Over the horizon and closer to home, our values are being put to the test on Ukraine attacks on democracy and voting rights, inflation, threats to health care and women's rights. I'm Michael Franken and I've seen over a lifetime that struggles like these show us who we really are. I grew up in rural Iowa, working on farms as a kid and at a meat packing plant to pay for college, then served our country in the U. S. Navy for almost four decades, earning the rank of three star admiral, proudly working for President Obama and Senator ted Kennedy and returning home to Iowa instead of taking orders from donald trump. Now I'm running for the U. S. Senate because after 47 years chuck Grassley has been in Washington far too long. I'm Michael Franken and I approved this message because the past few years have shown us that we can't take our freedoms for granted we need to stand up and fight