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Standing up for our nation’s veterans

Our veterans are heroes who have dedicated their lives to service and risked their own safety to protect our freedoms and defend our flag at home and abroad. On my 36-County Tour, I’ve met with incredible veterans who have relayed their stories of bravery and patriotism to me, emphasizing the importance of protecting our constitutional rights and keeping America the world’s most feared superpower. Upon completing their service and returning to civilian life, our veterans deserve the benefits that they were promised and have earned. In Congress, I’ve voted to safeguard those ...

Ensuring ACCESS for Iowa’s small businesses

Small businesses are the lifeblood of our economy, comprising 99.9% of all American businesses and employing nearly half of our nation’s workforce. They produce 16.5 times more patents than large firms, delivering key modernizations and competition necessary for a healthy, cost-effective defense industrial base. Unfortunately, despite their valuable contributions, Washington often overlooks the needs of entrepreneurs and innovators. The truth is: Today’s federal contracting process is stacked against America’s small businesses. Complex contract terms, opaque pricing structures, ...

UnityPoint Health continues to recruit needed doctors

As president of UnityPoint Health — Fort Dodge, I take immense responsibility in ensuring comprehensive healthcare services are available for everyone right here in Fort Dodge and our surrounding communities. Sharing the news of Iowa Heart’s termination of their agreement to provide 24/7 interventional cardiology on-call services with us was disappointing. As a nurse I understand the lifesaving efforts that happen in our Emergency Department every day and not just during regular business hours. We have several specialists that provide on-call services so that if a patient arrives ...

Lowering the cost of childcare for our families

On my 36 County Tour, I have met with families, small business owners, and childcare providers who are rightfully concerned about the skyrocketing cost of childcare. As a father of four, I agree that we need real solutions to lower costs for our families, especially as inflation eats away at paychecks and gas prices are on the rise. While my children have grown up, I remember the days when my wife and I had to balance our jobs with raising our four kids, and ultimately, sending them to daycare. To be blunt, it wasn’t easy, and to this day, too many parents are still struggling to ...

Young Matt Bemrich’s first impression lasted a lifetime

Matt Bemrich was 3 years old when he met Albert Habhab in the Webster County Courthouse and that encounter left a first impression with the judge and former Fort Dodge mayor that lasted a lifetime. Back then, the youngster and his mother were visiting his grandmother Evelyn Hood, the ...

Terminating AI funding to our adversaries

Artificial intelligence was engineered to make our lives easier but poses the possibility of being twisted into menacing machines that wage war against mankind. At least, it’s a familiar plotline of futuristic fictional fantasies, like The Matrix and The Terminator, but the sci-fi scenario could quickly become a reality if the impressive advances being made today in AI fall into the hands of a rogue researcher working on behalf of an adversarial nation. Because of this, AI is the modern “equivalent to the ‘atomic bomb’” warns a leading scientist whose work has been supported ...