EMILYs List Statement on Chuck Grassley’s Reelection Campaign

For Immediate Release
September 27, 2021

EMILYs List Statement on Chuck Grassley’s Reelection Campaign

WASHINGTON, D.C. – Last week, “On Notice” Sen. Chuck Grassley announced his campaign for reelection. Laphonza Butler, president of EMILYs List, released the following statement in response:

“Throughout his 40-year career in the Senate, Chuck Grassley has chosen to advance his party’s extreme agenda and enrich his special interest donors at the expense of hardworking Iowans. Chuck Grassley’s record reads like a laundry list of bad decisions: He helped pass the law that banned Medicare from negotiating cheaper drug prices, rolled back protections on Wall Street at the expense of Iowa’s workers, voted to deny Iowans urgently needed funds for COVID-19 recovery, and undermined reproductive and women’s rights by voting to defund Planned Parenthood and against equal pay protections. After 40 years of Chuck Grassley’s failures, Iowans have an opportunity to replace him with a new leader who will fight to make Iowa a more prosperous, more just place to live, work, and raise a family.” 

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