Eric Sorensen

In the coming weeks, we remain committed to supporting our union members during this transition and working with Tyson to ensure that they have access to resources that support their return to work.

Today’s news is devastating for the 2,500 skilled union workers impacted by the closure of the Tyson plant in Joslin, especially at a time when American families are struggling with the rising cost of living.

I rise today to honor a friend and a public servant in the Quad Cities, Porter McNeil. Porter served as a leader in Rock Island County for decades, most recently on our county board, but also as a leader and lover of democratic values…

Finally, a last word of advice for our friend, Mike Nelson. On his last broadcast day, when his executive producer gets into his ear and says he has gone over in time, he should finish his work and then say: I yield back…

The farm bill right now is a critical risk management tool for the heartland, and that is why it is imperative to ensure that the final text has broad bipartisan support and is financially sound.

My bipartisan bill, Advancing Research on Agricultural Climate Impacts Act of 2023 (H.R. 5160), or ARACI, will help the USDA develop a standardized methodology to monitor and inventory regional soil carbon.

As the only meteorologist in Congress, I knew the answer to that.

I want Artemis to be safe and successful. Artemis and Moon to Mars are of tremendous importance to the United States and the world.

Artemis requires a sustained national investment.

I stand behind NASA in prioritizing safety for Artemis, and I look forward to gaining further insight into the delays and any related costs.

America's international leadership and engagement in the Artemis program and the Artemis Accords will promote peaceful, safe, and sustainable exploration of the Moon and other celestial bodies.

I support the inclusion of language in WRDA to stipulate that all seven projects have a 100% federal cost share.

I am supportive of the funding appropriated for the Inland Waterways Construction Projects in the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

I support language to reauthorize this program in WRDA 24.

I support a modification to the current blanket indemnification in favor of a shared approach to liability costs.

I support a change to this standard practice change that would allow the Corps and non-federal sponsor to enter into agreements where the obligation of OMRR&R expires at a set date.

I urge the committee to include language in WRDA 2024 to clarify that all seven of these projects be fully federally funded, as intended under the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law.

I'm proud that the new Amazon delivery trucks, the EV trucks are built in my district by Rivian.

We put politics aside in this room, and we solve the problems because we know there are real people.

However, nuclear power does create waste. And currently, we do not have a central location for the country's nuclear waste to be stored and disposed of.

This is not a long-term solution and generates environmental contamination concerns.

In Illinois, 54 percent of the energy that we use to power our State is nuclear-generated electricity.

Today, extremists have put our national security at risk with this partisan National Defense Authorization Act. I was pleased to work across the aisle with Congressman LaHood to try to save the 182nd Airlift Wing in Peoria, Illinois. We…

We need to make sure that we're using science to not make the mistakes in the first place.