Here is information about Senator Grassley’s schedule this week. The Senate is in session.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowans in Washington, D.C., from the Enlisted Association of the National Guard of Iowa, the National Association of Foster Grandparent Program Directors, the Iowa State Approving Agency, Southeastern Community College officials and trustees, the Iowa Rural Water Association, the Omaha-Council Bluffs Metropolitan Area Planning Agency, Close Up students from South O’Brien High School in Paullina, the Iowa Association of Community College Trustees, the Council of Insurance Agents and Brokers, the University of Iowa College of Engineering, AcademyHealth, Habitat for Humanity, the Association of Magazine Media, the Iowa State Education Association, University of Northern Iowa President William Ruud, and Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate.
Senator Grassley will meet with an Iowa family from Cedar Rapids.
On Tuesday, February 10, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Finance Committee hearing on “Getting to Yes on Tax Reform: What Lessons Can Congress Learn from the Tax Reform Act of 1986.”
On Wednesday, February 11, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Budget Committee hearing on “The Looming Crisis: Social Security Disability Trust Fund Solvency.”
On Wednesday, February 11, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Finance Committee mark up meeting considering the following original bills: An Original Bill Relating to Access and Administration of the U.S. Tax Court; An Original Bill to Remove Alcohol Bonding Requirements for Certain Taxpayers; An Original Bill Relating to Modifications to Alternative Tax for Certain Small Insurance Companies (Grassley-sponsored); An Original Bill to Modify the Excise Tax on Cider; An Original Bill to Truncate the Collection Period for Taxpayers Hospitalized for Combat Zone Injuries; An Original Bill to Provide Special Rules Concerning Charitable Contributions to, and Public Charity Status of, Agricultural Research Organizations; An Original Bill to Provide an Exception to the Private Foundation Excess Business Holdings Rules for Certain Philanthropic Business Holdings; An Original Bill to Clarify a Special Rule for Certain Governmental Plans; An Original Bill to Modify the Treatment of Income Received under Student Work-Learning-Service Programs; An Original Bill for a Waste-Heat-to-Power Investment Tax Credit; An Original Bill to Allow Enrolled Agents who Meet Certain Requirements to use Specified Designations; An Original Bill Relating to Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs), Regulated Investment Companies (RICs) and the Foreign Investment in Real Property Tax Act (FIRPTA); An Original Bill to Exclude from Gross Income Certain Compensation Received by Public Safety Officers and their Dependents; An Original Bill to Convert the Tax on Liquefied Natural Gas and Liquefied Petroleum Gas to an Energy Equivalent Basis; An Original Bill to Require the Internal Revenue Service to Notify Exempt Organizations before Revoking Exempt Status for Failing to File Information Returns; An Original Bill to Exclude from Gross Income Certain Clean Coal Power Grants; An Original Bill to Create a Military Spouse Job Continuity Credit.
On Wednesday, February 11, at 6:30 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will attend a reception held by Tracy’s Kids, which helps children with cancer and their families cope with the emotional stress and trauma of cancer and treatment. More information can be found here. Grassley’s wife, Barbara, was honored by Tracy’s Kids in 2012, receiving the Courage Award.
On Thursday, February 12, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over the weekly executive business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
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