The last time Congress modernized the tax code, it was 1986.

That’s more than 30 years ago.

In the generation since, the tax code has grown out of control.

It’s been a dream come true for accountants and lobbyists. But it’s a nightmare for most Americans.

This has helped the powerful and the well-connected. But it’s hurt American workers. It’s hurt American industry. And it’s hurt America’s ability to compete with the rest of the world.

WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, which has exclusive Senate jurisdiction over tax policy, made the following comment on the release of the House Ways and Means Committee draft tax reform proposal.

LEED silver certification anticipated for 1.5 million-square-foot Wilmington facility

WILMINGTON (Nov. 7, 2017) — Gov. Bruce Rauner joined area officials at a ribbon cutting today to open a new 1.5 million-square-foot distribution center for General Mills. The facility, located at the rapidly developing RidgePort Logistics Center in Wilmington, could employ up to 150 people when it is fully operational.

WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to the leaders of the Senate Committee on Rules and Administration asking that committee to make sexual harassment training mandatory for all Senate offices.