Grassley
Direct
I
spoke
with
Doug
Wagner
of
WMT
in
Cedar
Rapids
about
crop
insurance,
legislative
priorities
and
leadership
in
the
Senate.
Q&A:
Census
of
Agriculture
Q. What
is
the
USDA’s
Census
of
Agriculture?
Q.
What
kind
of
information
is
collected?
Quick
Links
I
announced
plans
to
convene
a
youth
summit on
Friday,
April
6,
in
Cedar
Rapids
to
focus
on
the
federal
judiciary
and
its
impact
on
daily
life.
The half-day
symposium
will
feature
federal
district
and
circuit
court
judges,
invited
members
of
the
Iowa
legal
community,
area
high
school
students
and
educators
selected
by
their
respective
schools.
One
hundred
and
five
schools
districts
have
been
invited
to
participate.
In
2016,
I
sent
a
letter
to
the Department
of
Defense requesting
a top-to-bottom audit
of the
agency’s
Task
Force
for
Business
and
Stability
Operations. The
audit,
released
this
week,
found that of
more
than
$675
million
allocated to
the
Task
Force
for
rebuilding, less
than
half
was
spent
‘directly
on
projects’
in
Afghanistan.
The
department
must
put
an
end
to
this
indefensible
waste
and
abuse
of
the
public
trust.
A
bipartisan
group
of
my
colleagues
and
I
participated
in
a
discussion
about
the
future
of
DACA
and
immigration
policy
As
the
Administration
continues
to
renegotiate
NAFTA,
I
expect
President
Trump
to
keep
the
pledge
he
made
to
make
trade
deals
that
don’t
harm
agriculture.
Every
third
row
of
soybeans
grown
in
Iowa
is
exported.
More
than
a
quarter
of
tractors
made
by
John
Deere
are
sold
in
foreign
markets.
The
livelihood
of
farmers
across
the
nation
depends
on
access
to
markets
abroad,
and
I’m
working
to
make
sure
the
value
of
exports
to
farmers
in
Iowa
and
throughout
the
nation
is
well
understood
as
NAFTA
is
renegotiated.
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