It is really disheartening to many of us on this committee, as we saw in a bipartisan manner, where numbers of our committee members raised issue with the proposed rules, and it shows that the Administrator and the SBA was not working in…

Senate Democrats haven't lifted a finger to prevent us from going head-long off the fiscal cliff.

Madam President, on behalf of the Hawkeye State, I am proud to congratulate the Iowa women's basketball team for a historic run in the NCAA Division I basketball tournament. All season long, the Hawkeyes played before sellout crowds at…

I just want a little more clarity. Obviously, Iowa, 42 ethanol plants, E15 is such a big deal.

What are you doing to ensure agriculture's voice is heard and considered in this debate so my constituents don't lose this important tool that can be and has been used safely in agricultural applications for decades?

the fear is, does the Administration, does the EPA understand that we are the breadbasket to the world, and can we do things to be productive instead of punitive?

I think you are the first Administrator from the EPA that has been here since 2016, so I applaud you for doing this.

This is my question. EPA is using the Clean Air Act to justify these rules, all right, for regulating emissions.

How can we justify these rules for the agricultural community abandoning this? This is going to be a big deal.

I am urging you to sooner than later because summer is right around the corner.

It will not be mandatory, period, full stop. It will not be mandatory.

I am extremely concerned about the number of known terrorists and criminals who have come across our southern border as a result of the weakness.

Never should a veteran walk out of that VA in crisis. I think clearly something has to be done here around these access points.

The most important metric of success is whether the suicide rate has gone down, and unfortunately, it has gone up.

Madam Speaker, I rise today to congratulate Caitlin Clark of the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team for winning the 2023 Naismith National Player of the Year award, the AP Player of the Year award, the Wooden Award National Player of…

Would you agree that these veterans, frustrated by access to critical care, would be at elevated risk for suicide?

I would rather see those resources go toward stopping forced labor materials from coming into our country, interdicting those drugs.

I think it is a misdirection of priorities to send that much future taxpayer funding, again, to what we consider a manmade crisis at the southern border.