Opinion

Last week in the Senate, we passed Senate Resolution 108. It recognized March 21 through March 27 as National Agriculture Week in Iowa.

Last week was Sunshine Week in the United States.

It was not in Russia.

Q: How does your life experience influence your work for Iowans in Washington?

I’m sitting here trying to write a column about Ukraine that makes sense. It’s hard to know where to start.

After weeks of dragging their feet, and under bipartisan pressure, on Tuesday the Biden administration finally took steps to ban imports of oil and natural gas from Russia.

I would like to start this week’s newsletter by wishing my dad Frank Green a happy 70th birthday. I appreciate him so much.

Q: What is Sunshine Week?

For decades I’ve thought of myself as pretty much a liberal.