With Holy Week underway and Easter Sunday approaching, this week at the Capitol has been a time to reflect on faith, service, and the human impact of the work before us. I had the opportunity to attend the Iowa Prayer Breakfast, where 1,400 Iowans gathered for the 65th year to study God’s ...
Last week, during the Great American Agriculture Celebration, we saw the largest gathering of farmers ever hosted at the White House, and I was honored to join President Donald Trump in highlighting historic wins for farmers. Back home in Iowa, a common sentiment I hear from farmers is that ...
The House continues to deal with bills that have come over from the Senate, including House bills that the Senate has amended. One of my bills, House File 917, which deals with limiting the liability of motocross facilities, returned from the Senate with an amendment that expanded the bill ...
Jesus Christ died, was buried, and rose again and this is the Good News that makes life worth living. Jesus of Nazareth is the only human being and the only religious leader the world has ever known that has been raised from the dead never to die again. He is Alive and is the King of kings and Lord of lords and is going to come to earth again someday soon as Judge of the living and the dead to make all things new! With all of the darkness and discouragement and depression that our world deals with, there is no doubt that Jesus Christ is the Answer! The fact that Jesus Christ is raised ...
Easter Sunday in 1975 was March 30, and at that time I was a middle school student, socially awkward and with few friends. I did have the great fortune of having a stable, loving home with siblings and two great parents, but in spite of that I felt unhappy and empty. The year prior had been rough, especially when a close friend was diagnosed with a heart ailment and told that he would only live until he was in his 30’s. It turned out that he did not even have that much time, and he died before the year was out. A night late in May The Summer prior, my family vacationed in ...
Boston. It’s one of America’s great cities, the home of Harvard and MIT, and the birthplace of the American Revolution. The Gaffneys took in the sights of Beantown last summer. Along the Freedom Trail, we were humbled and grateful for the courage and boldness of our nation’s founding ...
