WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a lifelong family farmer, made the following statement on U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer’s notification to Congress of his intent to trigger a renegotiation of the North...
Grassley Statement on the Confirmation of Native Iowan Rachel Brand to be Associate Attorney GeneralWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement on the confirmation of Rachel Brand, originally of Pella, to be Associate Attorney General. “Ms. Brand will be a superb...
Grassley Statement on the Appointment of Special Counsel in Russian Interference ProbeWASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement regarding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel in the investigation into Russian...
ICYMI: Praise continues to come in for the bipartisan, bicameral Over the Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017. Senator Grassley is the lead Republican on the Senate measure, which advanced through committee last week. Please see the op-ed in The Hill, “Opening the market to over-the-counter hearing aids: Something Congress can agree...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked Energy Secretary Rick Perry a series of questions about a study Perry directed that appears geared to undermine the wind energy industry. The study is meant to explore issues central to protecting the long-term reliability of the electricity grid, including an investigation of “market-distorting” federal...
Video of the speech delivery is available here.Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyThe Myth of Affordability Under the Affordable Care ActDelivered Wednesday, May 17, 2017I rise today to share real stories of real hardship from hard-working families in my home state of Iowa.Seven years ago, Americans were promised that the “Affordable” Care Act...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein along with Crime and Terrorism Subcommittee Chairman Lindsey Graham and Ranking Member Sheldon Whitehouse today called on the FBI to provide all memos relating to former FBI Director Comey’s interactions with his superiors in both the Trump and Obama...
Grassley, Gillibrand Bill to Assist Families of Fallen Officers Passes SenateWASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed legislation authored by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand to reduce the backlog of families awaiting approval of survivor benefits of public safety officers killed in the line...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Sen. Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota and Sen. Cory Gardner of Colorado today re-introduced legislation to help rural hospitals stay open while meeting the needs of rural residents for emergency room care and outpatient services.
“A car accident or a heart attack is dangerous under the best of circumstances, but...
Prepared Floor Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Judiciary Committee“National Police Week”May 16, 2017VIDEOIn 1962, Congress passed a joint resolution proclaiming the week of May 15th as “National Police Week,” to honor law enforcement officers killed in the line of duty. The National Law Enforcement Officers...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein along with 62 bipartisan colleagues today introduced a resolution to commemorate National Police Week.“The men and women of law enforcement make great sacrifices every day to protect our families and fellow citizens. They do so freely, not out of a...
Washington, D.C. – U.S. Sens. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) today led a letter from 18 senators, including U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer stressing the positive economic impacts of NAFTA as the administration considers taking a fresh look at the trade agreement.U.S. Sens. John...
Video of the speech delivery is available here.Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyThe Affordable Care Act is CollapsingDelivered Monday, May 15, 2017I rise today to speak some more about the Affordable Care Act. The law is collapsing before our eyes.After seven years, Obamacare continues to over-reach, over-promise and over-stay its welcome for the American...
WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN), John McCain (R-AZ), and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) have urged Office of Management (OMB) Director Mick Mulvaney to use existing executive authority to bring down prescription drug costs, including by certifying importation of prescription drugs from Canada. According to media reports, Mulvaney said last...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley pressed for answers on how an FBI translator was reportedly able to travel to Syria and marry the ISIS operative who she was supposed to be investigating.
In a letter to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe, Grassley sought information about how the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein today requested follow-up briefings from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe on matters the former Director committed the FBI to providing the committee.
Grassley and Feinstein also requested that Rosenstein,...
Sen. Chuck Grassley made the following comment on the news that the United States and China are making progress toward China’s allowing imports of U.S. beef by July 16, 2017.“The United States is right to hold U.S. trading partners accountable and to the standards advanced economies should follow in the global economy. These standards...
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Tom Carper (D-Del.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Claire McCaskill (D-Mo.) introduced the Saving Federal Dollars Through Better Use of Government Purchase and Travel Cards Act, legislation to crack down on waste, fraud and abuse in federal agency travel and purchase cards spending.“This bill is a great example of Democrats...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a lifelong family farmer, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, made the following comment on the creation of a new congressionally-mandated Undersecretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs at the Department of...
Washington, D.C. -- U.S. Senators Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), and Johnny Isakson (R-Ga.) today applauded the inclusion of their bipartisan Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017 in the Health, Education, Labor and Pensions (HELP) Committee markup of the FDA Reauthorization Act of 2017.Their legislation, the...
