I think the False Claims Act... has been a very, very important tool for us to root out fraudulent use of taxpayers' money.
I have no personal problem with a pardon, but that you expected a howl from the Southern District.
The only thing whistleblowers are guilty of is committing truth.
For a long time on this issue, I have worked with my colleagues Senator Feingold, Senator Harkin, and others.
He has been around agriculture in the family farm, as mayor of a small town, as a State senator, and as Governor of Iowa.
Many of us in the Senate have worked hard in years to pass legislation to help restore competition in livestock markets.
I would like to have you take a look at a letter that I sent to the Department NRCS early in December.
I think you spoke to this in your opening statement, so that is a pretty strong statement you made.
I am so pleased to see that one of the President-elect's Cabinet nominations is an Iowan, and I want to personally congratulate you.
The issue of racial integration is the most pressing issue facing fair housing enforcers.
I think the president is doing this now. It's catch up time, because he didn't veto very many spending bills during the years that the Repub...