WASHINGTON – Thanks to a law championed by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the federal government recovered $2.2 billion lost to fraud in 2022 in 351 cases – the second highest number of individual settlements and judgements in history. Whistleblowers, who Grassley has fought for and protected throughout his tenure in the Senate, accounted for $1.9 billion of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union address. “President Biden will use tonight’s address to paint a rosy portrait of the state of our nation under his leadership. But Iowans know the rhetoric doesn’t match reality. “Nearly half of all...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be
found here: Capitol
Hill Report, 02-07-23
Topics include: State of the Union address, comprehensive
immigration bill, Foreign Adversary Risk Management (FARM) Act, police reform, healthcare
in rural America and the Accountability through Electronic Verification (E-Verify) Act.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, issued the following statement today after President Joseph R. Biden failed to produce a budget proposal by the statutory deadline.
“It’s the first Monday in February and the White House has produced no budget. After two years of abusing the budget process to pursue...
Q: What resources are available for
taxpayers having issues with the IRS? A: As a taxpayer watchdog, I keep close tabs on the Internal
Revenue Service (IRS) and champion efforts to strengthen taxpayer protections
and customer service at the federal tax collecting agency. For example, I take
seriously my congressional oversight work to ensure the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) met with the Jackson County Prevention Coalition in Washington, D.C. this week to discuss policies and strategies to address and reduce drug and alcohol abuse by America’s youth, and to recognize the coalition for its service and success. The Jackson County Prevention Coalition was named Coalition of...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Jon Tester (D-Mont.) to introduce the bipartisan Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act of 2023. The legislation would restore transparency and accountability in the cattle market by establishing regional cash minimums and equipping producers...
This would prevent lobbyists working on behalf of foreign governments and political parties from exploiting the FARA provision that exempts registrants of foreign persons or organizations from registering under FARA.
“Sunlight is the best disinfectant when it comes to the people’s business. We ought to always push for the greatest transparency possible,...
WASHINGTON
in Associated Press
to evaluate DOJ and BOP’s approach to rooting out and preventing BOP staff sexual misconduct. In November, the working group published its report and recommendations
to Attorney General Garland and DAG Monaco requesting the briefing, as well as data garnered from BOP’s Office of Internal Affairs (OIA) disciplinary records...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and 42 of their colleagues today in introducing the Constitutional Concealed Carry Reciprocity Act, which would allow individuals with concealed carry privileges in their home state to exercise those rights in any other state that allows concealed carry,...
WASHINGTON – The Senate today unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) alongside other colleagues designating January as “National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month.”
“It takes all eyes and ears to fight human trafficking and slave labor. This resolution is an...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 01-31-23Topics include: the debt ceiling, Department of Health and Human Services funding for Wuhan, China, tanks to Ukraine, IRS accountability, Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023, Farmland Security Act.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) are leading the introduction of the Drone Act of 2023. Their bipartisan proposal seeks to criminalize dangerous drone activity – including by drug and human traffickers who have embraced drone technology to facilitate their operations. Alarmingly, criminals have started attaching weapons to...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced legislation to help businesses comply with immigration laws by certifying the legal status of their workforce. The Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act would permanently authorize and expand the E-Verify program, an internet-based system that assists employers in determining whether...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) today reintroduced the Justice for Murder Victims Act. Their bipartisan proposal seeks to eliminate the 13th century “year-and-a-day” rule, which prohibits homicide prosecutions if the victim died more than a year-and-a-day from the date of the defendant’s assault....
WASHINGTON – Legislation Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) targets the rise in flash mob robberies and intricate retail theft schemes sweeping the nation. The Combating Organized Retail Crime Act of 2023 establishes a coordinated multi-agency response and creates new tools to...
Q: What should taxpayers know before filing their 2022 tax returns?
A: As lawmakers roll up their sleeves and get to work in the new session of Congress, taxpayers are getting their ducks in a row for tax season that got underway on Jan. 23. That’s the first day the IRS began accepting and processing returns for the 2022 tax year. The federal agency...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary and Finance committees, and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash), chair of the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee, are continuing to press for transparency and fairness in the prescription drug supply chain. They partnered on several efforts to hold pharmacy benefit...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced the Senate passage of their bipartisan, bicameral resolution designating January as National Stalking Awareness Month. The resolution raises awareness of the dangers of stalking and highlights the need for law enforcement to prevent this predatory behavior. Approximately...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is partnering with Sens. Dick
Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and
Chris Coons (D-Del.) to introduce bipartisan legislation that would establish a
task force between the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO) and
the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...
