Delivering important funding for Iowans

Last week, I voted to pass the final four appropriations bills for Fiscal Year 2026, completing all 12 annual funding bills under regular order and ending the cycle of last-minute continuing resolutions.

This is the work the American people sent us here to do. House Republicans have delivered a full year of responsible government funding, restoring transparency, cutting wasteful Biden-era spending and putting Iowa families and communities first.

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The package includes the Consolidated Appropriations Act and the Department of Homeland Security Appropriations Act, funding key national priorities for our safety.

These bills deliver a 3.8% troop pay raise, boosts readiness, increases munitions production and eliminates divisive DEI programs; ends Biden-era catch-and-release programs, expands fentanyl interdiction, increases U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement funding and defunds illegal immigration incentives; builds roads and bridges, trains 2,500 new air traffic controllers and modernizes air systems; and funds apprenticeships, charter schools, mental health services and the Food is Medicine initiative, while targeting fraud and refocusing the CDC.

These funding bills include a whopping $19 million in Community Project Funding, secured for Southeast Iowa, funding major road, water, workforce and infrastructure projects across the district. This is in addition to the over $8 million I have already secured in the 119th Congress.

The package further includes legislation I championed to establish Medicare coverage for Multi-Cancer Early Detection screening tests, ensuring seniors will soon have access to cutting-edge diagnostics that can identify multiple cancers from a single test.

This is what putting Iowa first looks like: responsible budgeting, local results and a strong stand against Washington waste. No more last-minute continuing resolutions. No more Biden-era reckless spending that fueled inflation.

We’ve proven Congress can fund the government the right way, by cutting spending, cracking down on waste, fraud and abuse and delivering real wins for the people of Iowa.

I’m proud to announce I’ve secured $500,000 in Community Project Funding to support critical public safety upgrades for the Oskaloosa Police Department.

To celebrate, I drove over to Oskaloosa to meet with the police chief and officers and hear firsthand how this investment will help them better serve and protect our community.

I laid out the wins from President Trump's historic first year back in office on the House GOP Media Row.

I joined Paris Hilton to stand behind the DEFIANCE Act, legislation designed to combat non-consensual deepfake impersonations.

I joined an Energy and Commerce hearing to discuss the challenges Americans face with rising healthcare costs, while large health insurance companies like Cigna have set up vertically integrated business strategies to extract and retain billions, including their Swiss-based PBM-GPO headquarters.

I waived onto the Rules Committee to talk about the importance of year-round E-15 for Iowa farmers. Farmers work hard and deserve to have a market for their product.

I’ve looked Iowa farmers in the eye as they tell me their family farms, their legacies, are at risk. Not because they’re failing, but because Washington keeps moving the goalposts.

Year-round E15 lowers fuel costs for millions of Americans and secures the future for the farmers who feed and fuel the world.

I announced the great news that we secured $3 Million for Southeast Iowa through Community Project Funding, delivering targeted investments in public safety, water infrastructure and housing development.