We have got to figure out ways to create more opportunity in rural areas.

I was really proud to get to pass my first piece of legislation, the Small Business Stimulating Innovation through Procurement Act of 2019.

I came to Congress to help Iowa small businesses fuel innovation and create jobs.

It is more important than ever before to continue to support our clean energy economy.

As the Congresswoman from Iowa's First Congressional District, I know how important it is that we invest in clean energy and renewable fuels and how important those are to our economy and our environment.

Clean energy is a real opportunity to stimulate economic growth in our rural communities.

I want to again thank Chairwoman Finkenauer for taking action to investigate EPA's refinery exemptions which are a severe threat to the clean energy economy in the rural communities.

I would ask that you all invest in a model that is proven to work--apprenticeships.

In Iowa, agriculture contributes to over $9 billion annually to our State GDP and accounts for most of our top exports.

I know how important agriculture is to our way of life in Iowa and that farmers are quite literally the backbone of our economy.

No one should have to choose between retiring in dignity--or keeping their home--and affording the medicine that allows them to live a full life.

I encourage this Committee to continue its important work to hold drug companies accountable and bring down costs for patients through common-sense, bipartisan legislation.

our way of life continues to be at risk given what we have seen in the past 20 years

to ensure the continued success of American agriculture, we must facilitate the transfer of skills, knowledge, and land between this generation and the next one

Limit vertical integration of the dairy industry and regulate to protect the 'ag of the middle'.

We should explore new ways to help farmers access the capital they need to not only invest in the land and equipment but offset some production costs when they are first starting out.

Protect the grants that are currently available, and allocate them to better serve nonprofits.

the increasing cost of production, low commodity prices, again, exacerbated by this ongoing trade war coupled with unpredictable weather patterns... have made it difficult for farmers

The law was not negotiated in a bipartisan manner. It was put together far too quickly. It disproportionately benefits those in the top 1 percent and it will add, again, trillions to our national debt here.

I did not realize the amount of unintended consequences it created until I started hearing from people in industries that have suffered.

It prevents States from attacking public employees' collective bargaining rights like they did in Iowa.

I am proud to now be a sponsor of the Public Service Freedom to Negotiate Act.

I have to tell you, I have done some research while I have been up here and, again, your rhetoric that you have been spewing against unions and also your record against working families is disappointing and, quite frankly, offensive.

You see, I will never forget February of 2017, standing on that State House floor after days of hearing testimony from my friends, my family, and my neighbors in my home State who are just working their tails off to provide for their…

Your rhetoric that you have been spewing against unions and also your record against working families is disappointing and, quite frankly, offensive.