WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley participated in an HBO special featuring former U.S. presidents, current Supreme Court justices, members of Congress and well-known actors reading the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution. The documentary, called “The Words That Built America,” will air Tuesday, July 4, at 7 p.m. Eastern. The documentary will be available for free at YouTube.com/HBO.
Grassley reads Article 1, Section 4, giving state legislatures the authority to determine the details of setting congressional elections.
Grassley appreciates the governing principles enshrined in the founding documents. As he said in his statement anticipating Independence Day, “The Declaration of Independence is perhaps the greatest expression of political freedom ever devised by humankind. It plainly states our liberties come from God, not from the government. What government giveth, it can taketh away. Ratified thirteen years later, the Constitution secures our freedoms, nailing down the principle that the people run the government, not the other way around.”
Grassley was born on Sept. 17, a date commemorated as Constitution Day because the founders signed the U.S. Constitution on that date in 1787.
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