WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pushing the Biden Administration to ensure that terrorists or other national security threats are not infiltrating efforts to provide humanitarian relief to Afghan nationals who assisted U.S. coalition forces during the war in Afghanistan. Recent media...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs to answer questions about its oversight of State Veterans Homes following reports of inconsistent inspection practices and quality controls.
“Our veterans deserve the best possible care after giving so much for our country. Unfortunately, it appears...
Q&A: Saving Bacon & Eggs
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Are contract producers eligible for pandemic relief assistance?
A: The market disruptions along the food supply chain last year created havoc from farm to fork, impacting producers, processors, grocers, restaurants and consumers. When COVID-19 shutdown processing facilities, the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), president pro tempore emeritus of the U.S. Senate, issued the following statement on the attacks in Afghanistan that led to the deaths of American service members and Afghans seeking to escape the Taliban.
“It’s stomach-turning and heartbreaking to have lost twelve of our fellow Americans...
SIOUX CITY – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Sioux City will hold traveling office hours in three counties around Northwest Iowa in September. 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.
These...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today called on President Biden to promptly appoint qualified individuals to the position of Chief Agricultural Negotiator at the Office of the United States Trade Representative (USTR) and the role of Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 08-26-21Topics include: Infrastructure, 99 county meetings, 2022 election, election laws, the opioid epidemic and Afghanistan.
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting in Adair County on Wednesday, September 1. This will mark his 99th county meeting in Iowa for the 41st consecutive year as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“Representative Government is a two-way street. It can’t work without dialogue between elected officials and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Republicans led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), are calling on the committee’s chairman, Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) to convene a hearing to evaluate the Administration’s strategy to curb fentanyl overdoses. A temporary authority banning synthetic fentanyl analogues, which has proven effective in...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced that Harrison Swift, a veteran of the United States Marine Corps and resident of Ankeny, will work as the new veterans fellow based in his Des Moines office. Dave Allen, who has worked as Grassley’s veterans fellow since 2015, is retiring.
“I’m glad Harrison will be...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statement regarding reports that the EPA has recommended to lower the minimum renewable fuels volumes that must be supplied to the markets in 2021.
“I’m disappointed to hear the EPA is planning to lower the minimum required renewable fuels volumes for this year. If...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) received the 2021 Medical Care Champion Award from the Iowa Physician Assistant Society (IPAS). This award recognizes a lawmaker who acted as a champion for physician assistants and demonstrated outstanding support of affordable and accessible quality medical care.
“I’m honored to receive the...
Q&A: Afghanistan
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s the State Department telling Americans who are in Afghanistan?
A: Throughout the last week, Iowans have contacted my office about loved ones stuck in Afghanistan. The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan has created a perilous situation for thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghans...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and 14 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to evacuate all American citizens and Afghan partners without respect to arbitrary timelines dictated by the Taliban.
“We are extremely concerned that, despite our recommendations, your...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following comments on the injunction issued today by a federal court in Texas against the Biden Administration’s policy severely restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers’ ability to enforce the law through the arrest and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.) and 41 of their Republican Senate colleagues in calling on
the Justice Department allow the special counsel review of the origins of the FBI’s
Russian interference investigation to continue...
Myth: The bill is only 10% - 30% real infrastructure.
Facts: This bill is 100% infrastructure-related spending. Unlike President Biden’s initial proposal or the Democrats’ current $4.2 trillion wish list, this bill is hard infrastructure and does not include social programs or non-traditional infrastructure. This package is $558 billion of new...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold town meetings in Keokuk County on Tuesday, August 24 and Lee County on Wednesday, August 25 as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“You can’t have representative government without dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,” Grassley said. “I...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 08-17-21Topics include: Afghanistan, the Senate budget resolution, infrastructure, immigration and Sen. Grassley's 99 county meeting tour.
ICYMI: On the heels of a bipartisan victory, Democrats push partisan spending spree
By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Des Moines Register
Traveling to each of Iowa’s 99 counties every year, I hear from Iowans on matters ranging from health care, taxes, agriculture, immigration, child care and labor shortages, natural disasters and...
