On Tuesday of this week we passed a bill that was special to our district. House File 933 was a bill that implemented a new license for pediatric palliative care, a type of hospice specifically for children. There are currently only three such facilities in the United States, none in Iowa. The ...

In the face of rising costs for Iowans, the Governor and Republican lawmakers are pushing two bills this session that would make life even tougher for many Iowa families. The first could take away healthcare from up to 182,000 Iowa families. Currently, those families receive healthcare ...

For many in our caucus, there is nothing we have heard louder or clearer than the call from landowners to protect their private property rights from eminent domain abuse by CO2 pipeline projects. This week we passed two bills containing many policies to provide those protections. This is not ...

We had to be at the University of Iowa Hospital at 5:30 in the morning for Ginnie’s hysterectomy. We were there on time and I was whisked away to a waiting room. This was to be a day all about Ginnie, of course. But I wasn’t feeling well, and hadn’t felt well for a couple of days. I ...

In a recent case study on the economic impact of wind energy in Howard County, I had the opportunity to work with the Center for Rural Affairs (CFRA). The full report is written by Alex Delworth, Senior Policy Associate, and is available on the CFRA’s website. To collect information for the ...

The speed and seriousness with which Donald Trump is shaking up Washington has everyone’s head spinning. If the president called me and asked my advice how he should explain to the American people what he is doing, I would say he should tell every American to read our Declaration of ...