For Immediate ReleaseThursday, April 16, 2020 Grassley, Johnson Request Additional Crossfire Hurricane Records After Declassified Footnotes Reveal Steele Dossier Contained Reported Russian Disinformation WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and 25 senators in calling on federal agencies to ensure that long term care facilities occupied by seniors, as well as those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, receive adequate resources in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
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For Immediate Release
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Iowa Senators Urge USDA to Provide Assistance to Pork Producers
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and 28 members of Congress on a bipartisan, bicameral
letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to...
An Ounce Of Coronavirus Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure By Sens. Chuck Grassley and Bill Cassidy It’s no longer business as usual in America. Let’s end business as usual in Washington. The coronavirus pandemic is creating extraordinary times that call upon us to be ready for the next one. When public health experts warned of an...
Washington – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate president pro tempore, will join the bipartisan task force focused on safely re-opening America following the current public health crisis. The task force includes Democrat and Republican members of both the U.S. Senate and House of...
Reports casting doubt on dossier arrived before FISA renewals & Mueller appointment
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Russian intel was aware of Steele’s anti-Trump research in early July 2016, prior to the FBI opening its investigation
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FBI had open counterintelligence case on Steele’s key source, but failed to apprise FISA Court
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Steele’s sources connected to Russian...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today wrote to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, in his role as chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), regarding CIGIE’s role in the inspector general nominating...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and President pro tempore of the United States Senate is now the 10th longest-serving Senator in U.S. history with 39.3 years of service. Iowans have placed their trust in Grassley since 1980, when voters first elected him to serve in the United States Senate. “I’m honored to represent...
Declassified footnotes sought by Grassley, Johnson reveal faulty predicate in Russia probe
WASHINGTON – The “central and essential” evidence used to justify invasive surveillance of an American citizen in the FBI’s probe into Russian interference was, itself, an example of Russian interference, according to once-secret footnotes declassified at the...
Acting Inspector General: Treasury Properly Handled Request for Trump Tax Returns, No Indication of Improper Influence
Washington
– Following a request from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Department of the Treasury Acting Inspector General Richard Delmar, a nonpartisan career civil servant, provided the
results of an...
Q&A: COVID-19 ScamsWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: How might scammers exploit the pandemic to steal Iowans’ recovery payments?A: As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, I led negotiations on the $2 trillion Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act that will deliver direct help to individuals. The public health...
Grassley Presses WHO on its Potential Reliance on Fabricated Chinese Data, Abetting China’s Downplaying of the Deadly Disease, Leaving the World Unprepared Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) wrote to the World Health Organization (WHO) regarding its initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic and questioned...
Butler County, Iowa – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after Senate Democrats this morning blocked additional necessary funding for the Paycheck Protection Program, which was established in the CARES Act to help small businesses keep employees on the payroll through the public health...
Letter to President Trump details Importance of IGs & removal procedures
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a longtime advocate for inspectors general and government oversight across political party and administration, today led a bipartisan group of lawmakers in calling on President Trump to provide a detailed written explanation for...
“We’re the engine that drives the world economy, and if the world economy is going to turn around, we’ve got to turn around the American economy.” WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today spoke with Neil Cavuto on Fox Business Network to discuss the congressional response to coronavirus...
Letter calls on Attorney General William Barr to vigorously enforce the Executive Order to help prevent the hoarding and price gouging of essential medical supplies
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) called on the Department of Justice (DOJ) to take vigorous action to protect consumers from price gouging during...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a staunch advocate of inspectors general and congressional oversight, today released the following statement. “Inspectors General provide a critical check on an otherwise unaccountable bureaucracy. In other words, they help drain the swamp. Their duty is to provide nonpartisan recommendations and...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and 12 of their Senate colleagues today sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) requesting additional funds be allocated to the biofuel industry through the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC) during the unprecedented economic circumstances brought on...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) renewed his inquiries into potential wasteful and inappropriate travel spending at the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA), specifically seeking full and complete answers to prior questions about multiple trips to Hawaii. “...it is my congressional duty to...
