We wrapped up the 2023 legislative session on Thursday, May 4, and now I’m settling back at home in Cedar Falls for the interim. Following the legislative redistricting process in late 2021, my district now covers a lot of new territory that I will be visiting throughout the summer and ...
Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, recently introduced the bipartisan Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Reform Act, which would prioritize enrolling marginal farmland in the CRP, rather than prime farmland. This change ...
Q: What can be done to address the mental health crisis among America’s youth? A: Even before the pandemic led to school closures and months of isolation away from their classmates, warning signs flagged a mental health crisis among America’s adolescents. Study after study shows that ...
Iowa’s congressional delegation mustered a goal-line defense for biofuel subsidies as the last holdouts to the House passing a debt ceiling bill that slashes government spending and sets up a showdown with President Joe Biden. House Speaker Kevin McCarthy got the four Iowa votes in the ...
Who was your favorite teacher? It's a question we all can answer. Not only can we likely tell at least one story of how a teacher has made a difference in our lives, we can likely remember the teacher’s name, the grade, and the core memories of the moments that left an impression. Mention ...
As we enter the final stage of the 2023 legislative session, we have been making progress on budget bills, and it is likely that we will adjourn the session next week. As the ranking member of the Commerce Committee, which deals with financial services industry regulations, I am proud to ...
Organic farmers want more time to get their corn crops in the ground and still be able to qualify for crop insurance. Right now, they are held to the same timelines as conventional farmers, which they say puts them at a disadvantage and could cost them their full insurance coverage. Both ...
It’s been a busy week at the Capitol! On Monday morning, I had the pleasure of joining a great group of 5th graders from Lincoln Elementary School in Cedar Falls for a tour of the Capitol. I enjoyed answering their questions and I appreciate their enthusiasm to learn more about state ...
Week 15 of the session was a short week, we debated bills on Wednesday and Thursday in the House. Many of the bills we debated were bills that were amended in the Senate earlier in the week and sent back to the House for consideration. House File 317, a bill that I filed known as the ...
Extreme weather events typically don’t happen very often. However, more and stronger extreme weather events are consistent with what scientists expect from a warming planet. These events are becoming more frequent and severe around the world. Extreme weather events include heatwaves, ...