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💰Pressing the Fed

💰Pressing the Fed

I brought Iowa’s economic concerns straight to the top. At today's Financial Services Committee hearing, I questioned Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell on how rising interest rates and...

💼 Thriving Main Street

💼 Thriving Main Street

Iowa's hometown businesses shouldn't have to fight twice as hard as the big coastal firms to grow. The House just unanimously passed my bipartisan ELEVATE Act—a commonsense fix to help Iowa...

💻 Cyber Defense for Farms

💻 Cyber Defense for Farms

In 2021, a ransomware gang hit an Iowa grain co-op and demanded $6 million to unlock its systems. For days, the operation that feeds millions of livestock and moves 40% of Iowa's soybeans and 20% of...

☢️ Stopping a Nuclear Iran

☢️ Stopping a Nuclear Iran

Last week, the world watched as Israel launched Operation Rising Lion—a major military campaign against Iran’s nuclear infrastructure. Over 200 Israeli jets struck more than 100 sites, targeting...

🩺 Fixing Medicare’s Therapy Gap

🩺 Fixing Medicare’s Therapy Gap

Every year, thousands of Iowa seniors rely on Medicare to cover their prescriptions, doctor visits, and hospital stays. But when it comes to mental health or addiction recovery services, D.C. red...

🌾 Protecting Iowa’s Farms

🌾 Protecting Iowa’s Farms

Iowa is on the frontlines of a new threat: agroterrorism. It started in 2011, when a CCP-linked agent was caught digging corn seed up from an Iowa field. Now, the threat has escalated: In just the...

🎖️ Happy 250th, Army

🎖️ Happy 250th, Army

Today, we proudly celebrate 250 years of the United States Army—America’s oldest fighting force. From the fields of Valley Forge to the frontlines today, Army soldiers have answered the call with...

Meet Aliyana

Meet Aliyana

Today, as part of foster youth shadow day on Capitol Hill, I had the privilege of meeting Aliyana, a recent criminology graduate, passionate advocate, and former foster youth using her lived...

🏛️ Capital Defense

🏛️ Capital Defense

Across the country, anti-police policies are making it harder for law enforcement to protect our communities. These so-called “justice reforms” don’t improve safety, they tie the hands of officers...

🚔 Strengthening local policing

🚔 Strengthening local policing

Iowa law enforcement is facing a staffing crisis: too few officers, too many calls, and too much strain on the departments protecting our hometowns and communities across the state.Why it matters:...

☣️ Fighting Agroterrorism

☣️ Fighting Agroterrorism

🚨 The FBI just arrested a Chinese researcher for smuggling a deadly crop fungus into the U.S. without USDA approval and with links to a CCP-tied lab. The fungus they smuggled in is called "Fusarium...

🇺🇸 Remembering D-Day

🇺🇸 Remembering D-Day

81 years ago today, 156,000 Allied troops launched the largest amphibious invasion in history — storming the beaches of Normandy to liberate Europe from tyranny. More than 2,000 Americans gave their...

💊 Fighting Fentanyl

💊 Fighting Fentanyl

We're finally seeing a drop in overdose deaths — and that’s no accident. It’s the result of community-driven solutions I’ve fought to expand through bipartisan legislation, along with President...

🇺🇸 Standing Up to the CCP

🇺🇸 Standing Up to the CCP

Just yesterday, a Chinese national was arrested for smuggling a dangerous crop fungus into a U.S. university lab — a pathogen capable of wiping out corn, wheat, and barley, and contaminating our...

🏡 Planning for Retirement

🏡 Planning for Retirement

I’ve heard from Iowans across our communities who are worried about retirement — people who’ve worked hard their whole lives and want to make sure their savings go the distance. That’s where...

✅ Iowa Energy

✅ Iowa Energy

Last week, the House passed the most pro-Iowa energy bill in a generation — and I fought to make sure Iowa’s biofuels producers, family farms, and energy innovators had a seat at the table. Why it...

✅ Tax Relief

✅ Tax Relief

The House just passed the biggest tax relief bill in a generation — but the fight’s not over. Now it’s up to the Senate to finish the job. Why it matters: Without action, Iowa families face a $4,000...

🛑 Stopping SNAP Scams

🛑 Stopping SNAP Scams

David Schroeder is a 65-year-old Army veteran who, like more than 150,000 Iowans, relies on SNAP to put food on the table. But just a few weeks ago, David’s benefits were stolen by scammers in a...

⚙️ Battle-ready innovation

⚙️ Battle-ready innovation

While China pieces together drone fleets in months, it still takes the Pentagon nearly two decades to deliver a new aircraft to the battlefield. The problem: The Department of Defense has no...

🇺🇸Honoring the Fallen

🇺🇸Honoring the Fallen

Today, we pause to remember the heroes who gave their lives so we can live in freedom. More than 26,000 Iowans have been killed in action — including Red Oak’s own Corporal Daegan Page, who gave...