WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today received support from Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin for a Grassley co-authored reform of the biodiesel tax credit. The bipartisan bill, the American Renewable Fuel and Job Creation Act of 2017, extends this important clean-fuel incentive for three years and reforms the incentive by transferring the...
Grassley-Feinstein-Cornyn-Whitehouse legislation hits criminals in the wallet
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein, along with Senators John Cornyn and Sheldon Whitehouse, today introduced legislation that modernizes and strengthens criminal laws against money laundering – a critical...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement regarding the appointment of Adam Gregg to be Lieutenant Governor of Iowa.“Congratulations to Adam Gregg on becoming Iowa’s Lieutenant Governor. Governor Reynolds understands firsthand the importance of having a full team in the governor’s office working for Iowans,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Jack Reed of Rhode Island today re-introduced a bill to give states more flexibility to use federal funds to support foster youth aging out of the system.
“A lot of good ideas come from the state level,” Grassley said. “States ought to be encouraged to continue their innovative practices to help foster...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today released the results of his inquiry into the Wounded Warrior Project, documenting problems with the veterans charity and noting that the organization has taken steps to fix the shortcomings initially exposed in news reports last year. “It’s good news that the Wounded Warrior Project used negative findings to try to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement on the swearing-in of Kim Reynolds as the 43rd Governor of Iowa.“Congratulations to Kim Reynolds on becoming Iowa’s newest governor and for making history as its first female governor. From her public service at the grassroots of Iowa as a county treasurer then to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold two town meetings in Iowa May 30 and June 2 as part of his annual 99 county meetings. “Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are the other half. You can’t have representative government without dialogue between...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, earlier this month was the lead Republican on a bipartisan letter urging the White House to reconsider a proposal to virtually eliminate funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The President’s budget proposal for...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on President Trump’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018.“The President is right to take a close look at spending. Taxpayers deserve and expect the most bang for the buck from programs at every agency. In our system of government, the President proposes and Congress disposes....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is an original co-sponsor of bipartisan legislation introduced this week that would extend insurance coverage of foods necessary for the safe and effective management of digestive and inherited metabolic disorders. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is one example of a rare inherited metabolic disorder. Untreated, PKU can...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, today welcomed final passage of his legislation recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. Introduced by Grassley with a bipartisan group of colleagues, the legislation is a resolution describing the multiple challenges facing the approximately 425,000...
The Senate voted to confirm Gov. Terry Branstad as U.S. ambassador to China on an 82 to 13 vote. Sen. Chuck Grassley gave a speech on the Senate floor immediately prior to the vote. Video of the speech delivery is available here.Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyFull Senate Vote on Nomination of Gov. Terry Branstad as U.S. Ambassador to...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Cedar Rapids, Fred Schuster, will be holding open office hours in Washington, Keokuk, Mahaska, Poweshiek, Tama and Benton counties on Monday, June 5, and Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Schuster’s schedule is as follows: Monday, June 5 Washington County10:45 a.m. to 11:45...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia today re-introduced their bipartisan legislation to apply accreditation and other standards for orthotics and prosthetics, such as prosthetic limbs, under Medicare, helping to guarantee access to quality products for beneficiaries.
“Orthotics and prosthetics, like other medical...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein today released the following statement after former FBI Director James Comey declined a
bipartisan invitation to testify before the committee regarding the circumstances surrounding his removal, stating he will instead testify before the Senate Intelligence...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment on reports that Federal Communications Commission security guards manhandled a news reporter who tried to ask questions of a commissioner at a public meeting. The commissioner reportedly apologized after the National Press Club and others expressed concern.“The Federal Communications...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley welcomed key committee passage today of the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017, a bipartisan bill he co-sponsored to strengthen and improve health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries living with chronic conditions.“It’s common sense that...
