If I had a rain prayer or a rain dance I could do, I would do it.

More than half of America's rural counties are losing population and with it, political representation.

In his first year in office, President Obama pulled us back from the brink of the greatest economic crisis since the Great Depression and worked to lay a new foundation for economic growth. The president identified three key strategies to build that lasting prosperity: innovation, investment, and education.

The future of healthcare security should include flexibility from the federal government to allow us to serve the state's most vulnerable citizens.

The rise of childhood obesity has placed the health of an entire generation at risk.

Somewhere between 50 to 60 percent of the food you eat has been touched by immigrant hands, and it is fair to say some of them are not here as they should be here. But if you didn't have these folks, you would be spending a lot more - three, four or five times more - for food, or we would have to import food and have all the food security risks.

Quality, affordable housing is a key element of a strong and secure Iowa.