Grassley
Direct
I
spoke
with
Sally
Hart
of
KCII
in
Washington,
Iowa,
on
Tuesday
about
funding
the
government,
DACA,
the
Farm
Bill
and
my
99
county
meetings.
Q&A:
2017
Report
Card
Q.
How
did
your
legislative
work
measure
up
in
the
first
session
of
the
115th
Congress?
Q.
What
other
benchmarks
measure
your
work
representing
Iowans?
Quick
Links
I
joined Neil
Cavuto on
Fox
News
to
talk
about
the
importance
of
passing
the
continuing
resolution
to
avert
a
government
shutdown.
The
Senate
Finance
Committee
voted
to
reauthorize
the Children's
Health
Insurance
Program last
year.
Yet,
the
Senate
still
needs
to
get
something
passed.
CHIP
has
a
long
history
of
bipartisan
support.
This
is
a
time
for
statesmanship,
not
gamesmanship.
Congress
must vote
for
its
prompt
reauthorization.
The
first
responsibility
of
government
is
to
protect
our
citizens.
To
do
so,
we
must
make
sure
that
those
who
protect
us
have
the
tools
to
keep
us
safe.
Reauthorizing the
Foreign
Intelligence
Surveillance
Act
amendments
provides
the
intelligence
community
and
law
enforcement
with
the
tools
it
needs
to
protect
national
security while
providing much
needed
transparency
measures and
increased
privacy
and
civil
liberties
protections.
The
Senate
Judiciary
Committee,
which
I
chair, advanced
17
judges to
the
full
Senate
for
further
consideration. These
confirmations
will
have
an
important
impact
on
our
country,
not
just
for
the
rest
of
this
Congress
or
presidency,
but
for
decades
to
come.
GovTrack.us,
an
independent
organization
that
tracks
federal
legislation
and
information
about
Members
of
Congress,
recently
released
its
annual
“Report
Card,”
a
special
year-end
project
that
reports
the
legislative
statistics
of
Members
of
Congress.
The
report
found
that
I:
- Got
more
bills
out
of
committee
than
any
other
senator;
- Got
“influential”
cosponsors
more
often
than
any
other
senator,
an
indicator
of
legislation’s
likelihood
of
passing;
- Ranked
the
“Top
Leader”
of
all
senators,
demonstrating
the
greatest
ability
to
gain
cosponsors;
- Got
bipartisan
cosponsors
on
more
bills
than
any
other
senator;
- Ranked
second
in
support
of
government
transparency
legislation;
- Introduced
the
second
most
number
of
bills;
- Ranked
among
the
top
senators
in
getting
laws
passed
and
signed
into
law;
- Missed
zero
votes,
receiving
perfect
attendance.
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