Flooding
in
Eastern
Iowa
The
governor’s
office
is
working
with
counties
and
cities
on
flood
preparation,
mitigation
and
response
in
Eastern
Iowa. Federal
agencies
including
the
Army
Corps
of
Engineers,
the
Federal
Emergency
Management
Agency,
and
the
National
Weather
Service
are
involved. As
I
have
before,
I'm
ready
to
help
the
state
and
communities
with
whatever
they
need
from
the
federal
government,
whether
it's
disaster
assistance
or
making
sure
farmers
have
their
federal
crop
insurance
needs
fulfilled.
Please
click
here
for
helpful
links.
Grassley
Direct
I
spoke
with
Nikki
Thunder
of
KCHE
Radio
and
Michael
Hohenbrink
of
the
Calmar
Courier
about
the
steps
being
taken
after
last
weekend's
events
in
New
York,
New
Jersey
and
Minnesota,
flooding
in
northeastern
Iowa,
mental
health
care,
individuals
who
received
deportation
orders
but
were
mistakenly
granted
citizenship
and
the
future
of
energy
growth
in
Iowa.
Q&A:
Ag
Mergers
Q.
Why
did
you
call
a
congressional
hearing
to
examine
ag
mergers?
Q.
What
did
you
learn
from
the
witness
testimony?
Quick
Links
A
recent
Homeland
Security
Inspector
General
report
found
that
at
least
858
individuals
were
granted
citizenship
after
receiving
deportation
orders--many
from
countries
with
ties
to
terrorism.
I
led
a
group
of
Judiciary
Committee
members
in
writing
a
letter
to
Secretary
of
the
Department
of
Homeland
Security
Jeh
Johnson
and
Attorney
General
Loretta
Lynch
seeking
answers
on
how
this
happened
and
what
steps
are
being
taken
to
prevent
this
fraud
and
failure
in
the
future.
I
also
asked
Secretary
Johnson
to
explain
why
some
Department
of
Homeland
Security
employees
are
being
encouraged
to
work
overtime
to
process
as
many
applications
for
citizenship
as
possible
“due
to
the
election
year.”
Senator
Ron
Johnson
of
Wisconsin
and
I
raised
concerns
about
potential
political
motivations
and
that
the
rush
would
likely
lead
to
cutting
corners
during
the
background
check
process,
as
has
been
the
case
in
the
past.
Two
weeks
ago,
a
colleague
and
I
called
on
Senate
leadership
to
either
reform
the
deeply
flawed
EB-5
Foreign
Investor
Visa
program
or
let
it
expire.
Back
in
2010
an
interagency
working
group
recommended
discontinuing
parts
of
the
program,
but
its
recommendations
never
made
it
to
Congress. Congressman
Chaffetz
and
I
sent
a letter
to
U.S.
Citizenship
and
Immigration
Services
seeking
any
records
relating
to
this
working
group.
I
also
took
to
the
Senate
floor
to
press
my
case
to
reform
or
end
the
program.
I
previously
warned
of
the
danger
of
allowing
agencies
to
improperly
use
the
Office
of
Senate
Security
to
keep
information
secret
even
when
it
is
unclassified. That
is
exactly
what
is
happening. I
spoke
on
the
Senate
floor
to
bring
attention
to
the
agencies'
hiding
documents
related
to
the
Iran
ransom
payment
and
about
why
we
need
to
take
our
oversight
responsibility
more
seriously.
My
regional
director
for
the
Council
Bluffs
area
will
be
holding
open office
hours
across
southeastern
Iowa
and
will
be
available
to
take
questions,
comments
and
concerns
about
federal
issues
from
Iowans.
Post
of
the
Week
Brad
Gentz
from
Mason
City
received
the
Humanitarian
Award
as
an
extraordinary
letter
carrier
from
Iowa
A
photo
posted
by
@senatorchuckgrassley
on
September
21,
2016
Read
about
why
Brad
won
the
Humanitarian
Award
here
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