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,...
Saluting heroes, helpers and Iowans hunkering down Iowans of all ages are coping with the disruption affecting life events, from weddings, funerals and graduations to sports seasons and birthday celebrations. By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa Countless lessons await medical scholars, political scientists, economists and students of history when...
Coronavirus-damaged businesses deserve financial relief By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa For the first time in our nation’s history, a pandemic has closed the economy, shutting down businesses, schools and our way of life. Congress acted swiftly to respond to the public health emergency and triage the economic fall-out. The $2.2 trillion...
An Ounce Of Coronavirus Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure By Sens. Chuck Grassley and Bill Cassidy It’s no longer business as usual in America. Let’s end business as usual in Washington. The coronavirus pandemic is creating extraordinary times that call upon us to be ready for the next one. When public health experts warned of an...
Lessons are unfolding from the coronavirus pandemic, a test of our civic duty By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa This week, I scheduled a dozen county meetings in keeping with my annual tour across the state to keep in touch with Iowans. Like many events, my meetings are postponed. The coronavirus outbreak is disrupting society and everyday...
Religious freedoms under attack – U.S. can promote and protect liberty globally By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa The Declaration of Independence recognizes each individual is endowed with inalienable rights. Americans cherish our blessings of freedom, including the rights of individuals to worship freely. From one generation to the next,...
USMCA paves the way for productivity and prosperity Expanded markets in Mexico and Canada are good news in Iowa for farm and industrial manufacturing workers, dairy farmers and small-business owners By Sen. Chuck Grassley Skeptics of President Donald Trump’s bold way of negotiating trade ate a bit of crow this month. That includes...
Let Americans unwrap savings on prescription medicineBy Sens. Chuck Grassley and Lisa Murkowski These days it’s seems there’s scant agreement about much of anything in Washington. However, outside of the nation’s capital, Americans share full-throated agreement on an issue that really matters: the sky rocketing prices they pay for...
Unwrapping 2019 and Looking Ahead to 2020By U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley At the start of 2019, I became only the second U.S. senator from Iowa to be sworn in as Senate president pro tempore, one of only two constitutional officers in Congress. As the most senior lawmaker in the Senate Majority, it’s an honor to serve in this leadership position on...
Let's break silence and talk about mental health on the farmBy Sen. Chuck Grassley As this year nears its end, the Grassley family is grateful for another fall harvest. Like other family farms across Iowa, our three-generation farming operation experiences many of the uncertainties blanketing our profession. For starters, our livelihoods are at...
A decade of making a difference: Senate Caucus on Foster YouthBy Sen. Chuck Grassley Ten years ago this month, Sen. Mary Landrieu and I founded the bipartisan Senate Caucus on Foster Youth. We launched this caucus a decade ago to give voice to the thousands of young people in America who deserved a platform to break the silence on the challenges and...
The Pentagon’s Autopilot Budget Is Wasting Too Many Tax DollarsBy Sen. Chuck Grassley During this season of Thanksgiving, Americans gather with friends and family to count our blessings. Blessed to live in the land of the free and home of the brave, we give thanks to the courageous sons and daughters who put their lives on the line to secure...
How the Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act can reduce drug costsBy Sens. Chuck Grassley and Mike Braun The cost of prescription drugs is too high, plain and simple. It’s a chorus we hear repeatedly from our constituents in Indiana and Iowa. If you ask any of our colleagues in the Senate and House of Representatives, you’ll...
America will suffer if problems plaguing Midwest aren’t addressed by CongressBy Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Members of Congress representing Middle America have been talking about the challenges facing the Midwest for years, but our warnings have largely fallen on deaf ears.Why? Because too often, Congress doesn’t...
Preserving the legacies of Iowa’s service members through the Veterans History ProjectBy Sen. Chuck Grassley Serving and honoring those who have selflessly served us and this nation through military service is important. The sacrifices our service members and their families make on our behalf is great and their efforts deserve our continuing...
A Bipartisan Way To Make Prescription Drugs AffordableBy Sens. Chuck Grassley and Bill Cassidy Americans are concerned about the high price of drugs. The pharmaceutical industry has become a system rife with gaming. Profits are regularly prioritized over patients. Laws meant to encourage innovation, recoup private investment, and ensure patient access...
How Congress Can Fix High Drug PricesBy Sens. Chuck Grassley and Kevin Cramer Washington is consumed with wall-to-wall coverage of impeachment, Ukraine, and transcripts. Every question we receive from the D.C. press corps is about that. But do you know who isn’t obsessed with this? Our constituents.Every day, we hear from people across North...
Without Retirement Reform, Too Many Americans Will Be Left BehindBy Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Society and the way people work has undergone a significant shift over the past decade. Advances in technology and increased economic opportunity are contributors to this shift. As the economy continues to change, the...
Congress Can Act Now to Lower Drug PricesBipartisan legislation would redesign Medicare Part D to lower costs for beneficiaries and taxpayersBy Sens. Chuck Grassley and Ron Wyden It’s no secret that health care is a politically divisive issue. In the past decade, national elections have been decided on it, and control of Congress has changed hands...
