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 Society of Anesthesiologists, the Lung Cancer Alliance, the Alliance for Childhood Cancer, the American College of Emergency Physicians, the American Land Title Association, the American Society of Landscape Architects, the American Bar Association, the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen and the Petroleum Marketers and Convenience Stores of Iowa.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa families visiting Washington, D.C., from Granger, Coralville, Cedar Rapids and West Des Moines.
Senator Grassley was a guest on public affairs programs with Cindy Kohlmann on KDTH radio in Dubuque and Trent Rice on KASI radio in Ames and will be a guest with Doug Wagner on WMT radio in Cedar Rapids, Jim Fisher on WOC radio in Davenport, Fred Hoffman on KCPS radio in Burlington, Jim Turbes on KWBG radio in Boone, Dan and Dan on WOC radio in Davenport and Jeff Stein on KXEL radio in Waterloo.
On Monday, May 16, 2016, at 4:00 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley met with the Council for Affordable Health Coverage to receive a 2015 Affordability Champion Award for his work on the Small Business Healthcare Relief Act.
On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 10:00 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over a Judiciary Committee Hearing on “National Foster Care Month: Supporting Youth in Foster Care and Juvenile Justice Systems.” The hearing will look at the relationship between the foster care and juvenile justice when children are involved in both systems. Lisa Nelson, a Juvenile Court Officer in Woodbury County, will testify at the hearing.
On Tuesday, May 17, 2016, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Finance Committee Hearing on “Integrating the Corporate and Individual Tax Systems: The Dividends Paid Deduction Considered.”
On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Judiciary Committee Hearing on the nominations of Donald Karl Schott to be a United States Circuit Judge for the Seventh Circuit, Paul Lewis Abrams to be a United States District Judge for the Central District of California, Stephanie A. Finley to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Louisiana, Claude J. Kelly III to be a United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Louisiana and Winfield D. Ong to be a United States District Judge for the South District of Indiana.
On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 10:45 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will attend an Eastern Iowa Honor Flight at the WWII Memorial.
On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 3 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Judiciary Subcommittee on Crime and Terrorism Hearing on “Ransomware: Understanding the Threat and Exploring Solutions.”
On Wednesday, May 18, 2016, at 6 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will attend a reception with community and business leaders from Dubuque.
On Thursday, May 19, 2016, at 9 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will meet with community and business leaders from Dubuque.
On Thursday, May 19, 2016, 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. 247, the Expatriate Terrorist Act, S. 356, the Electronic Communications Privacy Act Amendments Act of 2015, the nominations of Ronald G. Russell to be a United States District Judge for the District of Utah, Inga S. Bernstein to be a United States District Judge for the District of Massachusetts, Stephanie A. Gallagher to be a United States District Judge for the District of Maryland, Suzanne Mitchell to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma and Scott L. Palk to be a United States District Judge for the Western District of Oklahoma.
On Thursday, May 19, 2016, at 10:15 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in an Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee Hearing on “Farm Credit Systems: Oversight and Outlook of the Current Economic Climate.”
On Thursday, May 19, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration Hearing on “Declining Deportations and Increasing Criminal Alien Releases: The Lawless Immigration Policies of the Obama Administration.” Earlier this month, Senator Grassley sent a letter to Sarah R. Saldaña, Assistant Secretary of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement, regarding the Obama Administration’s release of thousands of criminal immigrants amidst a dramatic drop in deportation rates despite additional funding for immigration enforcement.
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