today, I wish to congratulate and thank Mr. David Ahart and Ms. Cathy Glenn on their retirement for their more than 28 years of service to the U.S. Senate. I have worked with Dave and Cathy in various roles within the U.S…

Mr. President, today, the Senate is voting to confirm Makan Delrahim to serve as the Assistant Attorney General for the Antitrust Division. When Mr. Delrahim was 10 years old, his family fled the tyranny of Iran and settled in the United…

Mr. President, I come to the floor because I am very disturbed about some actions coming out of EPA affecting biofuels and contrary to what the President promised. In other words, I think people working for the President aren't following…

Mr. President, I ask unanimous consent to speak for approximately 6 or 7 minutes. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. ____________________

About a month ago, the president even called me to say he still supports renewable fuels and that he will keep his word on the Renewable Fuel Standard.

Lobbyists for the American Hospital Association, the American Medical Association, the AARP, and the insurance companies all endorsed Obamacare.

Does this bill provide more dollars in 2026 in Iowa than it receives today in Medicaid subsidies and reinsurance?

Doesn't everyone agree we need to slow the rate of growth in health-care spending?