Eric Sorensen: “It is critical that conservation funds... reject a one-size-fits-all approach.”

I’m very pleased to see this project move forward and bring us one step closer to completing the Chicago-Quad Cities rail connection.

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.

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.

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…