{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-completes-45th-annual-99-county-meetings", "Grassley Completes 45th Annual 99 County Meetings", "2025-11-14", "2025", "2025-11", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "KOSSUTH COUNTY, IOWA \u2013 U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday concluded his 45th annual 99 county meetings across Iowa with a tour of Country Maid in West Bend, followed by a question-and-answer session with employees. Earlier in the day, Grassley held meetings in Akron, Sheldon and Rock Rapids. Grassley takes questions on any subject, and Iowans set the agenda.\n\n\u201cRepresentative government is a two-way street. I\u2019m one half of the process, and the people of Iowa are the other. My 99 county meetings allow me to meet with a large cross-section of Iowans from different walks of life, including students, manufacturers, health care providers and more. These meetings guide my policy priorities in Washington, and I appreciate the chance to meet with my constituents face-to-face and hear their concerns. Since I\u2019m not able to meet with over three million Iowans individually, I always encourage people to share their views by writing a letter, sending an email, or calling or stopping by one of my offices,\u201d Grassley said.\n\n\u201cMy leadership to strengthen rural health care, bring transparency to fertilizer pricing and reduce prescription drug costs all stem from my meetings with Iowans,\u201d Grassley continued. \u201cI look forward to hearing from more Iowans at future question-and-answer sessions as I continue serving our state in the U.S. Senate.\u201d\n\nIowans who attended this year\u2019s meetings raised concerns on a variety of issues including pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), the Farm Bill, health care, the 2025 tax law, trade, biofuels, energy, immigration and more. They often shared their support for more transparency and bipartisanship in Washington.\n\nFor a full list of Grassley\u2019s county meetings this year, visit his website. To view his photos and posts from the meetings, search #99CountyMeetings on X and Instagram. Grassley also posts meeting recaps on Facebook.\n\nBackground:\n\nGrassley has been holding his annual county meetings since his election to the U.S. Senate. For the past 45 years, he has held at least one question-and-answer session in each of Iowa\u2019s 99 counties every year. He makes himself available for questions from local media for 15 minutes after each meeting.\n\nGrassley\u2019s 99 county meetings consist of public town halls, meetings with small businesses, factory workers, farmers, schools, health care professionals, community leaders, students and more. Through this process, he hears from a wide range of Iowans, including those who are unable to take time off from work to attend town meetings. Grassley\u2019s tireless efforts to meet Iowans where they work, study and live continues to set the standard for representative government.", 1, "2026-03-30T01:40:41Z", "2026-04-06T19:52:45Z"]], "columns": ["url", "title", "date", "year", "month", "party", "chamber", "state", "member_name", "bioguide_id", "domain", "scraper", "source", "date_source", "text", "has_text", "collected_at", "updated_at"], "primary_keys": ["url"], "primary_key_values": ["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-completes-45th-annual-99-county-meetings"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 0.9037302806973457, "source": "dwillis/congress-press", "source_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://github.com/dwillis/congress-press/blob/main/LICENSE"}