When
COVID-19 sent the world into a global public health emergency, fall-out from
the pandemic turned daily life upside down. Many people lost their jobs through
no fault of their own, creating financial hardship for families to put food on
the table and pay their bills. On top of that, school closures and isolation
protocols in nursing homes added more...
By Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaThe Quad City Times This year, the Children’s Bureau’s National Foster Care Month initiative is focused on bringing to light ways that organizations can authentically engage youth in decision-making about their own future. When I first founded the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth in 2009 with then-Senator Landrieu, one of the...
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recent Register editorial backed President Joe Biden’s plan
to throw an additional $80 billion in taxpayer money back at the IRS to recoup
unpaid taxes. These pages said I “should be leading the charge to ensure tax
scofflaws are pursued.” The Register failed to recognize that I’ve been leading
this charge for years. As a
taxpayer...
America’s application of jurisprudence – our court and trial system – was arguably on trial this month for all the world to see from the Hennepin County Courthouse in America’s heartland. Former police officer Derek Chauvin’s televised murder trial pulled back the curtain for anyone to watch our justice system at work during one of the most tumultuous times...
Op-Ed: Packing the court strikes out independent judiciaryBy Sen. Chuck GrassleyWashington Examiner Former President Franklin Delano Roosevelt used his bully pulpit to try to pack the Supreme Court. He struck out, and in the 1938 midterm elections, his party lost 72 seats in the House of Representatives and seven seats in the Senate. As they say, history...
A recent misleading Register editorial praised the
Senate’s approval of additional coronavirus aid, and claimed that we opposed a
litany of coronavirus policies included in the package. The
board argued that because a $1.9 trillion spending bill, filled with unrelated
and wasteful provisions, passed on a party-line basis, we turned our backs...
For nearly 12 months and counting, COVID-19 has disrupted lives and livelihoods across America and the entire world. Here in Iowa, the breadbasket to the world, hardworking Iowans continue to do what we do best: get food from farm to fork, from one generation to the next. As I continue my annual 99 county meetings, I’ve witnessed that no matter the setting...
For generations, school kids went to bed dreaming about the possibility of a snow day. No one would have imagined today’s scenario. When winter storms blanketed the Midwest and moved to the East Coast, the bedtime prayers for millions of students asked higher powers that be to let them return to the classroom. When the coronavirus pandemic first reached our...
Don’t Exploit Pandemic to Enact Liberal Laundry ListBy U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa In my final hearing chairing the Senate Finance Committee, President Joe Biden’s nominee to serve as the 78th U.S Treasury secretary told lawmakers we must “act big” to restore the economy capsized by COVID-19. At her confirmation hearing held the day...
by Sen. Chuck Grassley
Quad-Cities Times & The Courier
As Iowa turned the page on a year brimming with hardship,
from a deadly pandemic and economic fallout, to civic unrest, a derecho and
divisive presidential election, the New Year got off on the wrong foot.
Forty-six years ago this month, I swore an oath to the
Constitution as a newly elected...
2020 gave us silver linings and lessons to be learnedBy Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa It’s been a rough year. We started 2020 with all eyes on Iowa for the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest. The Iowa caucuses took place under the cloud of a presidential impeachment. That surreal moment in history was eclipsed by a deadly virus that...
End the Taxpayer Giveaway to Big Oil and GasCongress should raise the royalty rates on federal lands.By Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Tom Udall of New Mexico One hundred years ago, Congress passed the Mineral Leasing Act of 1920, setting up a system in which companies lease public lands to wrest valuable oil and gas from the ground. In the century...
Clear Out Unused Medicines on National Take-Back DayBy U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst Do you have unused medication from last year’s harvest prescribed to treat back pain still in the medicine cabinet? Or, perhaps diabetic test strips piling up or pain pills prescribed months ago for your teen’s wisdom teeth...
Don’t Let COVID-19 Delay Breast Health ScreeningsBy Barbara Grassley So many life events and celebrations, from graduations to birthdays and weddings have been impacted by the pandemic. Earlier this year, when schools shut down and entire sectors of the economy closed to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, it also put the brakes on...
Lessons in Political Leadership from 9/11By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa This week, we observe the 19th anniversary of 9/11. We honor the memory of three thousand souls whose lives were stolen for the sole purpose of inflicting terror upon 300 million Americans. We grieve with their loved ones left behind and salute first responders who selflessly put...
ICYMI: For 40 years and counting, I've visited every county, every yearHolding in-person meetings provides a reality check on what really matters in people’s lives.By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa From flat tires and empty gas tanks, to icy roads, speeding tickets, and yes, deer in the headlights, I’ve enjoyed every minute of every...
ICYMI: Historic derecho tests pandemic-weary IowansBy Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa In my years of farming and representing Iowans throughout the past half-century, I’ve never seen such widespread, catastrophic damage in our state. Uprooted and stripped century-old trees, mile after square mile of flattened cornfields and mangled grain bins from one...
ICYMI: Health care price transparency bill can reduce costs and boost national economic recoveryBy Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Mike Braun of Indiana The COVID-19 pandemic and its associated economic fallout have exposed America's broken health care system once again. Countless patients are returning home from the hospital with no knowledge of...
Coronavirus pandemic has accelerated need to cut drug pricesPartisan obstructionists who would rather seize political advantage than enact bipartisan drug pricing reform are bottom feeders of the swamp.By Sens. Chuck Grassley and Martha McSally Partisan obstructionists who would rather seize political advantage than enact bipartisan drug pricing reform...
ICYMI: History Gives Us Hindsight in 2020By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa As we approach Independence Day, let’s remember why we celebrate and defend our blessings of freedom, liberty and justice for all. In these uncertain times, America’s promise is more important than ever. There’s a saying among the faithful that God won’t...
