Q: What is Character Counts Week?
A: For nearly three decades, I’ve supported passage of a bipartisan resolution in the U.S. Senate to commemorate the third week of October as Character Counts Week to celebrate virtues that strengthen our society. As Americans, we must pull together and live up to the origins of our nation’s founding. I often hear concerns...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – In honor of Veterans Day, the office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with students from St. Ambrose University and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, will host its seventh Library of Congress “Veterans History Project” event. Details follow.
Date: Friday, November 3, 2023
Time: Between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. CT
Location: Rock...
WASHINGTON — Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Adopt GREET Act, a bipartisan bill directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its greenhouse gas modeling for ethanol and biodiesel.
“The biofuel industry is a boon for domestic energy, but its full potential is largely untapped....
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with 15 Senate colleagues, are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to abandon its proposed mitigation measures targeting 11 rodenticides. In a letter sent yesterday, the lawmakers urged EPA Administrator Michael Regan to consult the businesses and individuals...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Israel-Hamas conflict, humanitarian situation in Gaza, Hamas hostages, potential for Biden administration to influence Israeli retaliation, Speaker of the House updates and Biden administration resuming construction of U.S. border wall.
WASHINGTON – The staff of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold traveling office hours in 18 Iowa counties from October 23 through November 3. 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...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), today issued the following joint statement warning potential perpetrators against making any...
Q: Why is Breast Cancer Awareness Month important to recognize?
A: Early detection saves lives. Like millions of Americans, our family confronted breast cancer when my wife Barbara was diagnosed with the disease 36 years ago. She underwent a modified radical mastectomy just 10 days after an unexpected diagnosis. A random visit for a cholesterol screening at...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and eight of their Senate colleagues in calling on President Biden to coordinate with the G7 nations to severely sanction Iran for its support of the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel. The senators are additionally urging President Biden to deny the release of $6 billion in sanctioned...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) are demanding the FBI stop sourcing investigative information from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Grassley serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Lankford, the Senate Intelligence and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees.
“The SPLC is an...
BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday held a question-and-answer session with employees at Western Home Communities, a senior care provider in Cedar Falls. Grassley and meeting attendees discussed federal policies and regulations affecting the long-term care community, as well as efforts to address staffing shortages and other...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today published a report showing the U.S. deficit for Fiscal Year 2023 is $1.7 trillion, prompting Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to amplify his calls for fiscal sanity.
“At the rate this administration is burning through taxpayer cash and borrowing...
WASHINGTON -- As the Department of Education’s handpicked negotiators meet today to deliberate the Biden administration’s latest student debt transfer scheme, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is exposing the panel’s bias and pushing back on the president’s unrelenting overreach. Grassley is leading the effort alongside Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Thom Tillis...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: government shutdown and appropriations, the Hamas attack on Israel, the potential for a one-year extension of the Farm Bill, Senator Feinstein, congressional term limits, former President Trump, the two-tiered justice system and fighting inflation.
Q: What is Medicare Open Enrollment?
A: Every year in the fall, individuals insured through Medicare are able to make changes in your health care and prescription drug coverage plans for the upcoming year. Open enrollment starts Oct. 15 and runs through Dec. 7. Keep in mind, in addition to traditional Medicare (Part A & Part B) that pays for hospital and...
WASHINGTON – The Senate unanimously passed a bill to ensure certain stillbirth prevention initiatives can qualify for federal funding. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the bipartisan, bicameral Maternal and Child Health Stillbirth Prevention Act alongside Sens. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.), as well as Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: sensible clean energy in farm country, the Farm Bill, Protecting Future Farmland Act, student loan forgiveness and the Stop Reckless Student Loan Actions Act, support for law enforcement and the Invest to Protect Act, southern border crisis.
Q: How is Iowa leading the way in producing clean energy?
A: Iowa is the nation’s number one producer of biofuels, accounting for about one-fourth of the U.S. fuel ethanol production capacity and one-fifth of biodiesel manufacturing capacity. As harvest season gets underway, it’s fitting to recognize that Iowa crop farmers help anchor America’s agriculture...
WASHINGTON – Iowa Republican Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst joined Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) in calling on Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to categorize the Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS) Market News Department as essential during government shutdowns. Their letter was additionally signed by Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.), ranking member of the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a statement regarding the passing of Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.).
“Dianne Feinstein did an outstanding job in the U.S. Senate representing the people of California. I worked closely with her as a member of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control and the Senate Judiciary Committee....
