What is Podcasting?
A podcast is an audio file that you download and listen to on your computer or a portable MP3 player such as an iPod. The word itself comes from the combination of two other words: iPod and broadcast.
How can I listen?
Since podcasts are really just MP3 files, you can listen using any number of free players that are easily available.
August 3, 2006
Tom talks about the "trifecta" bill - the estate tax, pension and minimum wage bill. Tom also talks about a bill he is introducing called the Joshua Omvig Veterans Suicide Prevention Act of 2006. This bill will direct the Veterans Affairs Administration to create a comprehensive program to address the growing suicide rate among combat Veterans.
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File Size: 3.95MB
Duration: 4 minutes 19 seconds
July 27, 2006
Tom talks about S. 3711, a Senate bill that would allow the expansion of oil and natural gas drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
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File Size: 3.03MB
Duration: 3 minutes 19 seconds
July 20, 2006
Tom talks about the passage of the Stem Cell bill (HR 810) in the Senate and the veto of the bill by President Bush.
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File Size: 4.60MB
Duration: 5 minutes 1 seconds
July 13, 2006
Tom talks about HR 810, the Stem Cell bill. Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist has finally agreed to allow a vote that is scheduled for the week of July 17, 2006.
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File Size: 2.84MB
Duration: 3 minutes 5 seconds
June 22, 2006
Tom talks about funding for agriculture, rural development, conservation, and renewable energy initiatives.
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File Size: 3.54MB
Duration: 3 minutes 51 seconds
June 15, 2006
Tom talks about contractor fraud in Afghanistan and in Iraq and his Amendment that he is introducing to the DoD Authorization bill to try to get the Justice department to do something about the waste fraud and abuse. Tom also talks about the Special Olympics' USA National Games being held in Ames, Iowa.
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File Size: 3.85MB
Duration: 4 minutes 12 seconds
May 18, 2006
Tom talks about legislative activity aimed at improving the production of alternative fuels.
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File Size: 2.49MB
Duration: 2 minutes 43 seconds
May 11, 2006
Tom talks about his plan to lower gas prices. He also says good-bye to a departing staffer.
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File Size: 3.98MB
Duration: 4 minutes 21 seconds
May 4, 2006
Tom talks about Stem Cell research and why Bill Frist will not allow the Stem Cell bill, HR 810, to come up for a vote in the Senate.
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File Size: 2.73MB
Duration: 2 minutes 58 seconds
April 28, 2006
Tom talks about the additional problems faced by people with disabilities in disasters like Katrina. Tom also talks about the high gas prices and the failure of the Bush Administration to do anything to help. Including Bush budget cuts that have hurt efforts to get more ethanol and other biofuels to market and opposition to requirements for cars to get better gas mileage.
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File Size: 6.97MB
Duration: 7 minutes 36 seconds
March 9, 2006
Tom talks about Dana Reeve and her work to create awareness of spinal cord injuries, her fight to find money for research and for the care of people with spinal cord injuries, and her support of Stem Cell Research. Tom also talks about the promotion of the Government use of Biobased products.
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File Size: 5.05MB
Duration: 5 minutes 31 seconds
March 2, 2006
Talks talks about cuts to education in the Bush Budget.
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File Size: 3.62MB
Duration: 3 minutes 57 seconds
February 16, 2006
Tom talks about the Whitehouse memo that exposes the Bush Administration's shameful attempt to make it difficult for Ames lab workers to make claims for compensation for the cancers they got as a result of working with nuclear materials during the Manhattan Project. Tom also talks about his new proposed program, the "Competative and Fair Agricultural Markets Act of 2006."
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File Size: 4.02MB
Duration: 4 minutes 23 seconds
February 9, 2006
Tom talks about the 2006 Bush budget and the proposed cuts to programs that help seniors, people with disabilities, students, and the working poor. The Bush budget also includes cuts to cancer research, law enforcement, drug enforcement, and various other cuts so the President can pay for his tax cuts for the wealthy.
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File Size: 3.14MB
Duration: 3 minutes 25 seconds
February 2, 2006
Tom talks about the pledges President Bush made in his State of the Union address.
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File Size: 4.37MB
Duration: 4 minutes 46 seconds
January 26, 2006
Tom talks about the unnecessarily complicated Medicare drug plan designed by the Bush Administration and insurance companies. Tom also talks about Bush's proposed tax cuts for the wealthy.
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File Size: 4.68MB
Duration: 5 minutes 6 seconds
January 19, 2006
Tom talks about Judge Alito
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File Size: 6.58MB
Duration: 7 minutes 11 seconds
December 15, 2005
Tom talks about the republican cuts to the budget so they can pay for their tax cuts for the wealthy. Tom also talks about UNI going to the I-AA championship.
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File Size: 5.26MB
Duration: 5 minutes 45 seconds
November 10, 2005
Tom talks about the high energy costs facing Iowans this winter and his work to secure funding for energy assistance.
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File Size: 3.26MB
Duration: 3 minutes 33 seconds
November 3, 2005
Tom talks about the Republican budget process and their immoral priorities to cut taxes for the wealthy, continue to increase the deficit, and to make cuts to programs that help the needy.
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File Size: 2.66MB
Duration: 2 minutes 54 seconds
October 27, 2005
Tom talks about the amendment he filed that will allocate $8 billion for Avian Flu preparedness. Tom also speaks about the withdrawal of Harriet Miers as a nominee for the Supreme Court.
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File Size: 4.94MB
Duration: 5 minutes 24 seconds
October 20, 2005
Tom talks about new guidelines for Section 8 housing and continued budget mismanagement by Republicans who are trying to get an additional $70 billion in new tax cuts which will increase the deficit this year and years to come.
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File Size: 3.34MB
Duration: 3 minutes 39 seconds
October 6, 2005
Tom talks about the Republican cuts to programs that help the poor and needy so they can give tax cuts to the privileged.
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File Size: 4.23MB
Duration: 4 minutes 37 seconds
September 29, 2005
Tom talks about the upcoming Continuing Resolution (CR) that the Republican controlled House of Representatives sent over to the Senate, it's negative impact on social programs that help 6.5 million low income people. (2 million of which are children.) Tom also discusses Avian Flu and steps we need to take to prepare for it.
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File Size: 4.92MB
Duration: 5 minutes 22 seconds
September 22, 2005
Tom talks about the nomination of John Roberts to be Chief Justice, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and the power of the Supreme Court.
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File Size: 4.08MB
Duration: 4 minutes 27 seconds
July 28, 2005
Tom talks about the fight against meth, energy and renewable fuels legislation, and his upcoming visit through Iowa.
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File Size: 4.33MB
Duration: 4 minutes 44 seconds
July 15, 2005
Tom on stem cell research
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File Size: 3.08MB
Duration: 3 minutes 22 seconds
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