WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sens. Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) introduced the Drone Act of 2022 (S.3542). Their bipartisan proposal seeks to criminalize dangerous drone activity – including by drug and human traffickers who have embraced drone technology to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) to introduce a bipartisan resolution designating January as “National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month.”
“Human trafficking and exploitation continue to plague communities across our nation,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.) to reintroduce bipartisan legislation encouraging the tech industry to take online child sexual exploitation seriously. The Eliminating Abusive and Rampant Neglect of Interactive Technologies (EARN IT Act) removes blanket immunity for violations of...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Co-Chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, led 17 of their Senate colleagues in introducing a bipartisan resolution to celebrate 100 years of diplomatic relations with the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania. The resolution also reaffirms the United States’ commitment to the...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 01-31-22Topics include: Justice Breyer, infrastructure, COVID-19 mandates, 1/6 investigation, convention of the states, 2022 election and election reform.
Q&A: Big Tech Reboot
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why did you introduce the American Innovation and Choice Online Act?
A: During my county meetings with Iowans, I get a lot of feedback about anti-competitive behaviors that impact the prices families are paying for groceries, gas and prescription drugs. Cattle feeders feel squeezed by the Big...
CHICKASAW COUNTY, IOWA– Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding the announced retirement of Supreme Court Associate Justice Stephen G. Breyer.
“I congratulate Justice Breyer on his long, distinguished service to our country. He is widely respected for good reason, and I’ve...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has delivered the stories of 16 more Iowa veterans to the Library of Congress for the Veterans’ History Project, an initiative that seeks to ensure veterans’ unique stories – ranging from World War I to present day – are preserved and not lost to history.
Last November, Grassley’s office interviewed Iowa veterans...
WASHINGTON – A group of Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), are demanding answers from each federal agency charged with protecting Americans from terrorists like Malik Faisal Akram, the British national who held four people hostage at Beth Israel Congregation in Colleyville, Texas.
Akram was...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent a letter to President Biden, urging the administration to begin tackling trade challenges and to seek new trade agreements in the Indo-Pacific region.
Initially, the Biden administration announced it would be prioritizing domestic policy before considering negotiations on new...
WASHINGTON – In a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) expressed their support for key provisions in the FDA’s proposed rule for regulating over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. The FDA’s proposed rule is a direct result of the Over-the-Counter...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 01-25-22Topics include: Border crisis, Ukraine-Russia relations, the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act, opioid crisis and the labor shortage.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, today made the following comment on the Cattle
Price Discovery and Transparency Act: “I’m pleased to see that the American Farm Bureau is reaffirming their
support for the goals of our bipartisan bill to improve competition and market
access for livestock...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced American Airlines will continue providing roundtrip service from the Waterloo Regional Airport. The announcement comes after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) urged the DOT to continue providing air service for folks in the Waterloo area.
“We are glad the...
WASHINGTON – A group of Senate Republicans, led by
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today are
expressing serious concern about a proposed executive order (EO) by the Biden
Administration that would limit law enforcement access to nonlethal and
lifesaving resources, and impose greater restrictions on federal grant...
Q&A: 99 County Meetings
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s on the minds of Iowans as you kick off your annual 99 county meetings?
A: It’s an honor to represent Iowa in the U.S. Senate and that’s why I make every effort to keep the lines of communication open and foster dialogue with Iowans. Representative government is a two-way street. I’m...
WASHINGTON – This week, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) participated in a call with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to discuss recent decisions that will restrict farmers’ access to safe and necessary crop protection products.
The EPA has issued...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a staunch defender of the right to life, has earned an A+ rating for 2021 on the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List National Pro-Life Scorecard. The scorecard takes into account the votes and actions of every lawmaker for the first session of the 117th Congress.
SBA List cited Grassley’s record of voting “consistently to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), respectively the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights, issued the statements below following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s approval of the American Innovation and...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan majority of senators thwarted Democrats’ scheme to permanently destroy centuries-old Senate rules to advance a federal takeover of state election laws. The rule requiring 60 votes to end debate fosters compromise and bipartisanship, ensuring all senators, regardless of party, can participate in the legislative process. The election...
