91-year-old Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate and #3 in the presidential order of succession

 

Des Moines Register, 1/3/2025

Now in his 66th year of demonstrating his Iowa boyhood values:

“Additional responsibility won’t change the work ethic I learned as a boy on our Butler County farm. I’ll bring the same Iowa values of hard work, decency and common sense to this role as I have throughout my time in public service. I look forward to continuing to foster civic engagement and upholding the Senate’s reputation as the greatest deliberative body in the world.”

 

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