WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined his colleagues, Sens. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) in introducing the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act to prohibit state and local governments from interfering with the production or manufacture of agricultural products in other...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and 17 senators in introducing legislation that will end lending to China from multilateral development banks, including the World Bank and Asian Development Bank.
“China has been lending development money outside its borders to extend its influence for years...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today praised the Senate Appropriations Committee’s vote to include aid for those affected by the derecho in an agriculture funding bill. Grassley called for adoption of this measure months ago.
“In all my decades of farming, I’ve never seen the scale of devastation that Iowa suffered by last...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) today introduced legislation to promote justice for survivors of crimes of sexual violence across the country. The Survivors’ Bill of Rights in the States Act encourages states to adopt the same protections for survivors of state sex crimes that already exist at the federal...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pressing the Justice Department about its lack of updates from Joint Task Force Vulcan’s (JTFV) efforts to combat the violent street gang MS-13. JTFV was established under the prior administration to combat the serious crimes, like murder, that MS-13...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tina Smith (D-Minn.) today introduced legislation to combat the spread of foreign animal diseases entering the United States. The Healthy Dog Importation Act would expand the U.S. Department of Agriculture Animal and Plant Health Inspection Services (USDA-APHIS) program by providing additional tools to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pushing the Commerce Department for details on corrective actions taken to address rogue law enforcement and intelligence activity by department employees detailed in a recent Senate Commerce Committee report. The report on “Abuse and Misconduct at the...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 08-02-21Topics include: Infrastructure, cattle market transparency, COVID-19, ethanol and marijuana.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, made the following comment after the Justice Department’s Office of Legal Counsel reversed its prior opinion urging the Treasury Department denial of House Democrats’ request for former President Trump’s tax...
WASHINGTON – Members of the Senate Whistleblower Protection
Caucus, led by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), today celebrated
National Whistleblower Appreciation Day by announcing two new caucus members: Susan
Collins (R-Maine) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.). The Senate unanimously passed a resolution,
authored by caucus members, declaring...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to create a comprehensive counternarcotics strategy following the withdrawal of American troops from Afghanistan.
“Terrorist activity and the drug trade in Afghanistan are inextricably intertwined....
WASHINGTON – Following a lackluster response from the National Institutes of Health to an inquiry about government oversight of grant funds that ended up with researchers at the Wuhan Institute of Virology, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following comment.
“While I appreciate finally receiving a response to questions I first posed to NIH in March,...
Q&A: Whistleblowers Shine Light on Fraud
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why did you update “Lincoln’s Law” a century after its enactment during the Civil War?
A: History teaches many lessons from which current and future generations can benefit to make our country stronger and communities safer. Consider one example: The False Claims Act (FCA)...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined his colleagues in introducing legislation to codify the 2020 Navigable Waters Protection Rule (NWPR). The Navigable Waters Protection Act of 2021 will make a workable definition of the rule permanent, provide certainty to Iowans.
“I’ve worked over the years to put a stop to water rules that would be...
WASHINGTON – Every Republican member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), is seeking a follow-up hearing and more information about the nomination of David Chipman to be Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) following now-corroborated reports of racist comments directed at other...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today unanimously advanced four bipartisan bills aimed at improving access to affordable prescription medications. The bills are cosponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the committee’s ranking member, and represent part of his multi-pronged approach to reducing the cost of prescription drugs for all...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is asking the Justice Department to reconsider its decision not to pursue a civil rights investigation into the COVID-19 responses of government-run nursing homes in several states.
“The Civil Rights Division seems more focused on opposing common-sense voter...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at the hearing to address competition in the American food supply chain. Two Iowans testified at today’s hearing: Jon Schaben of Dunlap, owner of Dunlap Livestock Auction and member of the Iowa Cattlemen’s Association; and Shane Miller of...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 07-27-21Topics include: The Renewable Fuel Standard, the January 6 commission and abortion.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statement regarding the death of his friend and former colleague, Senator Mike Enzi of Wyoming:
“Former Senator Mike Enzi was a loving family man and dedicated public servant. Through decades of friendship and service, I was privileged to learn from Mike. He cared about the future of our...
