WASHINGTON DC (November 14, 2019) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley on obstacles farmers face:

A five-year decline in farm income, retaliatory tariffs on US ag-commodities, disrupted renewable biofuel policies, devastating natural disasters, and now shortages of LP gas needed to dry harvested grain add to the growing burdens weighing heavily on the minds of farmers.

WASHINGTON DC (November 14, 2019) — A group of senators, led by Charles "Chuck" Grassley (R-IA), introduced legislation to ensure the proper use of resources designated for investigating abuses of Olympic and amateur athletes. The Stopping Abuse from Entering Sports, Promoting Oversight, Responsibility and Transparency (SAFESPORT) Act is cosponsored by Sens Joni Ernst (R-IA), Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), Dan Sullivan (R-AK), Lisa Murkowski (R-AK), and David Perdue (R-GA).

WASHINGTON DC (November 14, 2019) — United States Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement on China’s decision to lift its ban on poultry imports from the United States:

BATON ROUGE, LOUISIANA (November 14, 2019) — Madison Harbour of Davenport, Iowa, was recently initiated into The Honor Society of Phi Kappa Phi, the nation's oldest and most selective all-discipline collegiate honor society. Harbour was initiated at University of Wisconsin-Platteville.