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U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) listens to questions from students at Marshalltown High School on Wednesday. Due to the pandemic, only a small number of students were in attendance in the library where the Q&A was held and everyone wore face masks.
Accompanied by Capitol Police, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) spoke with students at Marshalltown High School on Wednesday.
Exactly one week prior, Grassley was in the U.S. Senate Chamber, working on certifying the results of the November 2020 election of President-elect Joe Biden. At about 2:15 p.m., Grassley was led out of the room by security guards, as he is the president pro tempore, which means he is third in the line of succession to become President of the United States. He did not know what was going on, or that one hour before at 1:15 p.m., rioters had broken into the U.S. House of Representatives Chamber. Once Grassley was in a secure location, ahead of the