I ask unanimous consent that the order for the quorum call be rescinded. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Without objection, it is so ordered. The Senator from Iowa. Unanimous Consent Request--S. 1216

home should be the safest place in the world for a child. It used to be that parents could breathe a little easier once they locked the front door, knowing that their child was safe on the inside. For some reason or other, not anymore is…

I think you all might remember when the Biden administration's so-called experts claimed that inflation was ``transitory.'' It ended up that they couldn't have been more wrong by using that word. Since President Biden took office, Iowans…

today, roughly 175 Americans will die from fentanyl poisoning. Many of them won't even know that they have taken the fentanyl. They will think they have taken Xanax for anxiety or oxycodone for pain. That is what Devin Anderson--you will…

as of 12:01 tomorrow morning, our Nation's transportation system was set to come to a screeching halt. It now sounds like we have a bit of a reprieve, but we still have a threat. Since 2019, railroads and unions have been negotiating a new…

I ask unanimous consent that James Carmany, a detailee in my office, be granted floor privileges until August 31, 2023, and that another detailee in my office, Dave Lewen, be granted floor privileges until March 3, 2023. The PRESIDING…

more than a year ago, a news website by the name of ProPublica published stories that it claims are based on ``a vast trove of Internal Revenue Service data on the tax returns of thousands of the nation's wealthiest people, covering more…

last week, while I was meeting with constituents in Iowa, news broke here in Washington, DC, about Assistant Special Agent in Charge Tim Thibault's retirement. Since May 31 of this year, I have highlighted Tim Thibault's partisan bias and…

Are they going to have a strike force that goes in with AK-15 already loaded, ready to shoot some small business person in Iowa?

Attorney General Garland also owes the American people full transparency.

this body has a long record of coming together to improve healthcare for Americans. In 2003, when I was chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, we worked in a bipartisan manner to establish the Medicare Part D benefit. More recently, I…

I have long fought to protect victims of violent crime. Victims of sexual assault, especially children who are victimized by sexual predators, must be safeguarded. I have worked to ensure the Violence Against Women Act is funded. I steered…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

this body has a long record of coming together to improve healthcare for Americans. In 2003, we worked in a bipartisan manner to establish the Medicare Part D benefit. More recently, I have worked with my Finance Committee colleagues on…

I ask for the yeas and nays. The PRESIDING OFFICER. Is there a sufficient second? There appears to be a sufficient second. The clerk will call the roll. The senior assistant legislative clerk called the roll. The result was announced--yeas…

Do I have some time left? The PRESIDING OFFICER. All time has expired. Vote on Amendment No. 5421 The question is on agreeing to the amendment.

I ask to call up amendment No. 5421, and I ask that it be reported by number. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The clerk will report. The senior assistant legislative clerk read as follows: The Senator from Iowa [Mr. Grassley] proposes an amendment…

It is 4:50 a.m., and I want all the people who thought that inflation was going to be transitory to understand that it is persistent, and that persistence of inflation has hurt the Tax Code that tries to help middle-class America. So my…

we all know that Congress has a constitutional responsibility to ensure that the executive branch executes the laws and uses taxpayers' money appropriately in accordance with congressional intent. It doesn't matter whether we have a…

We're in a recession, and it's not the time to increase taxes or spending. It's going to feed the fires of inflation.

today is a very important date for the relations between the United States and the Baltic states of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. Today marks 100 years of continuous, uninterrupted diplomatic relations between our country and each of the…

I don't know how many years in a row I have been doing this, but this week in July, I always come to the Senate floor to honor whistleblowers. I expect this week that the Senate will unanimously pass my resolution designating this…

I want to congratulate News Talk 1540 KXEL on celebrating 80 years of broadcasting to Iowans in the Waterloo and Cedar Falls area. When I was younger, I remember joining my father at the National Cattle Congress and was excited to see one…

I want to congratulate AM 600 WMT- NewsRadio on celebrating 100 years of broadcasting to Iowans in the Cedar Rapids area. Iowans look to broadcasters at WMT as trusted leaders in the community, relying on their programs each morning, noon…

I am hearing a lot of news reports, and if they are correct, it sounds like the majority party has a very partisan bill that they want to call a drug pricing bill. And I am also told that this is moving along because it looks like the…