WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold his 99th county meeting of 2016 in Anamosa on Thursday, September 1, at the Jones County Courthouse.
With this meeting, Grassley will mark the conclusion of another year in his long-standing practice of holding meetings with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties at least once annually. Grassley has held at least one meeting in every county, every year since he was first elected to serve in the U.S. Senate. The hallmark of his meetings are the open-topic question-and-answer sessions where Grassley invites and responds to questions and comments on any subject.
“Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are the other half. You can’t have representative government without dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,” Grassley said. “I’ve made it my practice to go to the people of Iowa in a variety of settings for questions and answers. I appreciate the opportunity to hold these meetings, answer questions and listen to comments from Iowans. The cross-section of people I get to meet with during town meetings and in their workplaces, offices and factory floors, in schools and at service organizations, helps me keep in touch and take the common sense of Iowans from all perspectives to work in the nation’s capital.”
Grassley will be available for 30 minutes after the September 1 meeting to answer questions from local reporters. Next week’s meeting is open to the public and media. Grassley will continue to hold meetings with Iowans this year when the Senate is not in session.
Here is detailed information about the upcoming meetings:
Jones County Meeting
Thursday, September 1
10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.
Jones County Courthouse, Courtroom
500 West Main Street
Anamosa
Media availability on site from 11:30 a.m. to noon.
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