Q&A: 99 County Tour, 44 Years
August 23, 2024
August 23, 2024
WASHINGTON, Aug. 23 -- Sen. Charles E. Grassley, R-Iowa, issued the following news release:
Q: What made you start doing your annual 99 county meetings?
A: People often ask why I started my tradition of holding a meeting with Iowans in every county, every year. When I was first elected to the U.S. Senate, I remember overhearing a remark made by patrons at a local restaurant that it "must be an election year" if so-and-so was in town, concluding politicians onl . . .
Q: What made you start doing your annual 99 county meetings?
A: People often ask why I started my tradition of holding a meeting with Iowans in every county, every year. When I was first elected to the U.S. Senate, I remember overhearing a remark made by patrons at a local restaurant that it "must be an election year" if so-and-so was in town, concluding politicians onl . . .