Op-Ed
In 2017, President Trump signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act (TCJA) into law, cutting taxes for hardworking families, encouraging investment in farms and businesses, and unleashing economic growth and prosperity.
On Sept. 30, 2023, the 2018 Farm Bill that President Donald Trump signed into law during his first administration, officially expired, requiring Congress to subsequently pass a one-year extension of this critical legislation for our farmers, producers, and rural communities.
In 2017, during his first term, President Donald Trump signed into law the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, a historic economic achievement and long-overdue reform of the U.S. tax code.
In recent years, high fuel prices have hit Americans hard, forcing families to make tough decisions when filling their fuel tanks. While the Trump administration has taken action to reverse Biden-era anti-energy policies, we cannot afford to leave opportunities to promote domestic energy production and support relief for consumers on the table.
On Jan. 14, the U.S. House of Representatives Ways and Means Committee held our first hearing of the year on the need to make the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act — also known as the Trump tax cuts — permanent.
Last week, I had the pleasure of welcoming Iowans from Fort Dodge and Webster County to our nation’s capital to discuss opportunities and challenges facing our families, farmers, and businesses. We had an extensive and productive conversation on a wide range of issues from education and agriculture to infrastructure and tax policy.
Every year, April 15 — and March 1 for our producers — marks a dreaded deadline for American families, farmers and small businesses. It’s the day that the federal government extracts as much money as possible from the American people.
Paying taxes is already miserable enough; filing them should not be frustrating, overly complicated and time-consuming. Yet, that remains the case.
Every year, millions of Americans welcome a newborn into the world, care for loved ones who require additional support, or need time to recover from a medical condition themselves.
Last year, the Joe Biden administration oversaw the worst rollout of the Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) in recent memory, leaving families and students in the dark for months about financial assistance for higher education.
This preventable setback caused headaches for parents, frustrations for students, and confusion for community colleges and universities.
As of Thursday February 27th, more than 166 million chickens and turkeys in the United States have been affected by High Path Avian Influenza (HPAI), a highly contagious and deadly disease that impacts poultry, cattle, and can even spread to humans.