VAN BUREN COUNTY, IOWA
– Today, the White House announced Judge Stephen Locher has been nominated to
serve on the United States District Court for the Southern District of Iowa. In
February, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and
Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) recommended Locher for the position following an extensive review by the...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold town meetings next Tuesday, April 19 in Pocahontas County, Wednesday, April 20 in Crawford County and Monona County as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“You can’t have representative government without dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,” Grassley said. “I appreciate...
SCOTT COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding this morning’s announcement of a continued rise in consumer price inflation to 8.5 percent.
“With today’s 8.5 percent inflation, Iowa families are feeling the hurt of President Biden’s choices. He ignored the advice of Dr. Larry Summers and other respected...
CLINTON COUNTY – After months of bipartisan pressure led by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, President Biden today announced plans to lift the ban on sales of E15 this summer.
“I’m glad President Biden is finally listening to what Senator Ernst and I have been saying for months. Biofuels...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement preceding President Biden’s visit to a POET ethanol plant in Menlo, Iowa.
“Tomorrow, President Biden will have the perfect opportunity to stand with Iowa farmers by allowing summer sales of E15.
“Decisions this year by the Biden administration have shown the president clearly...
Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and
Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) introduced new legislation that would require the
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to issue a final rule regarding
over-the-counter hearing aids. Their bipartisan Delivering Over-the-Counter Hearing Aids Now Act follows the FDA’s
proposed rule implementing over-the-counter hearing aids in...
Q&A: Inflation Guzzles Up Gas and Grocery Budgets
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What concerns are you most hearing about from Iowans?
A: Without a doubt soaring inflation is uppermost in the minds of Iowans. Every time Iowans fill up their gas tanks and check out at the grocery store, family budgets are taking a big hit. Estimates show the...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced bipartisan legislation that seeks to replace weapons, ammunition and other defense equipment
provided to Ukraine by certain NATO countries. Specifically, the bill would
authorize the Department of Defense (DoD) to transfer equipment to lower-income
NATO countries to quickly...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Join Ernst (R-Iowa) are working to protect affordable housing
resources intended for low-income families in Iowa from being redirected to
major cities, like Chicago. Their new proposal, the Rural Housing Accessibility Act, would require receiving Public
Housing Authorities (PHAs) with available funding to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Bob Casey (D-Pa.) are continuing their support for rural health
care by introducing the Rural
Hospital Support Act.
Their bipartisan proposal seeks to permanently extend two key Medicare rural
hospital programs and establish a new rebasing year – preventing closures that
would disrupt access to care for...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) have introduced the Human Rights Violator Act of 2022. The legislation would establish grounds of inadmissibility for any alien who participated in the persecution of people because of race, religion, nationality, social group, or...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators, led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced legislation to help police, fire, emergency medical and 911 personnel cope with the stresses of responding to crisis situations. The Fighting Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder Act of 2022 (S.4007) would establish mental health programs for...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
joined Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) in urging
the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its greenhouse gas (GHG)
modeling for biofuels and adopt the Argonne National Lab’s Greenhouse Gases,
Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Transportation (GREET) model. These
long-overdue...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 04-04-22Topics include: Ukraine/Russia conflict and U.S. involvement, cattle market bill, Supreme Court nomination hearing, Title 42 and Iowan's concerns.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold town meetings next week in Allamakee County on Monday, April 11, Clinton County on Tuesday, April 12 and Des Moines County on Wednesday, April 13 as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“You can’t have representative government without dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,”...
Prepared Opening Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Ranking Member, Senate Judiciary Committee
Executive Business Meeting to Consider Supreme Court Nomination
April 4, 2022
We have six judicial nominees and one executive nominee on the agenda today.
I’ll be supporting Jennifer Rearden. Ms. Rearden has spent her career litigating at some of the...
Q&A: National Donate Life Month
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why are you working to improve the nation’s organ procurement system?
A: Ask anyone who has had a loved one on the organ transplant list or waiting for approval to get on it. The uncertainty and anguish to find a match can turn into an emotional roller coaster. According to federal...
WASHINGTON – To begin National Child
Abuse Awareness Month, Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) joined Sens. Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in introducing
a new bill to reauthorize the Victims of Child Abuse Act (VOCAA). The
law, first enacted in 1990, provides the only dedicated source of funding for
Children’s...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of
senators, led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), introduced
legislation to gather greater information on attacks targeting law enforcement.
The Improving Law Enforcement Officer
Safety and Wellness Through Data Act builds on existing reporting
requirements and fills gaps highlighted by law...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following joint statement criticizing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) decision to release additional H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visas:
“We’ve long expressed...
