Q: Why did you launch a congressional inquiry into the Federal Aviation Administration and Boeing? A: Iowans know I take my oversight responsibilities seriously to ensure the federal government is serving the American people effectively and efficiently. For example, during the Obama ...
Juneteenth is a national holiday commemorating June 19, 1865, which is the day that Union troops entered Galveston, Texas, and declared that all the slaves in that state were at last free. That date is often considered the final end of slavery in the United States, although it took a ...
Our economy is in tough shape. Cumulative inflation has skyrocketed by nearly 20 percent since President Biden took office while real wages have fallen by roughly 4.4 percent. The Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated that the economy grew at a rate of only 1.3 percent in the first quarter of ...
The long days of summer are upon us, with seemingly endless hours of daylight to be enjoyed. In fact, at least on weekends, you might as well call them the long, lazy days of summer. Locally, there will be plenty of things to do on those on summer weekends. Consider this upcoming weekend. ...
To the editor: In her June 3 guest column in The Messenger, Sen. Ernst uses a bold headline that states “Government employees need to get back to work.” As I read her rant, I couldn’t find anything about employees not working. What I found instead, was a general complaint about where ...
Q: How is the federal government responding to recent outbreaks of avian flu? A: As Iowa’s senior U.S. Senator, I’m staying on top of federal agencies with prevention, control, emergency management and public health responsibilities to effectively serve the American people. That includes ...