WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, joined Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) in reintroducing the Exposing Agricultural Trade Suppression (EATS) Act. The legislation prohibits state and local governments from interfering with agricultural production nationwide, while preserving their...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to expand healthy milk options in schools. The bill would amend existing law to allow schools enrolled in the National School Lunch Program (NSLP) to offer students whole and 2% milk. Currently, participating...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust, and Consumer Rights, in reintroducing the American Innovation and Choice Online Act. This bipartisan legislation would restore competition online by establishing common sense rules of the road...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday joined Sens. Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), along with Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), in introducing the Sustainable Aviation Fuels Accuracy Act of 2023. The bipartisan legislation would update federal standards to align with the definition of sustainable aviation...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed the inclusion of his Understanding the True Cost of College Act in a legislative package introduced by Grassley and five Senate colleagues as a responsible alternative to the Biden administration’s student debt transfer proposal. Grassley joined Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.), Ranking Member of the Senate...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Jim Banks (R-Ind.) expressed deep dissatisfaction with the Pentagon watchdog’s superficial explanation of its review of potential misconduct by General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS). Their critique, lodged in a recent letter to the Department of Defense (DOD) Office of the...
Q: What is Flag Day?
A: Flag Day was designated in 1949 by act of Congress to commemorate the anniversary of the Second Continental Congress adopting the flag resolution in Philadelphia. On June 14, 1777, it approved the Stars and Stripes as the official flag of the United States of America – “Resolved, that the Flag of the thirteen United States shall be...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics discussed include: Sen. Grassley's traveling staff office hours in Iowa, the rain shortage throughout the state and its impact on the agricultural community, an update on this year's Farm Bill and carbon capture pipelines.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), the committee’s ranking member, in reintroducing the Federal Firearms Licensee (FFL) Protection Act of 2023. The bill aims to address “smash-and-grab” thefts by increasing legal consequences for criminals who...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sens. Jon Tester (D-Mont.), Bill Cassidy (R-La.), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) to reintroduce the China Trade Cheating Restitution Act in a continued effort to counter the Chinese Communist Party and stand up for American farmers and agricultural producers. The bipartisan bill would...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member and long-time whistleblower advocate Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Oversight Committee Chair James Comer (R-Ky.) yesterday joined Jesse Watters on Fox News to discuss government oversight of the FBI. Grassley and Comer blasted FBI Director Christopher Wray’s refusal to produce a subpoenaed, unclassified...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, are raising the alarm about a recent IRS email instructing employees on how to report potential wrongdoing. In a pair of letters, one to the Justice Department Inspector General...
WASHINGTON – During today’s Budget Committee hearing, Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discussed agricultural and energy innovation with two Iowa witnesses who testified at the senator’s invitation.
Grassley first questioned Brent Johnson, president of the Iowa Farm Bureau, on the use of precision agriculture to increase crop yields and protect the...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with 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’ Emergency Declaration request following the devastating building collapse in Davenport. The...
WASHINGTON – The staff of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold traveling office hours in 19 counties throughout Iowa during the month of June. 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...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics discussed include: the debt ceiling agreement, anti-trust legislation, efforts to decrease the national debt, 2024 GOP presidential canditates and Iowa's status as the first in the nation caucus, the davenport building collapse and the two Iowa witnesses testifying at the Senate Budget...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Peter Welch (D-Vt.) today introduced legislation to improve the public’s access to information and ability to hold the federal bureaucracy accountable.
The Open and Responsive Government Act aims to restore an appropriate legal interpretation of the Freedom of Information Act...
Q: What motivates your decades-long mission as a Pentagon watchdog?
A: The number one priority of the federal government is national security and keeping the American people safe. The Reagan doctrine identified “peace through strength” that guided foreign policy and military modernization efforts during the 1980s. However, military spending doesn’t guarantee...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), made the following statement after voting to avert a default on federal debt, which would cause widespread financial harm on American families, businesses and the broader economy.
“At my county meetings and in messages to my office, I hear from Iowans who are fed up with partisanship in Washington and fed up with...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee and author of legislation that strengthened the False Claims Act (FCA), today praised the U.S. Supreme Court’s unanimous decision in Schutte v. SuperValu. The ruling restores Congress’ original intent of the FCA by rejecting the lower court’s...
