WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today marked a series of policy and oversight accomplishments of 2020.
“While this past year has been challenging for us all, serving the people of Iowa is my first priority and it’s an honor that I take seriously. As chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and through my extensive oversight efforts, my...
2020 gave us silver linings and lessons to be learned
By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
It’s been a rough year. We started 2020 with all eyes on Iowa for the first-in-the-nation presidential nominating contest. The Iowa caucuses took place under the cloud of a presidential impeachment. That surreal moment in history was eclipsed by a deadly virus that...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today introduced the Chris Allen Multiemployer Pension Recapitalization and Reform Act, legislation based on their 2019 proposal to avert the collapse of critically underfunded...
Q&A: COVID-19 Vaccine Rolls Out
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: When can Iowans expect to be eligible for immunization?
A: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommended states prioritize health care workers and long-term care residents during the initial rollout of the first COVID-19 vaccine to receive emergency use authorization...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and its respective watchdog agency about the suspension of a security clearance and eventual departure of Dr. Mark Moyar from his position at USAID based on still ambiguous claims of publishing classified information...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the results of an investigation conducted by his staff into the relationship between World Vision, a non-profit humanitarian organization, and the Islamic Relief Agency (ISRA), an organization that has been sanctioned by the United States since 2004 for its funding of...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding the findings of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Investigation into the Glenwood Resource Center: “The findings of this investigation into the Glenwood Resource Center are...
WASHINGTON — Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today released the following joint statement on Rita Hart’s attempt to overturn the certified election result in Iowa’s Second Congressional District.
“Iowa’s elections are free and fair. They are administered in a nonpartisan manner and both parties have a seat at the...
WASHINGTON—On the third anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017, by President Donald Trump, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on President-elect Joe Biden to commit to making permanent the many temporary tax provisions that helped create the strongest economy in...
Office of Net Assessment hasn’t performed formal net assessment since 2007
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to build upon its announced review of the Office of Net Assessment (ONA) to determine why it failed to perform a formal net assessment since 2007 and whether...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA) which was included in the year-end funding bill. WRDA addresses the civil works program of the Army Corps of Engineers. Grassley worked with the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works to include provisions that will...
Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released a report that the officials requested of the agency...
Washington
– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after Senate passage of the legislative package including COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus, tax and health care policy extensions and government funding.
On pandemic relief, Grassley said:
“It’s past time Congress acted to provide...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaUrges Iowans to Get the COVID-19 VaccineMonday, December 21, 2020VIDEO History will look back at 2020 and find many lessons and silver linings to unpack. The loss of more than 300,000 American lives will be mourned for years to come. Operation Warp Speed launched a historic...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) nominated 33 Iowa students to be considered for appointments to the U.S. service academies. “These young Iowans who want to enter the academies and serve our country are a remarkable reflection of our state. Their accomplishments, leadership and desire to serve are exceptional, and signal continued...
Senators Also Request Report About Fraud and Counterfeits During the COVID-19 Pandemic WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in sending a bipartisan letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Homeland Security...
NOTE: Grassley’s tweet on this can be found HERE.
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
On Congress Convening 2021 Session on a Sunday
Delivered on Sunday, December 20, 2020
VIDEO
Never in Senate history has the Senate convened a Congress on a Sunday.
The Constitution mandates that Congress convene at noon on January 3,...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
On Democrats Undermining our Elections
Delivered on Saturday, December 19, 2020
VIDEO
In this town, political arguments often change places quickly, causing observers whiplash.
Before this election, we had elected Democrats scaring voters with irresponsible conspiracy theories that President...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today released recently declassified messages from former FBI agent Peter Strzok related to Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s investigation of Trump campaign and...
