WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is continuing to press the Department of Defense (DoD) on questions regarding the alleged retaliatory revocation of a former U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) employee’s security clearance, leading to his eventual departure from the agency in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced legislation to address the increase in counterfeit merchandise entering the United States. This legislation would modernize the Trade Enforcement and Trade Facilitation Act (TFTEA) of 2015 and expand U.S. Customs and Border Protection’s (CBP) authority to share information with rights holders and...
WASHINGTON –
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary
Committee joined senators John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Josh
Hawley (R-Mo.) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) in sending a letter to Attorney General
Garland and Acting SEC Chair Lee requesting an investigation into the chemical
firm Avantor’s role in drug...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Pat Toomey (R-Penn.) are seeking a briefing from the U.S. Treasury Department and related intelligence and law enforcement partners about the steps the Biden administration is taking to ensure the integrity of reviews done by the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, and Tom Cotton (R-Ark) Ranking Member of the Subcommittee
on Criminal Justice and Counterterrorism, today called for the committee to
convene a hearing on hate crimes. “We are
concerned to see that such an important issue has not already received
Committee or...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 04-12-21Topics include: Second Amendment, immigration, the filibuster and infrastructure.
Q&A: Falsehoods Undermine Voter Confidence
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s wrong with For the People Act?
A: The House of Representatives passed an 800-page bill along a party-line vote under pretext of preventing election irregularities after we were told this was the most secure and fair election in history. Unfortunately, H.R. 1, For...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) as they announced a $1.5 million grant to the city of Ames to provide critical water infrastructure for a new industrial park and a $1 million grant to the city of Sioux City to support growth in the aviation sector.
The EDA grant...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 04-07-21Topics include: Senator Grassley's 99 county meetings, VA oversight, immigration and infrastructure.
WASHINGTON – Senator James Lankford (R-Okla.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
sent a cautionary letter to the Biden Administration following reports that
they are considering allowing the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) to
unconditionally re-open its Washington office, which would violate the terms
set forth in Lankford’s Promoting Security and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pushing for information and transparency after whistleblowers allege significant ethics lapses and potential leaks of market-sensitive information at the Veterans Benefits Administration, a division of the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Grassley is seeking...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are pressing the U.S. Secret Service to answer questions about its involvement with Hunter Biden.
The Secret Service recently told the senators that it did not provide...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of
the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement regarding
the incident at the U.S. Capitol today the claimed the life of one U.S. Capitol
Police officer and injured another: “I take very personally the death of a Capitol Police officer. The
United States Capitol...
Q&A: Senate Filibuster
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is a filibuster?
A: Many Americans may be surprised to learn the Senate rules do not define what constitutes a filibuster. The Merriam-Webster Dictionary defines a filibuster as “the use of extreme dilatory tactics in an attempt to delay or prevent action especially in a legislative...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Cornyn (R-Texas), Ranking Members of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship, and Border Safety, are urging their Democrat counterparts to schedule hearings about the ongoing crisis on the southern border.
The senators today wrote to Judiciary Committee Chairman Dick...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following statement regarding Rita Hart’s decision to withdraw her request that the U.S. House of Representatives depart from Iowa law to reverse the certified election results in Iowa’s Second Congressional District:
“Midwest common sense has again prevailed over party...
WASHINGTON – Sens.
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Ron
Johnson (R-Wis.) Ranking Member of the HSGAC Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations,
are seeking all U.S. intelligence records relating to Biden family business
associates linked to Chinese intelligence services.
The
senators’ investigative
report...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 03-31-21Topics include: the Second Amendment, the crisis at the southern border, rural broadband, coronavirus economic relief, police reform and the Rural Health Care Protection Act.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) last week visited several facilities and areas on the Texas-Mexico border affected by the ongoing crisis sparked and exacerbated by Biden administration policy. Grassley conducted the visit as part of a 18-member delegation from the Senate.
The delegation of senators received information and...
Q&A: USDA Pandemic Relief Re-Opens
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: When will the USDA open the next round of pandemic relief assistance for producers?
A: Just as planting season gets into full swing, Farm Service Agencies across the country will open the application process for the third round of pandemic relief assistance starting April 5, 2021...
