WASHINGTON DC (March 4, 2020) — Prepared floor remarks by Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley:

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For Iowa History Month, I want to recognize the role Iowa’s veterans have played in our history.

For instance, in the Civil War, Iowa sent over 75,000 soldiers to fight for the Union, the most per capita of any state.

Iowa has kept that tradition of service, and I often have the pleasure of meeting our veterans.

JOHNSTON, IOWA (March 4, 2020) — Iowa PBS will once again broadcast the Terrace Hill Piano Competition. Airing Friday, March 20 at 8:30PM, the broadcast features performances from the competition's four senior division finalists — John Flannery, Washington; Ashley Xu, Ames; Joya Schreurs, Sheldon; and Tylar Meister, Mitchellville. It also includes performances from the two junior division finalists — Ian Lewis, Cedar Falls, and Ana Yam, Ames.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 4, 2020) — Governor Kim Reynolds and Lieutenant Governor Adam Gregg  released a public schedule update for the week of Monday, March 2, 2020-Sunday, March 8, 2020.

The following events are open to credentialed members of the media:

Friday, March 6, 2020

Gov Reynolds, Lt Gov Gregg hold Invest in Iowa Town Hall

C G Therkildsen Activity Center

706 Victoria St

Harlan, IA

12PM

On March 3, US president Donald Trump spoke (via telephone) with Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, chief of the Taliban's Doha diplomatic office and signer, on behalf of his organization, of the recently-concluded Afghanistan "peace deal." "The direct contact between an American president and a top Taliban leader would once have been unthinkable," writes Michael Crowley at the New York Times.