WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) delivered 14 recorded interviews and documents to the Library of Congress from Iowa veterans, who recalled their time serving in the U.S. Armed Forces for inclusion in the Veterans History Project. In November, Grassley’s office hosted a Veterans History Project event at the Rock Island Arsenal Museum, where students...
Q: How are you working to help at-risk kids grow up in safe homes?
A: Society has a moral imperative to protect the next generation from harm. Every child deserves to grow up in a safe, loving home to reach their full potential. As a father of five and grandfather of nine, I understand the responsibilities of parenthood are demanding. Raising kids is an...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding accountability from the Pentagon after a watchdog report revealed employees may have misspent millions of dollars in taxpayer money during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Department of Defense (DOD) officials between March 2020 and January 2022 used Government Purchase Cards (GPCs) for 110,525 purchases, 43,396...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the Farm Bill, Grassley's Rural Emergency Hospital Program, E-15, DOD COVID-19 funding misuse and the Mayorkas impeachment.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding the Justice Department’s $138.7 million settlement with the victims of former U.S.A. Gymnastics doctor Larry Nassar.
“The survivors of Larry Nassar’s abuse were betrayed by the institutions they should have been able to trust. At a time when these athletes were in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) and 25 Republican senators in urging Attorney General Merrick Garland and Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to restore order to U.S. college campuses rocked by antisemitic riots. The senators are requesting an update by Wednesday, April 24, on efforts to enforce federal...
WASHINGTON – The Senate passed the Preventing Child Trafficking Act of 2024, a bill Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced to foster coordination between the Departments of Justice (DOJ) and Health and Human Services (HHS). The bipartisan legislation now heads to the House of Representatives for further consideration.
“The federal...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will host two virtual informational events for Iowa students interested in applying to U.S. military academies in the fall of 2025 or 2026. The 2024 U.S. Service Academy Virtual Informational Nights will be held on Monday, April 29 and Tuesday, April 30.
Representatives from all five service...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today released a statement on the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) permitting nationwide E15 sales this summer. The EPA's announcement follows a bipartisan push from Grassley and his colleagues.
“This summertime waiver is good news and will preserve access to E15 in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today participated in an executive business meeting to consider the nominations of David Waterman and Matthew Gannon to be U.S. Attorneys for the Southern and Northern Districts of Iowa, respectively. Grassley has endorsed their nominations and,...
WASHINGTON – The Des Moines International Airport (DSM) will receive $2.2 million from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Terminals Program to fund the construction of new terminal areas. The Airport Terminals Program was established in the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) supported in...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced bipartisan legislation to strengthen penalties for smuggling contraband in federal prisons. The Lieutenant Osvaldo Albarati Stopping Prison Contraband Act would upgrade the charge for smuggling or possessing a contraband cellphone in federal prison from...
Q: How is the IRS measuring up in service to the American taxpayer?
A: When Iowans contact my office for help with a federal agency, it often involves a problem they are having with the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), from getting questions answered in a timely manner or receiving an expected refund from a tax return, and more. As a taxpayer watchdog, I...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement after Senate Democrats refused to consider both articles of impeachment against Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas without holding a trial:
“Senate Democrats paid a disservice to the American people and the United States Constitution today. The Senate has the solemn...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) at today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing advocated for Iowa agriculture, grilling U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Ambassador Katherine Tai on the Biden administration’s “abdication of leadership on trade” and urging her to go to bat for American ethanol in Brazil.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, is leading bipartisan legislation to enhance global precursor chemical destruction efforts. The Destruction Initiative for Stored Precursors Overseas and Safe Enforcement (DISPOSE) Act would facilitate U.S. collaboration with partner countries,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) in introducing a bill to help combat antisemitism on college campuses, which spiked following Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. The bipartisan Antisemitism Awareness Act would instruct the Department of Education to use the International Holocaust...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Denison on April 24 and Harlan and Panora on April 25 as part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa.
*The office of Sen. Grassley will hold a town meeting tomorrow, April 23, in Wapello. Due to Senate votes unexpectedly scheduled tomorrow, Regional Director Penny Vacek will...
WASHINGTON – Upon learning two IRS whistleblowers have been unsuccessful in securing a sit-down with agency leadership, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) took today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing as an opportunity to urge Commissioner Daniel Werfel to finally accept their meeting requests.
"I know [IRS Supervisory Special Agent Gary Shapley and Special Agent...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Nationwide summer E15 waiver request, the American tax system, the 2024 presidential election, the national security supplemental, the FARMER Act, the Farm Bill and efforts to lower prescription drug prices.
