Busy day, forum this morning (great turnout!), lunch at Pastime with teacher friends, Democratic Caucus in the afternoon.

Help Haiti….donations going to Red Cross being accepted at the service desk at HY-VEE East….help get the word out. Thanks HY-VEE!

Working on my new website with my web designer!!! Very exciting!

Creating jobs and helping middle class Iowans return to a normal life is the goal Governor Chet Culver set out in his Condition of the State Address for completing the disaster recovery started last year. Culver asked that a “significant portion” of the $100 million remaining in the I-JOBS program
be used for flood recovery projects [...]

I was pleased to learn today that heart disease admissions in Iowa have decreased 24 percent since the Iowa Smokefree Air Act passed the Iowa House in 2008.
I’m proud the Iowa Smokefree Air Act has improved the health of Iowans and saved lives. I’m glad the act is having the effect we anticipated when it [...]

One of the cost-savings measures that was put into place will cut the session this year by twenty days. Because of the shortened time line, this first week has been packed with business!
On Tuesday, we heard the State of the State message from Governor Chet Culver and, on Wednesday, the State of the Judiciary from [...]