Sen. Chuck Grassley holding town hall in Fort Madison

Sen. Chuck Grassley holding town hall in Fort Madison

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting on Tuesday, April 15, in Lee County as part of his annual 99 county meetings.

Grassley legislation focuses on meatpacking industry competition

(Washington, D-C; Iowa Capital Dispatch) –  Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley introduced legislation this past Wednesday to increase enforcement of antitrust laws in the meatpacking industry, a step he said would help bring down the price of meat. The Meat and Poultry Special Investigator Act would establish a team of investigators in the U.S. Department of Agriculture, tasked with ensuring compliance with existing federal laws banning anti-competitive p…