Rural Iowans for Obama Steering Committee.This group will work to promote the President's strong record of supporting rural America and our Nation's farmers and ranchers by creating rural economics built to last and rewarding the small town values like hard work, personal responsibility and ...

Q: How significant is the burden of federal regulations on economic activity?A: According to a recent Gallup survey, small-business owners in the United States are most likely to say that complying with government regulations is the biggest problem facing them today. Recently the Small Business ...

At a recent field hearing of the Senate Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions Committee in Cedar Rapids, a new generation of Iowans living with disabilities described their high expectations to succeed in the competitive labor market. This group of young people, whom I refer to as the "ADA ...

I recently read an online solicitation from a "church growth specialist" promising that I could double, or triple my churches attendance in as little as 90 days. After I read down through the numerous pages describing how this program was guaranteed to produce enthusiastic worshippers of all ...

Q&A:On Fastand FuriousWith U.S. SenatorChuck GrassleyR-IowaQ: What is so important about this congressional investigation?A: When a person dies in service to his country, and his own government may have contributed to his death, covered up evidence about the circumstances, or both, the ...

All children deserve equitable access to a free, public education. Yet, each day, countless students across the country and right here in Iowa are denied that access because they are bullied. In some cases, the bullying does not end after they leave school, but instead, continues via social ...

Q: What is required of Congress in making a budget plan?A: The Congressional Budget Act of 1974 says Congress should annually adopt a budget plan for the upcoming fiscal year and at least the following four fiscal years. The annual budget is to be adopted as a concurrent resolution, so it is ...

I recently attended a funeral of two great saints of God. Each had lived very long lives. One had lived to an age of 100 years and the other to an age of 106. The reflection was not on the trials and testing that each of these saints had endured, but on the blessings they both had received and ...

The legislative session for 2012 has now closed. Not to anyone's surprise, funding for education was a critical topic of discussion and compromise. The general public hears about a wide spectrum of related issues and I am frequently asked: "What exactly are the legislators talking about?" ...

Now that US Senate has passed a bill, S 1789, to reform the ailing US Postal Service, critics are trying to disable the bill on its way to the House of Representatives. Business Week recently catalogued unhappy stakeholders, including postal unions, postal management and some Republicans who ...