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...
Democrats walked away from negotiations, and too many Republicans are sitting on their hands.By Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance Committee Many issues that were top of mind only a few months ago have been sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic, its economic fallout, and social unrest related to police brutality and racial inequality....
ICYMI: Threat of meat shortages is growing. Senate needs to act now.American farmers and ranchers are facing a grave crisis, and it could hurt every family who buys meat at a grocery store.By Sens. Chuck Grassley and Jon Tester As two farmers from rural America who moonlight as U.S. senators, we know that many folks who live in urban centers may be...
ICYMI: A History Lesson for Newly Minted Watchdog WarriorsBy Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa in the Washington Post In 2008, Congress unanimously approved the Inspector General Reform Act to promote political independence of agency watchdogs and discourage outside interference with their duty to combat fraud, waste, abuse and misconduct. This law followed a...
WTO Needs Reform to Be the World’s Nimble Trade RefereeIt’s in American interests to lead the way to a fairer playing field.By Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance Committee Pursuing and promoting global economic freedom is an integral part of the American story. And the World Trade Organization is an important chapter in it....
Our way of life depends on affordable, 21st century curesBy Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Mike Braun of Indiana When it comes to treatments and lifesaving cures, the U.S. healthcare system is second to none. This is why, when a loved one receives a cancer diagnosis, or a parent is told her child has diabetes, we can bear such unsettling news with a...
Don’t let the Pentagon dip into its bag of old tricks By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Franklin “Chuck” Spinney The Pentagon might be reaching into its bag of old tricks to pull the wool over the public’s eyes. Don’t worry. As taxpayer watchdogs, we’ve got its number. We’ve spent decades tracking...
Iowa agriculture plows ahead on front lines of pandemic By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig As crop farmers charge ahead into the spring planting season, livestock producers are putting in longer hours to keep meat, dairy and eggs on the grocery store shelves. As a leading producer of corn, soybeans, pork,...
