WASHINGTON DC (March 28, 2019) — Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri are experiencing historic flooding. In Iowa, two-thirds of our 99 counties have been impacted. The State of Iowa estimated damages across our state to be $1-and-six-tenths billion dollars. The damages estimated for agriculture is $214 million dollars. Damages to homes is $481 million dollars. Levee repair estimates are $525 million dollars. That is just the beginning. Those numbers are likely to rise.

WASHINGTON DC (March 28, 2019) — Senators Mike Lee (R-UT) and Cory Booker (D-NJ), joined by Sens Rand Paul (R-KY) and Elizabeth Warren (D-MA), re-introduced the Opportunities for Fairness in Farming (OFF) Act to create a system of financial controls and transparency to reform USDA’s agricultural checkoff programs.

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.