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 University of Iowa College of Dentistry, the National Society of Accountants and the University of Iowa Student Government.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa families from Fredericksburg, Bettendorf, Lisbon, West Des Moines, Iowa City, Council Bluffs, LaPorte City, Carlisle, Le Mars, Toledo, Waterloo, Ames, Reinbeck, North Liberty, Clarksville, Marion, Waverly, Stockton, Urbandale, Williamsburg, Montezuma, Cedar Rapids and Mason City.
Senator Grassley was a guest on public affairs programs hosted by Cindy Kohlmann on KDTH in Dubuque and Bob Leonard on KNIA/KRLS in Knoxville/Pella and will be a guest on public affairs programs hosted by Doug Wagner on WMT in Cedar Rapids and Greg Haubrich on WGEM in Quincy.
On Tuesday, August 4, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Finance Committee hearing on “A Way Back Home: Preserving Families and Reducing the Need for Foster Care.” Senator Grassley is the founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth.
On Wednesday, August 5, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over a Judiciary Committee hearing, “‘All’ Means ‘All’: The Justice Department’s Failure to Comply with its Legal Obligation to Ensure Inspector General Access to all Records Needed for Independent Oversight.” Inspector General Michael Horowitz will testify. Grassley has led a bipartisan, bicameral effort expressing concern with a recent opinion from the Office of Legal Counsel that allows the Justice Department to deny access to records sought by the Inspector General.
On Wednesday, August 5, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in an executive session of the Finance Committee to consider the nominations of Marisa Lago of New York to be a Deputy United States Trade Representative and W. Thomas Reeder, Jr. of Virginia to be Director of the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation.
On Thursday, August 6, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over the weekly executive business meeting of the Senate Judiciary Committee. The committee may consider S. 1814, the Stop Sanctuary Cities Act, sponsored by Senators David Vitter and Jeff Flake and S. 32, the Transnational Drug Trafficking Act of 2015, sponsored by Senators Grassley, Dianne Feinstein, Chuck Schumer, John Cornyn, Amy Klobuchar and Richard Blumenthal.
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