WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Fox Business’ Kudlow to discuss new details he obtained on the volume of FBI sources who provided information of criminality on members of the Biden family, and the steps the FBI took to bury such information. Today’s interview comes on the heels of a letter Grassley sent the Justice Department and FBI...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Iowa pharmacies are urging the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to act ahead of financial burdens slated to hit rural drugstores on January 1, 2024. This looming problem was spurred by a regulatory change to direct and indirect remuneration (DIR) clawback fees, specifically Medicare Part D...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) and Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.) are lauding unanimous Senate passage of their Find and Protect Foster Youth Act. The bipartisan bill would create a feedback loop between states and the Administration for Children and Families (ACF) to improve care and...
WASHINGTON – As National Youth Substance Use Prevention Month comes to a close, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined officials from the Office of National Drug Control Policy (ONDCP), Education Department and community leaders to celebrate the 25th anniversary of the Drug Free Communities (DFC) program. The DFC Program provides local partners with grants to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding the Biden administration provide a full account of the scope of its “CBP One” program, a government-run mobile application that has been used to parole thousands of otherwise inadmissible aliens into the U.S. without proper vetting, including over 7,000 foreign nationals who should be flagged as...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Israel-Hamas conflict, Iran, funding for Ukraine and Israel, Hamas hostages, Biden student debt transfer plan and the current state of the federal appropriations process.
WASHINGTON – The staff of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold traveling office hours in 21 Iowa counties from November 6 through November 17. 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.
Grassley will be represented by his regional...
Q: What do you hear from Iowans about housing?
A: In August I wrapped up my 43rd year in a row holding at least one meeting in every county across the state. From urban areas to county seats and smaller rural communities, I regularly hear from employers, civic leaders and chambers of commerce members how housing shortages impact economic growth and community...
WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today introduced bipartisan legislation to prevent and reduce food waste nationwide. The United States produces and imports an annual 241 million tons of food, 33 percent of which is never sold or eaten. Not only does this holding pattern carry significant...
WASHINGTON -- Senate Finance Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) are ramping up momentum behind their decade-long push to include the device identifier (DI) portion of unique device identifiers (UDIs) on Medicare claims forms. This proactive measure would reduce health risks for patients and save taxpayers money in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today co-hosted a press conference alongside the National Retail Federation and bipartisan Senate and House cosponsors pushing for passage of his legislation to fight organized retail crime. The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act, led by Grassley and Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), would establish a...
WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture Committee member and lifelong family farmer Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst and Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks and Zack Nunn, are calling on the Department of Commerce (DOC) to lower countervailing duties (CVDs) on phosphate fertilizers from Morocco. The push was prompted by the Court of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today questioned witnesses at a Senate Judiciary hearing examining the Biden administration’s failure to ensure the safety of unaccompanied children who have entered the United States under the...
WASHINGTON – In recognition of Fight Retail Crime Day, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will co-host a press conference Thursday, October 26, at 9 a.m. ET/8 a.m. CT to urge passage of his Combating Organized Retail Crime Act. This bipartisan solution would establish a multi-agency coordination center, combining expertise and resources from federal, state and...
FBI’s Biden bribery document cleared initial vetting by multiple Justice Department offices--FBI had 40+ informants from across country
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today revealed new details about the scale of criminal information provided to the FBI about the Biden family and the efforts some FBI officials took to sideline key information and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced Iowa community colleges will receive federal funds for their motor vehicle operations programs, which provide pathways for veterans and other individuals to secure commercial drivers’ licenses (CDLs). Awardees include Hawkeye Community College, the Des Moines Area Community College and Eastern Iowa...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today co-chaired a Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (Drug Caucus) hearing on precursor chemicals used to manufacture illicit synthetic drugs. Grassley grilled witnesses from the Departments of State, Justice and Homeland Security on precursor chemical destruction and foreign drug enforcement...
WASHINGTON – Iowa’s Dr. David Barker will testify before the Senate Budget Committee tomorrow, October 25, at the invitation of Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). In addition to serving as a member of the Board of Regents and partner in Barker Companies, he is a published writer and researcher who has taught at multiple Midwest colleges, including the...
WASHINGTON – Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst introduced a resolution to honor the University of Iowa Women’s Basketball Program for its game at Kinnick Stadium benefiting the Stead Family Children’s Hospital. The measure recognizes the historic significance of the event and the lasting mark the team is leaving on female athletics.
“Congrats to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for answers after legally protected whistleblower disclosures revealed the agency failed to fully investigate criminal misconduct among ATF employees, including gun trafficking and drunken assault.
“The ATF exists to ensure the safe and lawful...
