WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today announced that on July 27, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the growing wave of ransomware attacks affecting businesses, non-profits, and...
WASHINGTON – Next Tuesday, Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Co-Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and members of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control will hold a hearing entitled, “The Federal Response to the Drug Overdose Epidemic.” The hearing will address the federal response to the drug overdose epidemic and drug threats that have...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced the Assisting Broadband Connectivity Act. This bipartisan bill will streamline the funding process and remove barriers for broadband connectivity in hard-to-serve rural areas.
“This bipartisan bill makes commonsense updates to help areas connect all the pieces from both...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pushing for information about whether non-partisan, career officials were consulted in the creation of recent Biden administration policy pushes that appear to ignore important context about domestic terrorism and gun crime in the United States.
In it’s new...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 07-12-21Topics include: Cuba relations, cattle market transparency, stepped-up basis, cameras in the courtroom, FHFA IG, CFTC whistleblower fund, Social Security Administrator Saul and Sen. Grassley's veterans fellowship.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today sent a letter to President Biden urging the administration to promptly appoint a qualified individual as the Acting Inspector General to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and quickly nominate a permanent successor for the Senate’s consideration. This comes after embattled...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after the administration announced that President Biden removed Commissioner of Social Security Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black from their positions years before their terms expires.
“Commissioner Saul and Deputy Commissioner Black were both confirmed by a wide,...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $650 million investment to expand meat processing capacity and help small processing plants weather pandemic-related disruptions. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack also announced initiatives to strengthen the Packers and...
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) today released a report requested by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) showing that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) does no national security risk assessment when engaging the services of genetic testing and analysis firms that...
COUNCIL BLUFFS – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Council Bluffs will hold traveling office hours in seven counties around Western Iowa throughout July. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share views on matters of federal policy may stop by during the scheduled hours.
These...
Q&A: Veterans Fellow
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is your Veterans Fellow program?
A: This program invites a military veteran to work in my Senate office to serve as a community outreach officer for Iowa veterans. The Veterans Fellow serves as a liaison to help Iowa veterans reconnect in their communities, such as obtaining health care...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, is pushing for the adoption of multiple policies to combat drug smuggling, overdoses and crime as part of the National Drug Control Strategy.
“From border seizures to criminal justice reform to...
WATERLOO – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Waterloo will hold traveling office hours in nine counties around Northeastern Iowa throughout July. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share views on matters of federal policy may stop by during the scheduled hours.
These meetings...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 07-07-21Topics include: Infrastructure, ethanol, President Biden and the 2022 election.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement applauding the termination of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract.
“The Defense Department’s decision to terminate this contract is the correct one. The JEDI contract has been burdened by potential conflicts of interest, size, needless delays and its single...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after the Defense Department’s Independent Review Commission on Sexual Assault in the military today recommended shifting “legal decisions about prosecution of special victim cases out of the chain of command.”
“Today’s recommendations affirm what we already knew to be right, and what...
Q&A: Government Watchdogs
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is the Government Accountability Office (GAO)?
A: Legions of unsung heroes toil in the trenches, behind the scenes to protect taxpayer dollars and help members of Congress conduct our constitutional oversight responsibilities. One federal agency tasked with compiling facts, making...
WASHINGTON – Five senators are pressing the Justice Department for information about why an Al Jazeera subsidiary and other affiliates, including its new media platform, “Rightly,” have not yet registered as foreign agents under the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA), despite reported demands from the department to do so.
“…DOJ’s National Security...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding the decision issued by the Supreme Court today in Brnovich v. DNC. Grassley also issued an open invitation for whistleblowers in the Justice Department’s Civil Rights Division concerned about politicization following the...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting in Davis County on Thursday, July 8 as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“I’m happy we’ve returned to business as usual after an unprecedented year and I can continue hosting my town meetings,” Grassley said. “Representative government is a two-way street. I appreciate the...
