I was shocked to see the Trump Administration decided to slash this budget and funding for fiscal year 2021.

This is another it feels like a slap in the face from this administration when it comes to trade.

Now, we obviously know employee ownership is good for business, it is good for people, and it is good for communities like the one I represent in Northeast Iowa.

It is incredibly important to address this crisis and bring down the cost of childcare for working families.

I strongly believe that this is an area where we can find bipartisan agreement.

Parents are turning down raises and promotions because they are afraid to lose childcare assistance benefits or just leaving the workforce all together because it is less expensive to stay home.

Our businesses are losing thousands of dollars due to employee turnover because their workers cannot find reliable childcare.

We know that more investment from the federal level is needed to address the childcare crisis.

Ensuring that the youngest and most vulnerable among us are safe is also something that Democrats and Republicans can both agree on.

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.

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I am, quite frankly, scared about the future of my state and my district.

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.

In other facilities across the State, they have been attacked in the last year. It is unconscionable. This isn't how you treat people. The law also created a system that was rigged against working people, forcing employees to go through…

We still have more work to do to improve economic opportunities in our small towns and rural communities.

Small businesses create more than half of all new jobs in rural areas.

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.

I am proud to serve on the Congressional Task Force on Rural Broadband, and I am working to ensure that investments in rural broadband are included in any comprehensive infrastructure package that passes through the House.

Closing the digital divide is a top priority for me.

The availability of high-speed broadband internet in rural America is critical to a vibrant, growing economy.

it is really important. You mentioned an issue with the Women-Owned Small Business Federal Contracting Program, and I am concerned that this program has been left open to fraud and abuse.

Partnering with SBA has allowed AAVIN to make decades worth of investments that have strengthened our local and our national economy.

I do not want the good work of SBICs and all that they do to actually be threatened simply because SBA seems to be asleep at the wheel in this regard.

So what is your plan to reduce--I am glad to hear before Monday you are planning to do more, but do you have a plan moving forward here to reduce these delays in licensing approval?