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 Iowa Automobile Dealers Association, Easter Seals, the Greater Des Moines Partnership, the Iowa ALS Association, the Iowa Association of REALTORS, the National Postal Mail Handlers Union, the National Community Pharmacists Association, the Financial Services Institute, the Family Medicine Congressional Conference, the Iowa State Police Association, the Iowa Petroleum Marketers Association, and University of Iowa professors of medicine.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa families from Altoona, West Des Moines, Grimes, Bettendorf, Cedar Falls, and Marion.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa students from Simpson College.
Senator Grassley will be a guest on public affairs programs hosted by Cindy Kohlmann on KDTH in Dubuque, Theresa Rose on KILJ in Mt. Pleasant, Sally Hart on KCII in Washington, Bob Leonard on KNIA/KRLS in Pella/Knoxville, and Trent Rice on KASI in Ames.
On Tuesday, May 12, at 3:30 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will meet with the National Taxpayer Advocate Nina Olson regarding tax reform.
On Wednesday, May 13, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over a Judiciary Committee hearing on “Protecting the Constitutional Right to Counsel for Indigents Charged with Misdemeanors.” The Honorable Mark S. Cady, Chief Justice of the Iowa Supreme Court will testify. The sixth amendment calls for any defendant charged with a misdemeanor and faces a possible jail sentence to have a lawyer appointed to represent them if they can’t afford one on their own. It appears that states and localities regularly fail to comply with this requirement, and as a result potentially innocent individuals plead guilty to crimes. The hearing will explore the problem in greater detail and look at potential solutions.
On Thursday, May 14, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over the weekly executive business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee.
On Thursday, May 14, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in an Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee hearing on “Regulatory Issues Impacting End-Users and Market Liquidity.”
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