WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) and Laphonza Butler (D-Calif.) today introduced the Keeping Drugs out of Schools Act. The bipartisan bill would establish a new grant program for Drug-Free Communities (DFC) coalitions to partner with schools to educate students about the dangers of synthetic opioids.
“Halting drug abuse in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, presented Chelsey’s Dream Foundation with the Congressional Coalition on Adoption Institute’s (CCAI) Angels in Adoption award. Anamosa’s Chuck and Carol Bildstein founded the non-profit to provide financial and emotional support to adoptive families.
“I...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) to introduce the Protecting American Agriculture from Foreign Adversaries Act of 2024. The legislation would increase scrutiny of foreign bids to purchase U.S. farmland, particularly from adversaries like China, North Korea, Russia and Iran, by adding the Secretary of Agriculture...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is demanding answers from the FBI on its failure to implement necessary changes to improve its practices regarding child sex offense cases. A recent Department of Justice (DOJ) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) audit (“the 2024 Audit”)...
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Topics include: the Farm Bill, an Iowan's disappearance in Mexico, the anniversary of 9/11, the upcoming presidential debate and Iran-backed assassination plots.
Q: What comes to mind with the 9/11 anniversary this month?
A: After 23 years, the unprecedented terrorist attacks on U.S. soil serve as a solemn reminder to all Americans. We must never forget the tragic loss of approximately 3,000 people who woke up and went about their daily lives on that sunny September morning, never to see their loved ones again....
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking information from the U.S. Departments of Health and Human Services (HHS) and Homeland Security (DHS) regarding their documented failure to protect over 291,000 unaccompanied migrant children (UCs). Grassley’s oversight follows up on an August 19, 2024 watchdog report revealing DHS has not...
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Topics include: Grassley's 99 county tour, manufacturing, Medicare Part D, preserving Americans' constitutional rights, Israel-Hamas hostage negotiations and Vice President Harris' focus on price gouging controls.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today wrote U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar to request a briefing and regular updates on the embassy’s efforts to recover Iowan Chris Leguisano. Leguisano was reported missing on August 10, 2024 after traveling to deliver a vehicle to a family member in Mexico, where she...
Q: How are you working to help prevent overdose deaths?
A: From my 99 county meetings to constituent phone calls and emails to my Senate office, I hear from Iowans from all walks of life whose families and communities have been devastated by overdose deaths. A recent national study found 1 in 3 U.S. adults knows someone who has died of drug overdose. In...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on the Honduran government’s plans to terminate its extradition treaty with the United States:
“We are deeply concerned...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) are calling for a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of a demonstration program the Biden-Harris administration launched to artificially lower Medicare Part D premium payments using taxpayer dollars. This Premium...
Q: What made you start doing your annual 99 county meetings?
A: People often ask why I started my tradition of holding a meeting with Iowans in every county, every year. When I was first elected to the U.S. Senate, I remember overhearing a remark made by patrons at a local restaurant that it “must be an election year” if so-and-so was in town, concluding...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) are calling on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to halt DHS’ obstruction of independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations.
The lawmakers’ concerns stem from a recently released, heavily redacted DHS OIG report titled, “United States...
WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today concluded his 44th annual 99 county meetings across Iowa with a tour of Novelty Machine & Supply Company in Sioux City, followed by a question-and-answer session with employees. Earlier in the day, Grassley held meetings in Le Mars, Rock Rapids and a town hall in Sioux Center. Grassley takes...
Q: What are your favorite traditions at the Iowa State Fair?
A: There’s something for everyone at the historic Iowa State Fair that runs through August 18, from food and entertainment to livestock exhibits and family friendly contests. I’ve enjoyed attending the state fair every year since 1974. (That excludes 2020 when it was canceled due to the coronavirus...
WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve its process for the electronic submission and retention of foreign-owned farmland disclosures. The letter follows alleged inaccuracies posted online by the Farm Service...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Ocheyedan on August 19 and Sioux Center on August 20 as part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa. These stops will round out Grassley’s annual tradition of holding at least one question-and-answer session in each of Iowa’s 99 counties every...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the former and current chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and co-authors of a bipartisan law to reform the U.S. organ donation system, are raising concerns regarding a potentially unethical hire at the long-troubled United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
UNOS, which has exclusively...
Q: How are you working to address affordable child care for families?
A: During my annual 99 county meetings, I regularly hear from parents, employers and civic leaders about the need for affordable child care in their local communities. A couple years ago, Sen. Joni Ernst and I held a roundtable discussion in Des Moines to learn more about the barriers that...
