{"database": "press", "table": "releases", "rows": [["https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases/grassley-completes-46th-annual-99-county-meetings", "Grassley Completes 46th Annual 99 County Meetings", "2026-08-28", "2026", "2026-08", "Republican", "Senate", "IA", "Chuck Grassley", "G000386", "www.grassley.senate.gov", "grassley", "https://www.grassley.senate.gov/news/news-releases", "scraper", "LINN COUNTY, IOWA \u2013 U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) concluded his 46th annual 99 county meetings across Iowa with a question-and-answer session with employees at Sub-Zero in Cedar Rapids. Earlier in the day, Grassley held a meeting with factory workers in Monticello. Grassley takes questions on any subject, and Iowans set the agenda.\n\n\u201cMeeting with Iowans face-to-face gives me the chance to meet with a cross section of people, which informs my work in Washington. Representative government is a two-way street, and having dialogue with constituents is what guides my policy priorities. Even though I\u2019d like to, I can\u2019t meet face-to-face with all three million Iowans. So, I always encourage people to get in touch with me by writing a letter, sending an email, or by calling or stopping by one of my offices,\u201d Grassley said.\n\n\u201cMy work to reach across the aisle in Washington, pass a five-year Farm Bill, make life more affordable for families and promote transparency and accountability in government are based on input I hear from my constituents in Iowa,\u201d Grassley continued. \u201cI look forward to many more question-and-answer sessions yet this year.\u201d\n\nIowans who attended this year\u2019s meetings raised comments on a variety of issues including pharmaceutical benefit managers, Social Security, foreign policy, election integrity, rural healthcare and the Farm Bill. They also shared support for bipartisanship in Washington, year-round E15 and the Working Families Tax Cuts Act.\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 held his annual county meetings since 1981, when he was first elected to the U.S. Senate. For the past 46 years, he has held at least one question-and-answer session in each of Iowa\u2019s 99 counties every year and invites local media to attend his meetings and ask questions.\n\nGrassley\u2019s 99 county meetings consist of town halls, meetings with small businesses, farmers, students, healthcare professionals, factory workers, service clubs 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 his town meetings. Grassley\u2019s tireless efforts to meet Iowans where they work, study and live continues to set the standard for representative government.", 1, "2026-08-29T11:31:28Z", "2026-08-29T11:32:37Z"]], "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-46th-annual-99-county-meetings"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 1.560460776090622, "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"}