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STOPPING FEDERAL OVERREACH ON IOWA FARMLAND

The federal government’s out of control rules and regulations restricting the use of Iowa’s farmland needs to end →  In case you missed it, earlier this year, the Biden Administration finalized their “Revised Waters of the United States”...

ENSURING ACCOUNTABILITY ON AFGHANISTAN

The House Foreign Affairs Committee’s first hearing on the disastrous U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan was this week. The fact that that it’s taken almost 2 years to address this tragedy that took the lives of 13 U.S. service members is...

ENDING PAY RAISES: PUTTING PEOPLE OVER PROFITS

As Iowans pinch pennies, I am not going to allow each member of Congress to get a $7,000+ pay raise this year →  That’s why I have introduced a bill to end automatic yearly salary increases for Members of Congress. With historically high...

PRIORITIZING VETERANS

As a veteran of the Air Force and current member of the Air Force Reserve, I know there’s few things more important than supporting current service members and providing resources to veterans who have served our country. That’s why I helped...

REINING IN RECORD INFLATION

Inflation has made just about everything more expensive recently →  In just the last 2 years, the skyrocketing cost of goods and services has cost Iowa families $10,000 more. Executive orders alone have cost an estimated $8.3 billion and...

WE ARE WATCHING CHINA

I am thrilled to announce that I have been appointed to serve on the Congressional-Executive Commission on the People’s Republic of China. This commission is a combination of bipartisan House, Senate and Executive Branch appointees with the goal of...

IOWA’S FARMERS DESERVE BETTER

With record high inflation, high input costs, and increased global uncertainty, our farmers are struggling to keep up.  As your representative, I’ve heard from countless farmers about the impact inflation has on Iowa producers’ ability to feed...

PUTTING AN END TO CHINA’S FENTANYL OPERATION

Like many Iowans, I’m worried about the rate of fentanyl overdoses in Iowa: The Iowa Department of Public Health reports that over the last two years, they have seen a 34% increase in drug overdose deaths, due mostly to opioids, with fentanyl...