WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led 43 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to work with Congress to root out abuses in their administration’s unaccompanied migrant children program and stop the Department...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)’s staff will hold traveling office hours in 14 Iowa counties from September 30 through October 4. Iowans seeking assistance with a federal agency or wishing to share their views may stop by during the scheduled hours listed below.
NOTE: Grassley will not be in attendance. He will be represented by his regional...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: government funding, the Farm Bill, foreign conflicts, the attempted assassinations of former President Trump, China's decision to end intercountry adoptions, voting and clean energy.
Q: How are you supporting families who are struggling with infertility?
A: According to recent federal statistics, more than 13 percent of women under age 49 are affected by infertility. Coping with infertility, miscarriages and stillbirths takes a painful, emotional toll on families. I’m co-sponsoring legislation that affirms support for those facing...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced the Opioid Overdose Data Collection Enhancement Act. The bill would direct the Justice Department (DOJ) to award grants to states, cities, law enforcement units or tribes that operate overdose data collection programs, such as the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is announcing the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) secured $68,662,000 to reconstruct the I-80, I-35 and I-235 interchange in Des Moines. The U.S. Department of Transportation will administer the awards through its Mega Grant Program, which is funded by the Grassley-backed Infrastructure...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) teamed up with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.) to introduce a resolution designating today, September 19th, as National Stillbirth Prevention Day. Grassley this morning delivered remarks at a reception Iowa-based Health Birth Day, Inc....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) on a bill to hold the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) accountable for running a $3 billion deficit on its 2024 fund for administering veterans’ benefits.
“The VA grossly mismanaged taxpayer dollars and put veterans’ benefits at risk. We won’t leave our nation’s veterans in limbo,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in introducing legislation to set up the United States and its allies for success in strategic competition with China. A key provision of the bill is based on Grassley’s Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking information on China’s August 28, 2024, decision to end intercountry adoptions. In letters to the State Department and the Chinese Ambassador, he notes China’s announcement has jeopardized adoption prospects for many American families – including in Iowa – who have been stuck in the final stages of the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) accepted the American Fraternal Alliance’s first-ever “Fraternal Ally Award” for his work to support fraternal benefit societies. Grassley is a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
“Fraternal benefit societies are deeply rooted in the fabric of our nation. For centuries, they’ve made an...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sought to cut off federal funds to entities the Justice Department (DOJ) has identified as facilitating sexual abuse and harassment against unaccompanied alien children (UACs). Democrats objected to Grassley’s measure, instead proposing a bloated...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today participated in a hearing to shine light on the rise of antisemitism in America.
Antisemitic incidents and threats in the U.S., particularly on college campuses, spiked following Hamas’ October 7, 2023 attack on Israel. Significant unrest...
WASHINGTON – At today’s Senate Finance Committee hearing on health care costs, former chairman and current senior member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) discussed his bipartisan work to bring transparency to opaque pharmaceutical industry middlemen. He asked about the Biden-Harris administration’s program to mask how the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) has hiked...
WASHINGTON – Senate Drug Caucus Co-Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and caucus member Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today led bipartisan colleagues in reintroducing the Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act. The legislation targets deadly drugs that are substantially similar to already-controlled substances but carefully engineered –...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Secret Service oversight, Chinese and Russian military aggression, government funding, Harris' proposal for a homebuyers grant, the Keeping Drugs Out of Schools Act and Ukraine's use of long-range weapons.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)’s staff will hold traveling office hours in 24 Iowa counties from September 23 to September 27. Iowans seeking assistance with a federal agency or wishing to share their views may stop by during the scheduled hours listed below.
NOTE: Grassley will not be in attendance. He will be represented by his regional...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) accepted Growth Energy’s 2024 “Fueling Growth Award” for his efforts to support biofuels producers. Grassley is a lifelong family farmer and senior member of the Agriculture and Finance Committees.
“As an Iowa corn and soybean grower, I’m well familiar with biofuels’ many benefits. Homegrown biofuels are good for...
Q: What’s the history behind Farm Safety Week?
A: Since World War II, National Farm Safety Week is observed in September to boost public awareness before the harvest season gets fully underway. It’s one of the most dangerous times of year in farming. President Franklin Roosevelt called America’s farmers and ranchers “the source from which the reservoirs of...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Eric Schmitt (R-Mo.) are urging a renewed emphasis on the Senate’s debate and amendment processes. In a letter to the Senate Republican Conference, the senators request their colleagues adopt legislative procedures that guarantee every senator ample opportunity to make their constituents’ voices and priorities...
