WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has delivered the stories of 16 more Iowa veterans to the Library of Congress for the Veterans’ History Project, an initiative that seeks to ensure veterans’ unique stories – ranging from World War I to present day – are preserved and not lost to history.
Last November, Grassley’s office interviewed Iowa veterans...
WASHINGTON – A group of Republican senators on the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), are demanding answers from each federal agency charged with protecting Americans from terrorists like Malik Faisal Akram, the British national who held four people hostage at Beth Israel Congregation in Colleyville, Texas.
Akram was...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) sent a letter to President Biden, urging the administration to begin tackling trade challenges and to seek new trade agreements in the Indo-Pacific region.
Initially, the Biden administration announced it would be prioritizing domestic policy before considering negotiations on new...
WASHINGTON – In a letter to U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Acting Commissioner Janet Woodcock, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) expressed their support for key provisions in the FDA’s proposed rule for regulating over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. The FDA’s proposed rule is a direct result of the Over-the-Counter...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 01-25-22Topics include: Border crisis, Ukraine-Russia relations, the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act, opioid crisis and the labor shortage.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate
Agriculture Committee, today made the following comment on the Cattle
Price Discovery and Transparency Act: “I’m pleased to see that the American Farm Bureau is reaffirming their
support for the goals of our bipartisan bill to improve competition and market
access for livestock...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) announced American Airlines will continue providing roundtrip service from the Waterloo Regional Airport. The announcement comes after Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (IA-01) urged the DOT to continue providing air service for folks in the Waterloo area.
“We are glad the...
WASHINGTON – A group of Senate Republicans, led by
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today are
expressing serious concern about a proposed executive order (EO) by the Biden
Administration that would limit law enforcement access to nonlethal and
lifesaving resources, and impose greater restrictions on federal grant...
Q&A: 99 County Meetings
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s on the minds of Iowans as you kick off your annual 99 county meetings?
A: It’s an honor to represent Iowa in the U.S. Senate and that’s why I make every effort to keep the lines of communication open and foster dialogue with Iowans. Representative government is a two-way street. I’m...
WASHINGTON – This week, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Mike Braun (R-Ind.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kan.) participated in a call with U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to discuss recent decisions that will restrict farmers’ access to safe and necessary crop protection products.
The EPA has issued...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a staunch defender of the right to life, has earned an A+ rating for 2021 on the Susan B. Anthony (SBA) List National Pro-Life Scorecard. The scorecard takes into account the votes and actions of every lawmaker for the first session of the 117th Congress.
SBA List cited Grassley’s record of voting “consistently to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), respectively the Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Chairwoman of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Competition Policy, Antitrust and Consumer Rights, issued the statements below following the Senate Judiciary Committee’s approval of the American Innovation and...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan majority of senators thwarted Democrats’ scheme to permanently destroy centuries-old Senate rules to advance a federal takeover of state election laws. The rule requiring 60 votes to end debate fosters compromise and bipartisanship, ensuring all senators, regardless of party, can participate in the legislative process. The election...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), longtime watchdog against wasteful government spending, provided written testimony for a hearing today on “Price Gouging in Military Contracts” before the House Committee on Oversight and Reform.
Grassley has conducted vigorous oversight of TransDigm’s contracts with the Pentagon, many of which provide...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Sam Graves (MO-06) led nearly a dozen of their colleagues in sending a letter to Michael Connor, Assistant Secretary for Civil Works, urging him to prioritize funding for flood mitigation and prevention projects along the lower Missouri River.
Specifically, Grassley and his colleagues are pushing Connor to...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers today announced a $829.1 million
investment in lock and dam modernization projects along the upper Mississippi
River with funding made available by the bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs act, which was supported by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). “Iowa’s agriculture, manufacturing and shipping...
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Committee on the Judiciary, with U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to the Director of U.S. Secret Service (USSS), James M. Murray, reiterating requests for Hunter Biden’s travel records. This request...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 01-19-22Topics include: Voting rights, supply chain issues, election reform, term limits, the filibuster and the Iowa income tax change.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sent letters to Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas, Attorney General Merrick Garland and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray, asking the agencies to inform the committee on what steps – if any – are being...
WASHINGTON – Republicans on the Senate Judiciary Committee, led by Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today expanded their ongoing probe into the federal government’s policing of school board meetings to include the Department of Education. The broadening inquiry follows revelations of emails between National School Board Association (NSBA) officials...
