Charles E. Grassley: “I think this hearing comes at a critical time because of Russia's influence on the world's supply of grain.”

I hope Democrats caught up in the otherwise bipartisan text tranche will finally discard their partisanship and recognize the severity of the alleged violations by Smith," Grassley added.

As part of our investigation, we need to fully understand what Verizon knew about Smith’s subpoenas, when they became aware members were impacted and why the company didn’t inform members like they were supposed to.

This was the seventh farm bill I have been involved with since 1992 and the first one that I can recall that we are not doing on a bipartisan basis.

Mr. Salmon, you testified that this nation's fiscal situation is very bad.