Political Quotes

In Iowa, when I talk to employers about workforce development and ways to bring new investment into our region, access to affordable childcare almost always comes up and it is almost always at the top of the list.

The SBIC program has done a lot for places like Northeast Iowa.

The shortage of healthcare providers has long been a factor in these closures, and at the Federal level, I know we need to take a multi-pronged approach to address these workforce shortages.

In your testimony I know you mentioned how the ongoing trade war with China is hurting two industries that are heavily served by railroads, both agriculture and manufacturing, which we feel pretty strongly in Iowa 1 right now.