Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 05-17-21Topics include: Israel-Hamas conflict, inflation, oversight, election fraud, the EAGLES Act and mask mandates.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and several colleagues in urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to continue the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the nation’s four biggest meatpackers. The bicameral letter also requested that DOJ provide Congress with updates on its investigation and...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will host a U.S. Service Academy Virtual Open House on the evenings of Monday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 25. This will be an opportunity for Iowa students and their families to learn more about the five military service academies including the application and nomination processes.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on the Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on the current health and societal threats posed by cocaine and various sentencing policies for cocaine offenses.
“It has been over a decade since this body convened a hearing dedicated to discussing...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have sent a letter to Michael Horowitz, Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, calling for oversight of FEMA’s Funeral Assistance Program.
The senators wrote in the letter that they are “concerned that the lack of congressional direction under this program, the high payment...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, is calling on the Biden administration to collaborate with
Congress on a permanent solution to combatting deadly synthetic fentanyl – a
leading cause of opioid overdoses. In letters to President Biden, the Justice
Department and the Office of National Drug Control...
Q&A: National Foster Care Month
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How has the pandemic impacted foster care?
A: For nearly 15 months, the pandemic uprooted just about everything society took for granted before COVID-19 swept into communities across the country. The highly transmissible infectious disease created unprecedented changes and challenges...
WASHINGTON – The Senate this evening unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, commemorating National Police Week 2021. The resolution honors the selfless dedication and sacrifice made by law enforcement officers across the country to protect and serve American...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) recently introduced bipartisan legislation to ensure that antitrust authorities have the resources they need to protect consumers. The Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act unanimously passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee today.
“Consumers depend on the FTC and Justice Department...
WASHINGTON – In recognition of National Police Week,
the Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced
a package of bills supporting America’s law enforcement officers and their
families. Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) also led his colleagues in a resolution
commemorating the service of America’s law enforcement officers. “Day in and day out, the...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 13 colleagues in sending a letter to the international business community warning them about resuming business with Iran if U.S. sanctions are lifted.
“Your member companies may see this potential removal of U.S. sanctions on Iran as a lucrative opportunity. Trust us, they...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) introduced the bipartisan Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act to help families access life-saving care for children with complex medical conditions. The legislation aims to facilitate access to care while retaining program safeguards and reducing regulatory burdens on providers....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Cedar Rapids will hold traveling office hours in six counties around Eastern Iowa throughout May. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share concerns 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 05-10-21Topics include: Cattle market transparency, student loan relief, cameras in the courtroom, prescription drug pricing and IRS oversight.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are pressing the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) for information about what steps the agency is taking to protect the health and safety of unaccompanied alien children (UAC) amid the increase of migrant crossings at the southern border.
In a letter to Secretary Xavier Becerra,...
Q&A: What’s Driving Up Rx Prices?
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s happening with your efforts to reduce prescription drug prices?
A: I’ve got good news and bad news. The bad news is our drug pricing regime is broken. A web of secrecy shrouds flaws in the system that rewards certain stakeholders at the expense of independent pharmacy...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 05-06-21Topics include: Flood management, bipartisanship, infrastructure, John Kerry investigation, D.C. statehood and Sen. Grassley's 99 county meetings.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the State Department and its independent watchdog to investigate allegations against John Kerry, the former secretary of state and current special presidential envoy for climate, for potentially mishandling sensitive and classified information. According to news reports, Kerry may have disclosed covert...
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 urged the Department of Justice (DOJ)
to direct the Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to expeditiously revise the proposed rule
published on November 25, 2020, regarding...
WASHINGTON – A man who fraudulently obtained asylum and
U.S. citizenship was hired by the Obama administration to adjudicate the very
immigration petitions and forms on which he repeatedly lied. The case has Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),
ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, raising new questions about immigration
vetting protocols, the...
