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Sen. Chuck Grassley
U.S. Senator. Family farmer. Lifetime resident of New Hartford, IA. Also follow @GrassleyPress for news releases.

Grassley’s Year in Review

Sen. Chuck Grassley was sworn in for his seventh term as Iowa’s U.S. senator by then-Vice President Joe Biden on January 3, 2017.
Sen. Grassley met with former Georgia Governor, USDA Secretary nominee Sonny Perdue, on February 8, 2017, to discuss the importance of family farms and Midwestern agriculture.
As chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Grassley led the confirmation process for Justice Neil Gorsuch, who was sworn in by President Trump on April 10, 2017.
Staff members in Sen. Grassley’s Iowa offices help intervene with federal agencies on behalf of Iowans. On June 23, 2017, Sen. Grassley presented Susan Dudley with her late husband’s military medals.
Sen. Grassley completed his 37th annual #99CountyMeetings, held in each of Iowa’s 99 counties every year. Sen. Grassley began his 2017 meetings in Grundy County in January and finished in Boone County in October. Senator Grassley visited Heelan High School in Woodbury County to hold a question-and-answer session on August 31, 2017.
Sen. Grassley greets Iowan Joan Larsen during her confirmation hearing to be a circuit court judge on September 7, 2017. Under Sen. Grassley’s leadership as chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the U.S. Senate confirmed a record-breaking 12 circuit court judges, the most in the first year of a presidency since the creation of the courts in 1891.
When the Senate is in session, Sen. Grassley sets aside at least eight 15-minute meetings every Monday through Thursday to meet with Iowans in Washington, D.C. This year, Sen. Grassley held meetings with more than 950 groups of Iowans visiting the nation’s capital, including the Pickering family from Newton on September 26, 2017.
As chairman and co-founder of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, Sen. Grassley works to improve the lives of those in foster care through legislation and advocacy. Sen. Grassley attended the Angels in Adoption program hosted by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute on September 26, 2017.
Congress passed historic tax relief for Americans on December 20, 2017. Sen. Grassley, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee met on November 9, 2017, with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnunchin and White House Economic Advisor Gary Cohn.