Q: What is on Congress’ plate in September?
A: The end of the fiscal year is September 30. One of the primary constitutional responsibilities Congress holds is power of the purse. The framers kept the purse strings directly connected to the people’s branch for good reason: At the ballot box, the people can hold their elected representatives accountable for...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is accepting applications from Iowa high school students who wish to be nominated and considered for appointments to the U.S. service academies.
The U.S. Air Force Academy, U.S. Military Academy at West Point and U.S. Naval Academy each select at least one qualified student from Grassley’s nominations...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), former chairman and current chairman, respectively, of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced a resolution designating 2024 as the Year of Democracy.
“Our founders had tremendous foresight in building a government that champions ideological differences while uniting us under...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today released a report surveying U.S. federal agencies’ historic failure to properly oversee U.S. resources provided to Mexico to combat drug trafficking and organized crime. The report finds that U.S. officials have consistently ignored credible...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Sen. McConnell, potential for government shutdown and continuing resolutions, Ukraine, Russia and North Korea, former President Trump, the Farm Bill and concerns heard on the annual 99 county tour.
Q: Why do you hold meetings with Iowans in every county, every year?
A: Dialogue is the essence of representative government. The people of Iowa place their trust in me to represent their views and values at the policymaking tables in Washington, D.C. By definition, that means I have a responsibility to keep in touch and find out what’s on their minds. I’m...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Ranking Member of the Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are demanding that the U.S. National Archives and Records Administration (NARA) provide records and...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Tim Scott (R-S.C.) are requesting the U.S. Department of Education conduct a nationwide audit to determine how much funding has flowed from hostile foreign governments to America’s K-12 classrooms. The inquiry stems from new data showing entities with links to the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) have...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: protecting Iowa's rivers and streams, Mexico's corn tariffs, Proposition 12 and the EATS Act, the Farm Bill, prescription drug pricing, the indictments of former President Donald Trump and the Republican primary.
IDA GROVE, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today held his 99th county meeting in Iowa for the 43rd consecutive year with a public town meeting in Ida County.
With this meeting, Grassley marks the conclusion of another year in his 43-year practice of holding at least one meeting with Iowans in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has done this...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) approved Governor Kim Reynolds’ request for a Major Disaster Declaration following April 24 - May 13, 2023 Mississippi River flooding. The declaration triggers the release of federal resources to Iowa counties that sustained damages.
“I’m...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – After a watchdog report revealed the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) lost millions of taxpayers’ data due to lax handling of backup records, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined forces with U.S. Rep. Jason Smith (R-Mo.) to press for answers and urge action. Grassley and Smith serve as senior member and chairman, respectively, of the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is leading Senate Republicans in a renewed congressional push for answers from the FBI regarding a memo from the Bureau tying adherents of the Catholic faith to violent extremist views. Although FBI Director Christopher Wray testified to Congress that the anti-Catholic memo was “a product by one field...
Q: What comes to your mind with the start of a new school year?
A: Like harvest season, a new school year brings a hectic change of pace as parents attend back to school programs, drop off kids at college and rev up for the hustle and bustle of homework, extra-curricular activities and new routines. This month I’ll complete my annual 99 county meetings for...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is investigating instances in which federal resources have funded, or may fund, global terrorist activities. Last week, he demanded answers from executive agency leaders and the CEO of World Vision, a non-profit humanitarian organization, about potentially alarming use of taxpayer dollars.
“It is...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: reforming regulations on small businesses, U.S. defense stockpiles, pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs), fentanyl and border security, Republican presidential candidates, Former President Donald Trump and highlights of the Iowa State Fair.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to rectify its retaliatory actions against three Operational Field Testing Division (OFTD) employees who, in 2018, made legally protected disclosures of wrongdoing at the agency. The U.S. Office of Special Counsel investigated the initial reports...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Oversight by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has revealed disarray at the federal agency primarily responsible for addressing the nation’s drug crisis. On National Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, Grassley, who is co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control,renewed his push for accountability and an improved...
BUTLER COUTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold town meetings in Harrison County on Monday, August 28, and Ida County on Tuesday, August 29, as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“Representative government is a two-way street, and it requires continued dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,” Grassley said. “I...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with U.S. Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), today called on President Joe Biden to swiftly grant Governor Kim Reynolds’ Major Disaster Declaration request for the Mississippi River flooding...
