Photos: Sen. Chuck Grassley delivers meals, talks inflation in Cedar Rapids visit

Apr. 22, 2022 6:02 pm, Updated: Apr. 22, 2022 7:34 pm

Iowa U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley talked about the impact of inflation on food prices during a Cedar Rapids visit Friday while helping deliver meals through Horizons “Meals on Wheels” program.

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, volunteering Friday with the Meals on Wheels program in Cedar Rapids, hands Shirley Stirlich a hot meal. Stirlich and her daughters talked with Grassley about political issues and thanked him for dropping off a meal. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (left) and Horizons CEO Mike Barnhart drop off a meal Friday at Bud Novak’s house in Cedar Rapids. Grassley visited the nonprofit, which prepares and delivers meals through the Meals on Wheels program, to talk about the impact inflation is having on the program. The Republican senator said appropriation bills in Congress are taking inflation into account and should provide more money for the service. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

U.S. Chuck Grassley knocks on Nancy Kellen’s door in Cedar Rapids on Friday to deliver a meal. The senator volunteered for Horizons Meals on Wheels program. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (left) talks with Wanda Olinyk (right) and her sister, Debra Marks, after dropping off a meal for their mother Friday in Cedar Rapids. Grassley visited Horizons, which delivers hundreds of hot, ready-to-eat meals each weekday to older, homebound adults and people with disabilities through the Meals on Wheels program. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley talks with Horizons CEO Mike Barnhart Friday while getting ready to drop off a meal at a residence in Cedar Rapids. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)

U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley smiles as he talks with Shirley Stirlich on Friday at her home in Cedar Rapids. Grassley joined the Meals on Wheels program to deliver meals to four houses in the Cedar Rapids area. (Savannah Blake/The Gazette)