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Chuck Grassley's Public Statements on Issue: Food Processing and Sales

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06/22/2022 Bipartisan Meat Packing Special Investigator Act Passes Senate Agriculture Committee
05/17/2022 Grassley Joins Effort To Get Baby Formula Back On Grocery Store Shelves
05/10/2022 Letter to Robert Califf, Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration - As Dangerous Baby Formula Shortage Worsens, Grassley Demands Timely Answers From FDA On Actions Being Taken To Avert Crisis
10/19/2021 Warren & Grassley: FDA Just Cleared Major Regulatory Hurdle for OTC Hearing Aids
09/08/2021 Grassley Applauds Announcement On Ag Relief; Meat Processing Competition, Transparency Crackdown
08/27/2021 Q&A: Saving Bacon & Eggs
07/28/2021 Grassley Questions Witnesses, Calls Out Large Meatpackers On Unfair Practices At Judiciary Committee Hearing
07/09/2021 Grassley Commends USDA On Action To Address Anticompetitive Practices In The Livestock Industry
06/24/2021 Letter to the Hon. Tom Vilsack, Secretary of Agriculture - Grassley, Colleagues Send Letter To USDA, DOJ On Harmful Court Ruling To Hog Farmers
06/24/2021 Letter to the Hon. Elizabeth Prelogar, Acting Solicitor General - Grassley, Colleagues Send Letter To USDA, DOJ On Harmful Court Ruling To Hog Farmers
06/23/2021 ICYMI: Grassley Questions Witnesses At Senate Ag Hearing On Cattle Market Transparency
06/11/2021 Grassley, Tester, Rounds Unveil Bill To Combat Anti-Competitive Practices In Meat Processing Industry That Threaten Nation's Food Supply
06/01/2021 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Herrell Has Beef with Meatpacking Monopoly
05/17/2021 Letter to the Hon. Merrick Garland, Attorney General - Grassley Joins Colleagues In Urging Department Of Justice To Continue Investigation Into Beef Industry
03/24/2021 Statements on Introduced Bills and Joint Resolution
03/24/2021 Grassley, Colleagues Introduce Bipartisan Bill To Increase Transparency In Cattle Market
07/02/2020 Inhofe, Grassley, Ernst, Tillis, Burr Introduce Bill to Support Livestock and Poultry Producers affected by COVID-19
06/29/2020 USA Today - Tester and Grassley: Threat of meat shortages is growing. Senate needs to act now
06/18/2020 Tweet - "Gov Reynolds using CARES Act $$$ to help w Beef Up Iowa which connects beef producers w food insecure Iowans Gr8 way to help by purchasing cattle from local producers who lost processing options then donates the IA beef 2 food banks FFA/4-H/ISU Meat Lab students also helping"
06/15/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of the United States Department of Agriculture - Iowa Leaders Call for Support for State's Turkey Producers
06/09/2020 Letter to the Hon. Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture - Grassley Calls on USDA to Release Report on Tyson's Holcomb Facility Investigation, Protect Independent Cattle Producers
06/05/2020 Tweet - "Glad DOJs listening after I called for AG 2 investigate meat packers potential antitrust law violations DOJ demanding info from Tyson/JBS/Natl Beef/Cargill- 4 who dominate market Impt step 2 protect our independent producers/consumers its past time 2let sunshine in on big packers"
06/02/2020 Letter to the Hon. Secretary Sonny Perdue U.S. Department of Agriculture - Ernst, Iowa Leaders Call on USDA to Provide Assistance for Egg Producers
04/28/2020 Tweet - "Pres @realDonaldTrump is right 2use authority 2 keep open meat processing plants Its critical infrastructure 4 country's food supply chain As saying goes society is 9 meals away from food riots Fed govt shld help w PPE&testing/plants need 2follow CDC&OSHA guidance 2protect wrkers"
04/19/2020 Tweet - "Appreciate VP Pence ph call w me abt current situation w meat packing plants in IA + Iowa's need for serology tests/addtl personal protective equipment for health care providers&workers /USDA farmer payments going out ASAP/ standing by biofuels/Grassley-Wyden Rx drug bill etc"

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