During National Hospital Week, I recognize our incredible hospitals in Iowa and thank our doctors, nurses, healthcare workers, and administrators who keep our hospitals running each and every day. Their work is critical in keeping our…

This week is National Police Week. It is a time to recognize and thank our police and law enforcement officers for risking their lives to protect our families. These heroes work long hours and make incredible sacrifices to keep our…

On March 26, Dordt University women's basketball won the 2024 NAIA Women's Basketball National Championship. Led by Head Coach Bill Harmsen, the Defenders defeated the University of Providence by a score of 57-53 to secure their first-ever…

I thank Chairman Lucas for yielding. This past Friday, horrible tornadoes struck parts of my district in southwest Iowa. Minden, Iowa, a community of approximately 600, felt the worst of these storms. Roughly 180 homes and businesses were…

I was unable to cast my vote on H.R. 2560 due to my responsibility chairing the Ways and Means Committee. Had I been present, I would have voted ``yea'' on rollcall No. 111. personal explanation

We greatly appreciate Senator Fischer, Senator Grassley, Senator Ricketts, and Senator Ernst introducing and championing the Winnebago Land Transfer Act in the Senate.

I thank Chairman Westerman for bringing this important bill to the floor. The Winnebago Reservation was established by two treaties in 1865 and 1874 and has been the home of the Winnebago Tribe ever since. In 1975, more than 100 years…

Agriculture is the economic engine of my district, and our tax policies must help our farmers grow, invest, and compete with China. This legislation does exactly that. Our farmers will benefit from two key provisions in this bill: 100…

China is the greatest threat to our country and our economy. Over the last several years, China has deployed spy balloons in our airspace to surveil our military bases, bought up our farmland, unleashed the COVID-19 virus on the world, and…

President Biden's open-border policies have rolled out the welcome mat for illegals: for drug traffickers, for terrorists, and for foreign nationals with ties to China. Under President Biden's watch, 302,000 illegals were apprehended at…

In Iowa, the great concern and why I am so passionate about this is that we have lost almost half of our foster care parents in the last 4 years.

We feel that there is so much going on in so many different States, but we really don't have the data to create solutions to the problems that exist.

I am prepared to close. I urge my colleagues to think through this great amendment. Think about these small airports and the burden that this would project on each of these airports to have a special person that handles just the concerns…

I have an amendment at the desk. The Acting CHAIR. The Clerk will designate the amendment. The text of the amendment is as follows: Page 316, after line 3, insert the following: (d) Exceptions.--The Administrator shall ensure that the…

This bill would go back to honoring that treaty and returning that land.

This bill would recognize and require that HHS confer directly with the urban Indian organizations about health care policies and initiatives that impact urban American Indians and Alaska Natives.

We thank the legislation's bipartisan sponsor and original co-sponsors: Representative Randy Feenstra, our Congressman on the Iowa side of our reservation where these lands are located.

We are incredibly thankful to the bipartisan support that it has received from our bipartisan sponsor and original co-sponsors.

We thank the legislation's bi-partisan sponsor and original co-sponsors: Representative Randy Feenstra, our Congressman on the Iowa side of our reservation where these lands are located.

the fear is, does the Administration, does the EPA understand that we are the breadbasket to the world, and can we do things to be productive instead of punitive?

How can we justify these rules for the agricultural community abandoning this? This is going to be a big deal.

I just want a little more clarity. Obviously, Iowa, 42 ethanol plants, E15 is such a big deal.

I am urging you to sooner than later because summer is right around the corner.

What are you doing to ensure agriculture's voice is heard and considered in this debate so my constituents don't lose this important tool that can be and has been used safely in agricultural applications for decades?

This is my question. EPA is using the Clean Air Act to justify these rules, all right, for regulating emissions.