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 Central Iowa Shelter and Services, the Missouri River Energy Services, the Renewable Fuels Association, the Iowa Farm Bureau, the Iowa Turkey Federation, Moms Clean Air Force, the Iowa Soybean Association and the School Administrators of Iowa.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa students visiting Washington, D.C., from Iowa City West High School and the East Sac FFA chapter.
Senator Grassley will meet with Iowa families visiting Washington, D.C., from Lytton, Slater, Waterloo, Story City, Dallas Center, Sioux City, Altoona, Cedar Rapids, Sumner, Des Moines, Ames, Grundy Center, Leland, Grimes, North Liberty and Cedar Falls.
Senator Grassley was a guest on public affairs programs with Cindy Kohlmann on KDTH radio in Dubuque, Trent Rice on KASI radio in Ames and Bob Leonard on KNIA/KRLS radio in Knoxville/Pella. Senator Grassley will be a guest on public affairs programs with Theresa Rose on KILJ radio in Mt. Pleasant, Jim Fisher on WOC radio in Davenport, Greg Haubrich on WGEM radio in Quincy, Doug Wagner on WMT radio in Cedar Rapids, Jim Turbes on KWBG radio in Boone and Charlie Stone on KSJC radio in Sioux City.
On Monday, July 11, 2016, at 7:55 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will host a Telephone Town Hall meeting with Iowans in south Iowa. Telephone Town Hall meetings provide Senator Grassley with another means to communicate with constituents beyond his annual 99 county meetings, and his commitment to answer every phone call, email and letter from Iowans.
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over a Judiciary Committee Hearing on “FOIA at Fifty: Has the Sunshine Law’s Promise Been Fulfilled?” Since becoming Chairman, Grassley has led Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) reform legislation through the Judiciary Committee and the Senate. The bill, which was signed into law on June 30, requires the federal government to adopt a presumption of openness when responding to FOIA requests.
On Tuesday, July 12, 2016, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Finance Committee Hearing on “Examining the Stark Law: Current Issues & Opportunities.”
On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will preside over a Judiciary Committee Hearing on the nominations of Lucy Haeran Koh, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Ninth Circuit, Florence Y. Pan, to be United States District Judge for the District of Columbia, and Danny C. Reeves, to be a Member of the United States Sentencing Commission.
On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at 10 a.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Finance Committee Hearing on “Medicare Access and CHIP Reauthorization Act of 2015: Ensuring Successful Implementation of Physician Payment Reforms.”
On Wednesday, July 13, 2016, at 2:30 p.m. (ET), Senator Grassley will participate in a Finance Subcommittee on Healthcare Hearing on “Alzheimer’s Disease: The struggle for Families, a Looming Crisis for Medicare.”
On Thursday, July 14, 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, and the nominations of Jennifer Klemetsrud Puhl, to be United States Circuit Judge for the Eighth Circuit, Donald C. Coggins, Jr., to be United States District Judge for the District of South Carolina, and David C. Nye, to be United States District Judge for the District of Idaho.
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