Basics
- Chamber
- senate
- Party
- Republican
- State
- IA
- Class
- —
- Rank
- junior
Contact & office
- Office
- 260 Russell Senate Office Building
- Address
- 260 Russell Senate Office Building Washington DC 20510
Identifiers
- Bioguide
- E000295
- OSID
- N00035483
- C-SPAN
- 75342
- PVS
- —
Committees
- Border Management, Federal Workforce, and Regulatory Affairs (Member)
- Conservation, Forestry, Natural Resources, and Biotechnology (Member)
- Cybersecurity (Member)
- Disaster Management, District of Columbia, and Census (Member)
- Emerging Threats and Capabilities (Chair)
- Livestock, Dairy, Poultry, and Food Safety (Member)
- Personnel (Member)
- Rural Development, Energy, and Credit (Chair)
- Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry (Member)
- Senate Committee on Armed Services (Member)
- Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs (Member)
- Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship (Chair)
Sponsored bills (recent)
- S. 3727 — A bill to combat fraud in Federal programs, and for other purposes. · 2026-01-29
- S.Res. 572 — A resolution honoring the service and sacrifice of United States Army Sergeant William Nathaniel Howard and United States Army Sergeant Edgar Brian Torres-Tovar, who were killed in action in Palmyra, Syria, in a targeted assault against United States service members on December 13, 2025. · 2025-12-18
- S. 3553 — Where’s WALDO Act · 2025-12-17
- S. 3321 — FAIR Leave Act · 2025-12-03
- S. 3260 — Ending Subsidies for Political Junk Mail Act · 2025-11-20
- S. 3259 — RECAPTURE Act · 2025-11-20
- S. 3240 — McSCUSE ME Act of 2025 · 2025-11-20
- S. 3173 — Stop 8(a) Contracting Fraud Act · 2025-11-10
- S. 3166 — Returning Unspent COVID Funds Act · 2025-11-07
- S.Res. 482 — A resolution recognizing the week of November 3 through November 7, 2025, as “National Veterans Small Business Week”. · 2025-11-04
Votes (recent)
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Brian Charles Lea to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Tennessee: Brian Charles Lea, of Tennessee, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-2: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Missouri · Yea · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Megan Blair Benton to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Missouri: Megan Blair Benton, of Missouri, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-04
- On the Nomination PN726-12: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United States District Judge for the District of Alaska · Yea · 2026-02-04
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Aaron Christian Peterson to be U.S. District Judge for the District of Alaska: Aaron Christian Peterson, of Alaska, to be United Stat… · Yea · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-6: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States District Judge for the Southern District of Texas · Yea · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: Nicholas Jon Ganjei to be U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Texas: Nicholas Jon Ganjei, of Texas, to be United States … · Yea · 2026-02-03
- On the Nomination PN726-5: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas · Yea · 2026-02-03
- Motion to Invoke Cloture: David Clay Fowlkes to be United States District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas: David Clay Fowlkes, of Arkansas, to be Un… · Yea · 2026-02-02
- H.R. 7148: Consolidated Appropriations Act, 2026 · Yea · 2026-01-30
District / state context
- Population
- 3188836
- Median income
- 70571
- Poverty rate
- 11.1
- State
- Iowa
Raw GovTrack payload (debug)
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