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...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), longtime watchdog against wasteful government spending, provided written testimony for a hearing today on “Price Gouging in Military Contracts” before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Grassley has conducted vigorous oversight of TransDigm’s contracts with the Pentagon, many of which provide...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Sam Graves (MO-06) led nearly a dozen of their colleagues in sending a letter to Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, urging him to prioritize funding for flood mitigation and prevention projects along the lower Missouri River.
Specifically, Grassley and his colleagues are pushing Connor to...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today announced a $829.1 million
investment in lock and dam modernization projects along the upper Mississippi
River with funding made available by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs act, which was supported by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). “Iowa’s agriculture, manufacturing and shipping...
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary, with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to the Director of U.S. Secret Service (USSS), James M. Murray, reiterating requests for Hunter Biden’s travel records. This request...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 01-19-22Topics include: Voting rights, supply chain issues, election reform, term limits, the filibuster and the Iowa income tax change.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent letters to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, asking the agencies to inform the committee on what steps – if any – are being...
WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today expanded their ongoing probe into the federal government’s policing of school board meetings to include the Department of Education. The broadening inquiry follows revelations of emails between National School Board Association (NSBA) officials...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and all members of the Iowa delegation – including Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Reps. Cindy Axne (IA-03), Randy Feenstra (IA-04), Ashley Hinson (IA-01) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (IA-02) – sent a letter to U.S. Department of Education Secretary Miguel Cardona, urging his department to address shortcomings in a...
Q&A: How to Spot Human Trafficking
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How has the pandemic impacted human trafficking?
A: As we start the New Year and enter the third year of the pandemic, Americans are gripped with soaring inflation and strapped with higher bills for groceries, gas and housing. There’s also an insidious byproduct from the pandemic...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Representatives Stephanie Murphy (D-FL) and Brian Fitzpatrick (R-PA) announced that their bipartisan, bicameral resolution designating January as National Stalking Awareness Month has passed the Senate. Approximately 1 in 6 women in the U.S. have experienced stalking at some point...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Rand Paul (R-Ky.) are asking General Mark Milley to make good on his commitment to reconcile the apparent discrepancies between his alleged statements to authors of the book Peril and his testimony before Congress.
In Peril, a book published last year by authors Bob Woodward and...
WASHINGTON – After hearing from Iowa veterans frustrated by inadequate access to community health care providers, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to Veterans Affairs (VA) Secretary Dennis McDonough to request additional information on the VA’s implementation of new access standards for community care.
In his letter, Grassley notes that the VA MISSION...
WASHINGTON -- Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and several of his colleagues in introducing the Coronavirus Origin Validation, Investigation, and Determination (COVID) Act of 2022. The bill would authorize sanctions if, 90 days after enactment, the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) still refuses to allow a credible and...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was joined by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) in sending a letter to U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) Secretary Pete Buttigieg, encouraging the DOT to utilize funding from the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act – the bipartisan infrastructure bill that Grassley supported – to...
BUTLER COUNTY – Due to an unexpected Senate schedule change by Senate Majority Leader Schumer, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has adapted his 99 county meeting schedule accordingly. Grassley will kick off his annual 99 county meeting tour with a town meeting in Fayette County on Monday, January 17. He will then host town meetings the following week in Wright...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 01-10-22Topics include: Anniversary of Jan. 6, big tech, taxes and the Iowa legislature, U.S.-Russia relations, COVID-19 mandates, the filibuster and 2022 priorities.
