News Releases

Grassley, Johanns Work to Stop Long Reach of the EPA in Regulating Dust WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today introduced legislation to prevent the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) from regulating dust in rural America while maintaining the protections of the Clean Air Act to the public’s health and welfare.  Grassley introduced the bill with...

  SEC freezes document destruction after Grassley, whistleblower inquiry     M E M O R AN D U M To:       Reporters and Editors Re:       Securities and Exchange Commission moratorium on document destruction Da:      Thursday, September 8, 2011 Sen. Chuck...

Grassley Urges President to Send Trade Agreements to Congress WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today joined a group of Republican senators in urging President Obama to submit the pending trade agreements with Colombia, Panama, and South Korea to Congress for a vote.  Grassley said the United States has fallen behind other countries in...

Ranking Member Grassley Comments on the Justice Department Moving Fast and Furious Cases out of the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the Department of Justice moved cases associated with Operation Fast and Furious out of the U.S. Attorney's Office in...

Q&A Agriculture and Washington  Q:        What is the farm bill? A:        About every five years, Congress passes a comprehensive farm and food policy bill, covering a range of programs and provisions.  The last farm bill, in 2008, contained 15 titles for commodity price...

Revised Account in Fast and Furious  In a stunning development late yesterday, the Justice Department told me that there had been 31 firearm recoveries in the United States and Mexico linked to Operation Fast and Furious, the ill-advised strategy that allowed guns to be purchased by known straw buyers and then transferred to people often transporting...

Remember Legacy of Those Lost on 9/11 Anniversary by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley A decade after vicious terrorist attacks killed thousands of innocent people and caused immeasurable grief to victims and survivors, America has shown the world that 9/11 may have changed life as we knew it, but it has not changed America’s commitment to freedom, liberty and...

Town Hall Meetings This week I held town meetings in 14 Iowa communities.  I went to Carroll , Denison , Harlan, Oakland, Red Oak, Atlantic, Onawa, Missouri Valley, Glenwood, Sidney, Shenandoah, Bedford, Corning and Audubon to hear directly from Iowans and to have the kind of dialogue that's needed for the process of representative government to...

Grassley, Issa Letter to Phoenix U.S. Attorney's Office Regarding Operation Fast and Furious Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley and House Oversight Chairman Darrell Issa Letter to Acting U.S. Attorney, Phoenix

Grassley Reacts to New Fall-out from ATF Oversight   Senator Chuck Grassley made the following comment after the resignations and new assignments of several officials involved in the Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives strategy known as Fast and Furious.   “Today’s announcement is an admission by the Obama administration that serious...

Super Committee Staff Director M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Super Committee Staff Director DA:    Tuesday, August 30, 2011 Senator Chuck Grassley issued the following comment about the selection of Mark Prater to serve as staff director of the Joint Select Committee on Deficit...

Grassley begins town meetings with Iowans in 14 counties WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in 14 Iowa communities today through Thursday. Starting this afternoon, the meetings will take place in Carroll, Denison, Harlan, Oakland, Red Oak, Atlantic, Onawa, Missouri Valley, Glenwood, Sidney, Shenandoah, Bedford, Corning and Audubon....

Q and A: Whistleblowers Q: What prompted your longstanding advocacy of whistleblowers? A: Whistleblowers are unsung heroes who often risk losing their livelihoods, friends and career to expose wrongdoing. It takes courage and integrity to go against the grain, especially in deeply entrenched federal bureaucracies like the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,...

King, Grassley, Harkin Ask USPS to Delay Consolidation of Sioux City Mail Processing Facility Washington, D.C.- Congressman Steve King (R-IA), Senator Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Senator Tom Harkin (D-IA) announce that they have formally requested that the United States Postal Service delay the implementation of its plan to consolidate mail processing...

  Disaster Aid to Iowa after Severe Storms, Straight-line Winds and Flooding     WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has issued a major disaster declaration for several Iowa counties including Benton, Clay, Dickinson, Marshall, Story and Tama counties.  This declaration...

  Grassley: Final Rule on Medical Researchers’ Financial Ties is Disappointing on Transparency     M E M O R A N D U M To:  Reporters and Editors      Re:  Final rules on medical researchers’ financial ties Da:  Wednesday, August 24, 2011     This week, the federal government is...

Grassley: Sioux City Receives Funds to Help Rehabilitate former Morrell Site New Hartford – Senator Chuck Grassley today said that a $2 million competitive grant has been awarded to Sioux City to help with the redevelopment of the John Morrell processing site.  The grant is from the Economic Development Administration, an agency in the U.S. Department...

  Democracy in Action     Every four years, national reporters focus on Iowa’s first-in-the-nation presidential caucuses.  The state fair is often a back-drop for news coverage, showcasing Iowa classics such as the quality and variety of our livestock and agricultural commodities and the famous cow sculpted out of butter. Also on view is...

Q&A: Missouri River Flooding Q:        How is it that the Army Corps of Engineers is responsible for flood management? A:        This responsibility of the Army Corps – a federal agency and Army command -- comes from the Flood Control Act of 1936.  Today, the Army Corps is...

Grassley: Congress Missed Opportunity to Fix Conflict of Interest Problem at Credit Ratings Agencies M E M O R A N D U M To:       Reporters and Editors Fr:        Jill Gerber for Sen. Grassley, 202/224-6522 Re:       report of Justice Department investigation of...