WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Sens. Patty Murray (D-WA), ranking member of the Senate Committee on Health, Education, Labor and Pension (HELP), Ron Wyden (D-OR) and Tina Smith (D-MN), released a report from the Government Accountability Office showing that the Department of Education can do more to support students in foster...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma seeking information on what their agencies are doing to detect and deter fraudulent genetic screening tests and protect beneficiaries from...
Butler County, Iowa – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following comments regarding the intelligence community whistleblower and related issues. “This person appears to have followed the whistleblower protection laws and ought to be heard out and protected. We should always work to respect whistleblowers’ requests for...
Inspector General recently dropped First-Hand Knowledge Requirement for Whistleblower Complaints
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) sent a letter to Inspector General of the Intelligence Community Michael Atkinson Monday to push for answers related to the intelligence community’s decision to...
Ukrainian Records Shed New Light on Biden’s Ultimatum to Terminate Prosecutor
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Ukraine-DNC Coordination to Undermine Trump 2016 Campaign Should Not be Overlooked
WASHINGTON – Two Senate chairmen want to know whether the Justice Department has acquired information from Ukrainian prosecutors that may contradict the stated reasoning behind former...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) issued the following statement after the Senate Appropriations Committee this week unanimously approved $75 million in funding for programs established under the First Step Act, which was shepherded into law by Grassley and Durbin last year. “The unanimous decision by our...
WASHINGTON – On the heels of a hearing he chaired on the subject, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding three recently-released reports from the Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (HHS OIG) that highlight significant concerns about the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Specifically, the reports raise...
Washington – With no facts to support their call for an audit of the National Rifle Association’s tax-exempt status, Senate Finance Committee Democrats relied heavily on assumptions and innuendo to conjure a mirage of impropriety surrounding a 2015 trip by NRA officials to Russia. However, a report issued today by the committee’s minority...
Q&A: U.S.-Japan Trade AgreementWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What does the new trade pact with Japan mean for Iowa? A: The United States and Japan announced in September a trade agreement that expands access to a lucrative overseas market for U.S. agriculture exports. This trade deal is good news for American agriculture. Our...
Politico (2017): Ukrainian efforts to sabotage Trump backfire
WASHINGTON – To little media fanfare, Sen. Chuck Grassley sent a July, 2017,
letter to the Justice Department about
reports that a DNC consultant coordinated with the Ukrainian government to acquire opposition research on Trump during his 2016 presidential campaign.
The letter...
The Senate Takes on Campus CensorshipBy Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Universities have long been centers of political correctness. But campus administrations increasingly seem to be indulging students who, when faced with uncomfortable ideas, complain of feeling “harmed” or “unsafe.” This is reaching its...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the lead sponsors of the landmark First Step Act, today introduced the bipartisan Prohibiting Punishment of Acquitted Conduct Act of 2019, which would end the unjust practice of judges increasing sentences based on conduct for which a defendant has been acquitted by a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement on the confirmation of Eugene Scalia to be the next Secretary of Labor.
“It’s the responsibility of Congress to confirm qualified, service-minded men and women to lead our federal agencies. The decisions they make impact millions of Americans’ lives in many different...
Q: What’s your back to school message for the new school year? A: Families across the state are easing into the new school year with back-to-school rituals and preparing for busy fall schedules in the months ahead. After capturing first day of school photos, managing car pools and figuring out bus routes, parents and kids reacclimate family...
Q: What’s your take on the so-called Green New Deal? A: The Green New Deal is a throwback to FDRs New Deal from decades ago. It ostensibly was proposed to address climate change. However, a closer look at the details reveals an out-of-touch mindset and off-the-wall overreach by big government extremists. Proponents of the plan staked out...
Q: What draws people to the Iowa State Fair year after year? A: With countless attractions, there’s something for everyone at the Iowa State Fair. This world famous agricultural and industrial exposition began 165 years ago and has grown into the largest family friendly celebration in the state of Iowa. The 450-acre fairgrounds and adjacent campgrounds...
Q: Why is the USMCA trade agreement so important for Iowa? A: Since passage of the original free trade agreement with our northern and southern neighbors, goods and services exported from Iowa to Canada and Mexico have expanded our state economy and created jobs. Just in 2017, Iowa exported $6.6 billion worth of exports to Canada and Mexico, supporting...
Q: Why does Congress recognize National Whistleblower Appreciation Day on July 30? A: It’s an appropriate coincidence National Whistleblower Appreciation Day occurs in the same month as America’s Independence Day. On July 4, 1776, the nation’s Founders declared freedom from tyranny and the sovereign right of the American people to...
Q: What progress has been made to narrow the digital divide in America? A: The Telecommunications Act of 1996 put in place a framework to ensure all Americans would have universal access to advanced telecommunications. It tasked the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to implement reforms needed to make it happen in a “reasonable and timely...
Q: How serious is the crisis at the southern border? A: Illegal border crossings are at the highest level in recent history. This fiscal year, immigration officials are on track to apprehend more than one million migrants crossing illegally into the country – more than double the volume of previous years. In May, more than 144,000 migrants were...
