I feel exactly the same way.

it is not worth our time or effort to attempt to expand our business and industry, and that is very unfortunate

the permitting process is already so challenging on the air quality side as well as all of the other local challenges

That is an unfortunate situation, and I see that our small businesses may be caught in that.

again, this is $200 million. I would beg to differ that this is not a lot of spending, and $200 million is a lot of money for folks back in Iowa. Iowa does not have one of these funds. Many other States don't have these same types of…

Thank you, Mr. President. The amendment is pretty straightforward. What we are doing is eliminating duplicative programs. Many programs exist out there already which will provide for housing needs, for infrastructure needs, many other…

my amendment is pretty straightforward. It eliminates duplicative and wasteful spending. It eliminates $200 million from the Appalachian Regional Commission, the Delta Regional Authority, the Denali Commission, and the Northern Border…

my amendment is straightforward. I am asking for support on amendment No. 3803. I ask unanimous consent to call up amendment No. 3803. The PRESIDING OFFICER. The amendment is pending. The Senator has 1 minute to debate the amendment.

I rise today to echo the sentiments shared by our senior Senator from Iowa, Chuck Grassley. Tomorrow morning, one of my constituents, Michelle Root, will be testifying before the House Judiciary Committee about the loss of her beautiful…

many of the veterans have expressed a real connection to the land, and it is often very therapeutic, as well, working with animals or working in the soil.

I thank you for that, and I have visited with a number of veterans, one in particular that returned to Iowa and is working in agriculture.

Well, great. I thank you for that. I think we have some exciting technology.

I would ask the committee to consider what actually Congress has established in the Clean Water Act rather than this agency.

Many of our small communities do not have the taxing base to bring their systems up to standards.

I came to the Senate committed to cutting pork and working through unnecessary and burdensome regulations.

I believe it is imperative that we focus on the causes of rural poverty and work to provide opportunities for folks to overcome obstacles.

Truly, what an advocate you are for rural development. We appreciate it so much.

We need to make sure that we are protecting our servicemembers as well as our civilians serving overseas.

I do not think terrorists distinguish between who is a combatant and who is a non-combatant in situations like that.

I think at some point it needs to come back to this body for a second look.

If it is the case that ICE refrained from lodging a detainer on Mejia because his arrest for felony vehicular homicide 'did not meet ICE's enforcement priorities,' would you agree with me that ICE needs to take another look at its…

the priority should be to ensure that people who enter our country illegally and kill American citizens are deported and never allowed to return.

It seems to be such a waste of taxpayer dollars maybe to have transitioned fighters out, replace it with an RPA unit.

That is where the assuming risk comes into play is that you focus in one area, but you may not be able to cover down in other areas.

With the decline in the combat fighter squadrons, has this impacted the ability to deploy air power assets to prosecute the air campaign against the Islamic State?