Q: What is your 'green energy' amendment to the farm bill that was adopted in December by the Senate?
A: It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure out the United States must take aggressive steps to implement smart energy policies that promote better efficiency, increase renewable energy sources and reduce environmental waste. Policymakers need to think...
In the wake of the September 11 attacks and continued terrorist threats against our country, local communities have stepped up their domestic preparedness efforts to make the homefront more secure. Public health and safety officials have no doubt spent many hours preparing their communities to prevent, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks. Local...
In the wake of the September 11 attacks and continued terrorist threats against our country, local communities have stepped up their domestic preparedness efforts to make the homefront more secure. Public health and safety officials have no doubt spent many hours preparing their communities to prevent, respond to and recover from terrorist attacks. Local...
Although the war in Afghanistan, and the president’s campaign to root out terrorism understandably are grabbing headlines these days, I have not reduced my scrutiny on the federal agency charged with enforcing quality nursing home standards. All year, I've continued my role as an advocate in Congress for nursing home residents by keeping a careful watch on...
Q: What military order did President Bush issue on Nov. 13, 2001?
A: In the weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the United States government has orchestrated a sweeping response to root out future attacks of terrorism aimed at U.S. institutions and American citizens at home and abroad. By organizing a united international diplomatic front, freezing...
Although the war in Afghanistan, and the president’s campaign to root out terrorism understandably are grabbing headlines these days, I have not reduced my scrutiny on the federal agency charged with enforcing quality nursing home standards. All year, I've continued my role as an advocate in Congress for nursing home residents by keeping a careful watch on...
Q: What is National Farm-City Week?
A: As Americans prepare to feast together in celebration of the nation’s Day of Thanksgiving, the president signed a proclamation designating November 16-November 22, 2001 as National Farm-City Week to draw attention to an often understated partnership that ties families in rural America together with those who live in...
Folks blessed with children or grandchildren can see, feel, taste, smell and hear the joy that younger generations bring to a bustling household. Through the inquisitive eyes of a child, it is possible to experience sunrise for the first time and recapture the magic and energy of one’s own youth by spending the holidays with a houseful of grandchildren.
Even...
Folks blessed with children or grandchildren can see, feel, taste, smell and hear the joy that younger generations bring to a bustling household. Through the inquisitive eyes of a child, it is possible to experience sunrise for the first time and recapture the magic and energy of one’s own youth by spending the holidays with a houseful of grandchildren.
Even...
As federal authorities began to track down accomplices involved with the Sept. 11 attacks and piece together the network that launched the terrorist assault on America, their search to identify suspects led them to the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Investigators quickly discovered a bureaucratic blockade that delayed their ability to gain immediate...
As federal authorities began to track down accomplices involved with the Sept. 11 attacks and piece together the network that launched the terrorist assault on America, their search to identify suspects led them to the Social Security Administration (SSA).
Investigators quickly discovered a bureaucratic blockade that delayed their ability to gain immediate...
America entered a new era on the morning of Sept. 11, 2001. The horrific hijackings and tragic loss of human life sent shivers down our spines and filled our hearts with sorrow. As a result of the terrorist assaults and subsequent spread of anthrax, millions of Americans now carry out their daily lives with varying degrees of anxiety and uncertainty.
For...
The highly publicized cases of anthrax-tainted letters delivered since Sept. 11 have generated understandable concern among the general population and put new pressures on the U.S. postal system and its 800,000-strong corps of workers.
The opening of an anthrax-laced letter addressed to Senate Majority Leader Tom Daschle on Oct. 15 led to an unprecedented...
Q: Should Americans be concerned about anthrax and other agents of germ warfare?
A: The unfolding stories regarding anthrax exposure and contamination in Florida, New York and Washington have consumed the nation’s attention just a few short weeks after the Sept. 11 terrorist attack on America. Although no hard evidence to date has linked the suicide...
Q: What federal benefits are available to dislocated workers?
A: The United States enjoyed a growing economy and decling unemployment levels for much of the previous decade. But, fluctuations in the job market are bound to occur. A softening U.S. economy that began last year was further shaken by the terrorist acts on September 11th. The resulting lay-offs...
One month after sheer terror struck America on September 11, the U.S. Senate continued to show unity and resolve. As the American population struggles to return to normalcy and every day life with new terrorist threats looming large, the Senate passed legislation to pump up airport security and prompt still jittery travelers to feel more secure about...
The devastating acts of terrorism on September 11 have changed life as we know it in America. Pure evil tragically took away the lives of thousands of innocent people when suicide hijackers commandeered four U.S. passenger jets, inflicting immeasurable pain and human suffering. The social, emotional and cultural consequences are still unfolding.
However, the...
Q: What steps should Iowans take to make sure they are properly flying the U.S. flag?
A: Since the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and Pentagon, the American people have united together to mourn those whose lives were lost, to grieve with the victims’ families, to open up their pocketbooks to offer financial assistance and to express hope...
Q: How can Iowans donate to the disaster recovery efforts underway in New York City and Washington, D.C. ?
A: Like millions of other Americans, people in Iowa want to do everything possible to help the survivors and the families of the victims cope with the devastating terrorist attacks and find a way to rebuild their lives. Local fund-raising drives at...
The terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C. were orchestrated with horrifying precision. It must have taken the terrorists years of planning to synchronize the suicide air assaults on September 11 and also required substantial sums of money to bankroll the unprecedented sabotage on America.
As federal law enforcement agencies and their...
