Grassley
Direct
On
my
weekly
“Capitol
Hill
Report,”
I
spoke with
Darin
Svenson
of
KDEC
Radio
in
Decorah
and
Kim
Adams
of
the
Denver
Forum
about
Chinese
tariffs
on
the
United
States,
my
trip
to
Asia
as
part
of
a
congressional
delegation,
the
Justice
Department’s
review
of
the
Foreign
Intelligence
Surveillance
Act,
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee’s
upcoming
social
media
hearing
and
border
security.
Q&A:
U.S.-
China
Trade
Relations
Q.
Why
is
China
targeting
U.S.
farm
goods
with
double
digit
tariff
proposals?
Q.
What
led
up
to
the
current
dispute
between
the
two
largest
economies
in
the
world?
Quick
Links
China
imposed
additional
tariffs
on
106 American products
in
retaliation
to
the
Administration’s
tariffs
on
Chinese
products.
The
United
States
should
take
action
to
defend
its
interests
when
any
foreign
nation
isn’t
playing
by
the
rules
or
refuses
to
police
itself.
But
farmers
and
ranchers
shouldn’t
be
expected
to
bear
the
brunt
of
retaliation
for
the
entire
country.
If the
federal
government
takes
action
on
trade
that
directly
results
in
economic
hardship
for
certain
Americans,
it
has
a
responsibility
to
help
those
Americans
and
mitigate
the
damage
it
caused.
I
hosted
a
youth
summit
on
the
federal
judiciary
and
its
impact
on
daily
life
with
high
school
students
and
educators
from
more
than
20
schools
throughout
Northeast
Iowa.
Students
heard
from Judge
Michael
J.
Melloy,
8th
U.S.
Circuit
Court
of
Appeals,
and
Chief
Judge
John
Jarvey,
U.S.
District
Court
for
the
Southern
District
of
Iowa,
and
were
able
to
ask
questions.
I
talked
to
members
of
the
media
about
my
trip
to
China
and
South
Korea
as
part
of
a
congressional
delegation.
I
answered
questions
about
the
impact
of
China’s
tariffs,
China’s
violations
of
intellectual
property
law
and
my
discussions
with
the
former
governor
of
Iowa,
Ambassador
Terry
Branstad.
You
can
listen
to
part
one
of
my
call
here
and
part
two
here.
This
week,
I
announced
that
Senate
Commerce,
Science,
and
Transportation
Committee
Chairman
John
Thune
of
South
Dakota
and
I,
in
my
capacity
as
chairman
of
the
Senate
Judiciary
Committee,
will
convene
a
hearing
to
learn
from
Facebook
Founder
and
CEO
Mark
Zuckerberg
about
how
technology
companies
can
work
with
Congress
to
ensure
consumer
data
privacy
while
still
encouraging
innovation.
Post
of
the
Week
I
held
a
Q&A
with
the
Iowa
Tech
Association
and
NFIB
at
the
Forge
in
Des
Moines
about
the
role
technology
plays
in
driving
the
Iowa
economy.
A
photo
by
@senatorchuckgrassley
on
April
4,
2018.
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