Grassley Completes Annual 99 County Meetings for 2015
WASHINGTON– Sen. Chuck Grassley today completed his 35th annual 99 county meetings with a question and answer session (Q&A) with the senior class at Greene County High School in Jefferson.
"Representative government is a two-way street. I'm one half of the process and Iowans are the other half. Open communication between those of us elected and the people we represent is essential to representative government. That's why I hold these meetings every year and encourage Iowans to keep in touch with me. When I hold meetings in Iowa, I like to do a mix of open town meetings along with Q&As with businesses, schools, and service clubs. That way, I can also talk with people who might not otherwise be able to attend a town meeting," Grassley said.
Grassley has held a meeting in each of Iowa's 99 counties every year since he was elected to the U.S. Senate. He kicked off this year's meetings in Butler County with a town meeting in Allison on January 3, 2015.
Topics covered in the meetings included everything from the avian flu to ISIS, Social Security to ethanol, and health care to agriculture policy and federal regulations.
For a complete list of Grassley's county meetings in 2015, visit his website here. To view Grassley's photos and tweets from the meetings, search #99countymeetings on Twitter and Instagram.
Iowans can see if Grassley will be in their area by checking the Grassley events calendar on his website.
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Grassley to Hold Hearing on Historic Sentencing Bill
Witness List
Hearing before the Senate Committee on the Judiciary On
" S. 2123, Sentencing Reform and Corrections Act of 2015"
Monday, October 19, 2015
Hart Senate office Building, Room 216
3:00 p.m.
Panel I
The Honorable Sally Quillian Yates
Deputy Attorney General
United States Department of Justice
Washington, DC
Panel II
The Honorable Michael Mukasey
Former Attorney General
United States Department of Justice
Partner
Debevoise & Plimpton LLP
New York, NY
Mr. Hilary O. Shelton
Washington Bureau Director
Senior Vice President for Policy and Advocacy
NAACP
Washington, DC
The Honorable Brett L. Tolman
Former United States Attorney for the District of Utah
Shareholder
Ray Quinney & Nebeker PC
Salt Lake City, UT
Mr. Steven Cook
President
National Association of Assistant United States Attorneys
Assistant United States Attorney
United States Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Tennessee
Knoxville, TN
Mr. Marc Mauer
Executive Director
The Sentencing Project
Washington, DC
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Judiciary Chairmen: Criminal Immigrants Allowed to Reenter Country Pose 'Serious Problem'
WASHINGTON - Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte are raising new questions about decisions to release immigrants with long rap-sheets who repeatedly reenter the country following deportation.
In a letter today to Homeland Security Secretary Jeh Johnson, the lawmakers are seeking details related to the release of Luis Golberto-Molina, a fugitive who reportedly has nine prior felony and 11 prior misdemeanor charges. Golberto-Molina was arrested while attempting to illegally reenter the country for a fifth time, but was released from custody despite efforts to extradite him to Colorado for a 14-year-old felony warrant.
"This case shows the serious problem of criminal aliens who reenter this country repeatedly. As was the case in Kate Steinle's murder, this fugitive alien reentered the country five times, but was subsequently released," the lawmakers said in their letter to Johnson.
The Senate will soon be voting to take up legislation to target criminal immigrants who have previously been deported and illegally reenter the country. The legislation also seeks to improve cooperation between federal immigration authorities and state and local law enforcement to ensure that people who illegally enter the country and commit serious crimes are brought to justice.
The full text of the Grassley-Goodlatte letter
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