WASHINGTON DC (March 28, 2019) —

Mr President,

In the last week or so, I’ve heard questions about my intent to object to the nomination of William Evanina. These are the same questions I heard last year when I initially placed my hold on Mr Evanina.

This statement will be the fourth time since June 4, 2018, that I’ve publicly expressed my reasons for the hold on the Senate floor. Seems to me no one has been listening to what I’ve been saying.

WASHINGTON DC (March 28, 2019) — On Friday, March 29, US Senator Charles "Chuck" Grassley of Iowa will be in Hamburg, Glenwood, and Malvern for meetings with community leaders, emergency-managers, small business owners, farmers, and other Iowans affected by flooding in the region. The topic of the meetings will be the devastating floods impacting southwest Iowa.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 28, 2019) — The Iowa Utilities Board (IUB) on Monday issued an order approving Alliant Energy's five-year energy efficiency plan with few modifications. The approval of Alliant's plan is the end result of Senate File 2311, legislation passed by the Iowa Legislature in 2018 that severely restricted what the IUB could require utilities to spend on programs to help customers reduce energy usage.

DES MOINES, IOWA (March 27, 2019) — Today, Governor Kim Reynolds signed a proclamation of public-health disaster emergency for the state of Iowa as a result of the widespread flooding and flash-flooding that began March 13, 2019, and continues.

In addition to authorizing the Iowa Department of Public Health to take necessary action to protect the public’s health, the proclamation provides for the mobilization of public-health response teams.