Hi everyone, I just got back to Washington, DC tonight. Today I visited Cono Christian School in Walker and spoke with students at an assembly. One highlight at Cono was the beautiful singing from the students during the assembly. After leaving Walker I drove down to Iowa City Regina High School and visited with economics classes. While I’m out touring Iowa and doing my county visits, I always try to meet with several groups of students in addition to my town hall meetings. I was very impressed by the intelligent and thought provoking questions the students at both schools had for me.

I really enjoy meeting with students and hearing their interest in the political process. I’m making decisions in Washington, DC that will impact young and old Iowans, and it’s important to hear from everybody. It’s all part of the process of representative government.

Tomorrow I’m heading over to the Internal Revenue Service headquarters with Sen. Max Baucus to meet with IRS Commissioner Mark Everson and other top IRS officials about the $350 billion tax gap, taxes owed but not collected.