Q&A: Rural Broadband
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How has COVID-19 intensified the need to bridge the digital divide in rural America?
A: There’s no question the pandemic has lent even greater urgency for expanded access to affordable, reliable and comprehensive high-speed internet services for communities across Iowa. As households adjust to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today joined KTIV in Sioux City to discuss the ongoing Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. They also highlighted Judge Barrett’s overwhelming qualifications and her...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman and current senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News Channel last night to discuss the ongoing hearing to consider the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Grassley predicted more...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairmen of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Finance Committees, respectively, sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe seeking an unredacted version of a spreadsheet created to attempt to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) were notified by President Trump that he plans to bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Iowan Dan Gable at the White House. The Iowa senators had reached out to the White House after hearing about grassroots support in Iowa for this award.
“Dan Gable...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman and senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, highlighted the overwhelming qualifications of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court with Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour. Grassley further affirmed that Judge Barrett is a strict...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter Monday to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray warning that the bureau’s recent production of limited text...
Forcing EPA to be consistent with their treatment of biogenic CO2 will boost the U.S. bio economy which ultimately helps rural America
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and twelve of their Senate colleagues in sending a
letter to urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modernize their rulemaking for...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network to discuss Democrats’ false claims that Americans would lose access to health care and protections for pre-existing conditions in the first day of the hearing to consider the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Neil Cavuto on Fox News Channel to discuss the first day of the hearing to consider the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. They discussed the Democrats’ false...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today lauded the decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center, in coordination with the Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, to approve three Port Statistical Areas (PSAs) on the Mississippi River. This federal recognition as a multi-modal port...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today discussed the confirmation hearing process for the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on “Fox and Friends” on Fox News Channel. He also discussed Democrats’ plans to add...
Prepared Opening Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate Judiciary CommitteeNomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme CourtMonday, October 12, 2020VIDEOWelcome, Judge. On March 1, 2016, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered a eulogy for her friend, Justice Antonin Scalia. Justice Ginsburg said,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (Texas-08) today sent a letter to Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration Stephen Goss requesting more information on how the Office of the Chief Actuary functions, particularly in responding to requests...
Q&A: Election Integrity With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What is the federal government doing to protect a free and fair election?A: As the world’s largest economy and beacon of democracy, it’s not a secret that our elections are targeted by foreign adversaries seeking to sow discord and division in the United States of America....
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is
seeking additional information from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding the manufacturing practices of Lockheed Martin’s C-130J aircraft after whistleblower reports stated that the program has resulted in significant health and safety concerns...
MASON CITY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined by fellow champions for Iowa’s biofuel industry, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, visited the Renewable Energy Group in Mason City. During their stop at the biodiesel production facility, Grassley, Ernst and Naig met with and answered questions from...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter Wednesday to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel calling for the director to respond in full to their July...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised the announcement that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $7.9 million grant to the city of Hamburg, Iowa, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to protect businesses along the Missouri River from flooding. The EDA...
