Grassley
Direct
December's
"Grassley
Direct"
revisits
the
biggest
highlights
of
2017:
passing
historic tax
reform
to
put
more
money
back
in
Iowans'
pockets,
completing
the
37th
year
of
my
annual
99
county
meetings
and
confirming constitutionalist
judges such
as
Supreme
Court
Justice
Neil
Gorsuch.
Q&A:
Year
in
Review
Q.
What
was
the
most
significant
achievement
of
the
U.S.
Senate
in
2017?
Q. What
was
the
signature
legislative
achievement
for
Congress
in
2017?
Quick
Links
Over
the
course
of
this
year:
- I
held
meetings
with
nearly
950
groups
of
Iowans
visiting
the
nation’s
capital.
- I
completed
my
37th
year
of
holding
county
meeting
question-and-answer
sessions
in
each
of
Iowa's
99
counties
at
least
once.
- The
Senate
Judiciary
Committee,
which
I
chair,
confirmed 19
federal
judges
to
lifetime
appointments.
Among
them
are
Supreme
Court
Justice
Neil
Gorsuch
and
12
appellate
court
judges,
the
most
ever
confirmed
in
the
first
year
of
a
presidency.
Four
of
my
bipartisan
measures
became
law
this
year.
More
Highlights
of
2017
Take
a
look
back
at
some
of
the
highlights
from
my
Instagram
in
2017
here.
Read
more
about
my
work
for
Iowans
in
2017
here.
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