WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Jon Tester of Montana, the only two farmers currently serving in the United States Senate, wrote to Administrator Linda McMahon of the Small Business Administration (SBA) in support of a proposed regulation that would correct a loophole that large poultry companies are exploiting aimed at providing loans...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following statement on President Trump’s announcement to reopen the government and allow Congress more time to address the ongoing security and humanitarian crisis on the southern border. “Congress has a responsibility to reach a compromise that funds the government and...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Becoming the 91st Senate President Pro TemporeFriday, January 25, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, I come to the floor today to offer a few reflections in these opening days of the 116th Congress. On January 3rd, I was honored to be sworn in as the 91st Senate President pro tem. As many of you...
Q&A: Flags for Fallen HeroesWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: What is the Fallen Heroes Flag Act?A: This federal law provides the American public one way to pay tribute to the legions of heroes across the country who pay the ultimate sacrifice in service to their neighborhoods and communities. Community helpers and first-responders who run towards...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following statement after Democrats blocked a compromise proposal to immediately reopen the federal government and address the border security and humanitarian crisis.“Today we had an opportunity to advance President Trump’s compromise bill that would immediately reopen the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa today expressed astonishment that State Department officials are working to undermine broadly bipartisan legislation signed by President Trump to promote justice for Americans victimized by terrorism. In a
letter today to President Trump, Grassley, a former chairman and senior member of the Judiciary...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Mike Lee of Utah reintroduced an amendment to the United States Constitution that would require the federal government to balance its budget each year. This amendment would put a stop to the current “status...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today reintroduced the Right Rebate Act, which would close a loophole in Medicaid that has allowed pharmaceutical manufacturers to misclassify their drugs and overcharge taxpayers by billions of dollars and provide HHS...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Senator Roy Blunt of Missouri, chairman of the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Labor, Health and Human Services, Education and Related Agencies, led 20 of their Senate colleagues in sending a bipartisan letter to the U.S. Department of Health and...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, is calling on the U.S. Olympic Committee to outline steps being taken to support athletes affected by the recent sexual assault scandal and prevent future abuse of athletes.
Recent legislation passed by Congress expanded the Olympic Committee’s purpose to include...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today announced a hearing titled “Drug Pricing in America: A Prescription for Change, Part I” scheduled to convene at 10:15 a.m. ET on Tuesday, January 29, 2019. The hearing will be the first in a series of hearings scrutinizing prescription drug pricing and considering...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa released the following statement regarding President Trump’s proposal today to address the humanitarian and security crisis at the border and re-open closed portions of the federal government.“President Trump’s latest proposal to address the humanitarian crisis on our...
Q&A: New Medicare Cards and Medicare FraudWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: Why are Iowans receiving new Medicare cards?A: Congress passed legislation requiring the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to remove Social Security Numbers from all Medicare cards. This common sense step will help thwart wrongdoers from bilking Medicare...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa, members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on three federal agencies to investigate allegations of human trafficking and child labor. Allegations brought to the senators’ attention by constituents raise concerns that trafficking networks may be operating in Iowa, exploiting...
WASHINGTON – Iowa’s U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst today joined colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee in reintroducing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act.The legislation would provide commonsense protections for unborn children at 20 weeks after fertilization, a point at which there is significant scientific evidence...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, wrote to the Department of Justice (DOJ) and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Inspector General (IG) requesting information about the threats posed by foreign actors seeking to steal...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst of Iowa received the E15 award from the Iowa Corn Growers Association for their work in the Senate championing year-round sales of E15.Grassley and Ernst have been steadfast advocates for ethanol and environmentally-friendly alternative energy. Last year, Grassley and Ernst joined a bipartisan group...
WASHINGTON – Ahead of this week’s March for Life in Washington, D.C., Iowa’s U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst joined their colleagues to introduce the “No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act of 2019” (S.109). The measure would establish a permanent, government-wide prohibition of...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa will begin holding meetings with Iowans in every county this year starting on Tuesday, January 22 in Worth County and Thursday, January 24 in Franklin County.These meetings will kick off Grassley’s 39th year of holding meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. Grassley has held at least one...
