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Jan 3

I love Iowa & I love my work for the ppl of Iowa. Today, Iowa holds the number one spot in the Senate with my leadership. I look forward to continuing to deliver for Iowa. I’m humbled + grateful to be entrusted w the honor to continue working for our great state

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Chinese Ambassador 2 France doubts countries like Ukraine that regained independence from USSR are sovereign countries- they are Note that United States never recognized Soviet occupation of Baltics as legit in first place They were occupied illegally just like Crimea is 2day

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Q&As in Franklin, Hamilton & Boone Counties 2day 1 of the major topics was my work to lower the cost of Rx drugs #99countymeetings

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Q&A at Medical Associates Pharmacy in Boone 18ppl issues: my provider relief bill to help rural pharmacies PBM reform DIR fees Medicaid lowering cost of Rx drugs etc #99countymeetings

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Q&A at Stratford Communications 25ppl issues: WOTUS rural broadband property tax bank failures mortgage increase if u hv good credit Natl debt etc #99countymeetings

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High interest rates are hurting homeowners & now Biden admin plans 2 to make ppl w good credit subsidize borrowers with bad credit Maybe Pres Biden could learn from those homeowners how to run a budget instead of punishing them for making good decisions with their $$$

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Tour/Q&A at Omnium in Hampton 19ppl issues: farm bill workforce supply chain lack of truck drivers social security ag innovation govt regulation etc #99countymeetings

Apr 24

in recent weeks I’ve watched 3hrs of FOX interviews of Trump All I hear is history. Why hv hannity tucker and levin never asked him abt future WHAT TRUMP WANTS TO ACCOMPLISH IN HIS NEXT TERM. Elections are abt the future not the past

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Apr 22

Mayor of New York City complains abt so many illegal immigrants there. Has he suggested ever to Pres Biden to enforce law and secure border MAYOR GO TO THE SOURCE OF NYC IMMIGRATION PROBLEMS :THE BORDER

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Apr 22

It’s this wk every year we plan to plant seed. #cornwatch #soybeanwatch 80degrees last wk. 40s lately. Can’t plant w snow in fields We hope for normal weather so 2% of population who r family farmers can produce food for 98% who don’t farm

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Apr 21

Good to see the Smiths from Cass County & talk about farm credit

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Apr 21

Got acquainted w Brigadier General Steve Osborn the newly appointed Adjunct General of Iowa

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Apr 20

Anna Gray from Iowa Natural Heritage Foundation

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Apr 20

Iowa Fare at Thursday Lunch Group 2day for my colleagues On the menu—Pork Chops + apple sauce + green beans + potatoes + apple crisp + ICE CREAM

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Apr 20

Met w Fraternal Govt Relations Coalition incl U of Iowa Issues: taxation & student freedom of association

Apr 19

Met w 4-H citizenship delegates from Van Buren + Worth + Benton counties

Apr 19

Mtg w the Kock family from Johnston

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Apr 19

Q&A w Ames Chamber 29ppl issues: immigration juvenile justice funding Farm Bill ag research trade farm payment limits my cattle market transparency bill etc

As author of biggest FCA updates, I wld know besides I also know this legis has returned $72 billion of fraudulently taken $$ to fed treasury

2day Justice Sotomayor made note of my work on False Claims Act as SCOTUS heard case on that law FCA is best tool we have to fight fraud/waste in govt As I wrote in brief to SCOTUS, lower court screwed up interpretation of text + history

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Mtg w University of Iowa REACH abt opportunities & supports for Iowans w disabilities

Met w leaders from Fort Dodge & Webster County issues: Infrastructure, Air National Guard, Education, Reducing Recidivism Programs and Services etc

Met w North Scott HS students before their Capitol tour

When it comes to investigating Nazi matters we shld leave no stone unturned 2day Sen Whitehouse & I released reports into undisclosed Nazi-linked accounts at Credit Suisse We issued 1st Budget Cmte subpoena since 1991 2 get this info + our bipartisan investigation is ongoing

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Welcome 2 Pres Biden’s America where ga$ is at a 5 month high $3.67 a gallon & Pres Biden won’t approve E15 yr round this summer to help consumers he goes against common sense again & again

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Annual Ogden HS breakfast during their senior trip to DC We talked about the importance of participatory govt

Apr 17

Met w Natl Council on Youth Leadership students from Iowa, Texas, California & Kentucky

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Apr 14

Tour/Q&a Gingerich Well & Pump in Kalona 66ppl issues: WOTUS workforce crisis at southern border confidence in elections Hunter Biden etc #99countymeetings

Apr 13

Stopped for a twist at Yotty’s Ice Cream Shop in Kalona #99countymeetings

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Apr 13

Q&A Sinclair Tractor in Sigourney 21ppl issues: estate tax farm bill crime spike SNAP WOTUS workforce my bill to crack down on Xylazine etc #99countymeetings

Apr 13

Q&a at Pella High School 75ppl issues: natl debt challenges of job womens advisory council lowering cost of Rx drugs Justice Thomas same sex marriage Most important issue facing America etc #99countymeetings

Q&a at Schildberg Construction in Greenfield 19ppl issues: infrastructure WOTUS farm bill SNAP right to repair China law enforcement wind energy natl debt Restrict Act etc #99countymeetings

April 12 is 1 yr anniversary of Pres Biden coming to Iowa 2 announce year-round E15 but has since gone back on his word for 2023 driving season so I sent him a letter 2day reminding him of benefits of E15 & action he needs to take now so drivers can hv access to E15 this summer

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Mtg w AMVC in Guthrie Center issues: farm bill student debt biosecurity foreign animal disease etc #99countymeetings

Talked about the importance of biofuels to Iowa agriculture & consumers at our farm bill mtg at Louis Dreyfus ethanol plant in Grand Junction #99countymeetings

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Senator John Boozman and 2 others

Learned about spray research/technology at the John Deere Technology Innovation Center in Ames #99countymeetings

Iowa is a leading agriculture state & is invested in the 2023 Farm Bill. Senator Ernst & I welcome Senate Ag Cmte Ranking Member Boozman to Iowa 2day to hear directly from #IowaAg as we write the farm bill

67ppl to meet w top Republican on Senate Ag Sen Boozman +Sen Ernst & me at Farm Bill Roundtable at Pivot Bio in Ames issues: inflation fertilizer costs CRP crop insurance trade energy research funding foreign animal disease etc #99countymeetings

Apr 11

Tour/Q&a PlantPeddler in Cresco 31ppl issues: agriculture WOTUS 2nd amendment TikTok natl debt foreign ownership of farmland leaked documents etc #99countymeetings