We have a long tradition in this state of caring for our neighbors - it is truly an Iowa value.

I think people have to remember where we were in 2009. We were losing 800,000 jobs a month. We had an unemployment rate in double digits. We had poverty rates soaring. We had kids who were food insecure. Today in 2016, we have a lot less unemployment, a lot less poverty, and a lot fewer kids who are food insecure.

Now our job, our duty, our responsibility to ensure the safety and security of our citizens cannot be complete unless we guarantee health care security for our citizens.

There is more potential for economic growth in rural America than at any time in decades.

Today, President Obama is making smart investments in clean energy - wind, solar, biofuels - as part of an all-of-the-above energy strategy that supports thousands of jobs, not in the Middle East, but in the Midwest.

Many young and beginning farmers start out in local markets. Some stay there, and some scale up.

I think we all share the same goal, which is a United States of America that inspires people and leads.