Q: How can Iowans check their Social Security benefits online? A: The Social Security Administration offers free and secure online access for workers of all ages and current recipients to check their benefits. Individuals may create a personal account known as “my Social Security” that allows you to apply for benefits, request a replacement card, check...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today wrote the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) seeking answers amid reports federal hurricane relief employees were instructed to skip homes promoting then-candidate Donald Trump’s presidential campaign. Grassley is demanding to know whether partisan conduct may be part of a broader trend at...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)’s decision to develop a request for application for rural hospitals to make use of 10 available spaces in its Rural Community Hospital Demonstration (RCHD) program. Grassley – citing the program’s efficacy and qualifying hospitals’ interest – has spent...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are putting the Department of Justice (DOJ) and FBI on notice to preserve all records related to Special Counsel Jack Smith’s criminal investigations into President Donald Trump, in order to ensure Congress’ ability to conduct proper oversight. Notably, former FBI Special Agent in Charge...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking transparency from federal Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) regarding their efforts to hold employees accountable for sexual misconduct. Grassley sent letters to 76 OIGs requesting data on all sexual harassment settlements OIGs have paid out using taxpayer dollars in the last five years.
“Inspectors...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: priorities for the 119th Congress, the Senate leadership race, President-elect Donald Trump's cabinet and agenda, the Federal Emergency Management Agency and the Department of Education.
Q: What is a lame-duck session of Congress?
A: Each congressional term has two, one-year legislative sessions. A lame-duck session refers to a period of time when Congress meets after an election is held – prior to the end of its constitutional term – and before freshly elected lawmakers are sworn into office. The 20th amendment to the Constitution...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: appropriations, USCIS citizen voter data requests, the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, inflation, tariffs and priorities for the next president-elect.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) released the below joint statement regarding the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services’ (USCIS) failure to release citizenship information on 2,176 potential non-citizen Iowa voters. USCIS confirmed receipt of the senators’ October 31 letter supporting Iowa Secretary of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with Sens. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are calling on Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to remove and prevent illicit drugs advertisements from Facebook and Instagram.
“The...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – In honor of Veterans Day, the office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with students from Kirkwood Community College, will host its eighth annual Veterans History Project event to chronicle firsthand accounts of Iowa veterans.
“The past informs the present and shapes the future. That’s why the Veterans History Project is so...
WASHINGTON – Longtime adoption advocate Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Ben Cardin (D-Md.) today urged President Biden to stand up for families navigating the People’s Republic of China's (PRC) decision to end intercountry adoptions for those without Chinese familial ties. Reps. Erin Houchin (R-Ind.) and Val Hoyle...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are calling on United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) to immediately respond to Iowa Secretary of State Paul Pate’s request for information regarding the citizenship status of 2,176 registered Iowa voters who self-identified as non-citizens. USCIS’ Des Moines...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced Iowa will receive $44,640,000 to replace eight bridges across seven counties, including Cedar Rapids’ Arc of Justice bridge. The U.S. Department of Transportation will administer the resources through its Bridge Investment Program, which was established in the Grassley-backed...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: U.S. military aid, Summit Carbon Solutions pipeline, Farm Bill, election security, former President Trump's proposed policies and lead line replacement.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Brad Finstad (R-Minn.) are leading a letter scrutinizing the Department of Agriculture (USDA)’s loan and grant oversight practices after a recent awardee, Pure Prairie Poultry, shut down. Grassley and Finstad serve on the Senate and House Agriculture Committees, respectively.
“USDA is responsible for keeping...
OSCEOLA COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today delivered remarks in Sibley at a ribbon cutting ceremony celebrating its connection to the Lewis and Clark Regional Water System. Grassley discussed his longtime support of the clean water initiative and thanked local leaders for their hard work and dedication to the project.
“Over 30 years ago,...
Q: Is the federal government doing enough to protect critical infrastructure from cyberattacks?
A: Cybersecurity may not be top of mind for Iowans struggling to buy groceries, recover from historic flooding and storm damage or finish the fall harvest. However, as your senator, I’m working to prevent serious disruption to daily life and protect national...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Washington Watch with Tony Perkins to discuss his work to reform the Biden-Harris administration’s Unaccompanied Children program, which has lost track of tens-of-thousands of migrant kids and placed countless others in...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jim Risch (R-Idaho) and 26 Senate Republican colleagues will introduce legislation to support Israel’s membership status in the United Nations (UN). The Stand with Israel Act would cut off U.S. funding to UN agencies that expel, downgrade, suspend or otherwise restrict Israel’s participation in the international...
