Cedar Rapids Gazette: Using his status as leader of the U.S. Senate Finance Committee to hold a hearing this week on the threats that “foreign thieves” pose to American taxpayer-funded research, Iowa Republican Chuck Grassley highlighted his concerns Monday that China was attempting to target the University of Iowa. In setting the stage for a hearing Wednesday, Grassley distributed an op-ed citing China as the “most prolific” of the foreign actors trying steal intellectual property.