News Releases

  Runaway spending drives deficits and debts     Floor Statement of Senator Chuck Grassley Debt Limit and Need to Reduce Spending Monday, January 28, 2013 Mr. President, During the next few weeks and months, Congress and the President will again have an opportunity to demonstrate that we’re serious about dealing with deficits and debt by...

Grassley Seeks Improvements from CFTC Inspector General’s Office WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is seeking to learn whether the inspector general’s office for the nation’s commodities and futures regulator has corrected the flaws that led to a failed peer review. Grassley wrote to Commodity Futures Trading Commission Inspector General A. Roy...

Grassley Reaction to New Immigration Proposal Senator Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, gave the following statement regarding the immigration proposal put forth by Senators John McCain, Marco Rubio, Lindsey Graham, Jeff Flake, Chuck Schumer, Robert Menendez, Dick Durbin and Michael Bennet. “We’ve seen efforts to pass...

Grassley Statement on the Retirement of Senator Tom Harkin Statement by Senator Chuck Grassley regarding Senator Tom Harkin's plans to retire from the U.S. Senate           "Senator Harkin and I have rarely agreed on the issues or voted the same, but he and I have gotten along for a long time with open lines of...

Checks and Balances at Work; Court Rules Obama Recess Appointments Unconstitutional Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled that recess appointments made by President Obama on January 4, 2012 were unconstitutional because the Senate was in session.  At the...

Senators Work to Make Agriculture a Priority on Agenda of EU Trade Working Group                 WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley, Pat Roberts, Mike Enzi and John Thune are working to make agriculture a priority in discussions between the United States and European Union trade...

Grassley on the SEC Chairman Nomination M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and editors Re:    SEC chairman nomination Da:    Thursday, January 24, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the President’s plan to nominate Mary Jo White as chairman of the Securities and Exchange...

Senate Judiciary Committee Leaders Introduce Legislation to Protect Whistleblowers in Criminal Antitrust Cases WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced legislation Tuesday to extend whistleblower protection for employees who provide information to...

Q&A on Agricultural Trade Q:    Why is international trade so important to agriculture? A:    The productivity of American farmers continues to rise faster than domestic demand.  American farmers need foreign markets to sell commodities and value-added agricultural products.  According to the U.S. Department of...

Grassley Urges White House to Finish Sunshine Act Regulations WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today urged the White House to finalize the Physician Payments Sunshine Act regulations that will disclose the financial relationships between drug and medical device companies and doctors. “Congress designed the law so that the data would be publicly...

  Presidential Inauguration     M E M O R A N D U M TO:    Reporters and Editors RE:    Presidential Inauguration DA:    Monday, January 21, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley today attended the inauguration of President Barack Obama to a second term in office and made the following comment.  This...

Grassley Praises IRS Penalty Relief for Farmers M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and editors Re:    Tax relief for farmers Da:    Friday, Jan. 18, 2013 This week, Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa urged the IRS to provide penalty relief to farmers who are ordinarily required to file and pay all taxes due by March...

Klobuchar, Grassley Renew Efforts to Combat Pay-for-Delay Deals Following Federal Trade Commission Announcement The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) today released a report indicating a significant increase in the number of potential pay-for-delay settlements over the past year WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-MN) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA)...

Grassley Statement on President Obama's Gun Violence Proposals Senator Chuck Grassley released the following statement after President Obama released his proposals to curb gun violence.  Grassley is Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee. “Our thoughts and prayers are with the families of all victims of gun violence.  Gun violence has no...

  Grassley: Iowa City Student Selected by Naval Academy     WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Matthew Lee of Iowa City has been selected for admission to the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland, for the 2013-2014 school year.   Lee will graduate in May from City High School.  He is the son of Elizabeth and...

Grassley Requests Penalty Relief for Farmers Due to Late Tax Season WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today urged the Treasury Department and the Internal Revenue Service to grant penalty relief to family farmers who are forced to file their taxes late due to delays in the tax filing season. “Farmers should not be penalized for the President and...

Grassley: Better Tax Enforcement Needed Before Tax Increases M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and editors Re:    Noncash charitable deductions Da:    Tuesday, January 15, 2013 A new inspector general report finds an estimated 273,000 taxpayers claimed approximately $3.8 billion in potentially erroneous...

Grassley meetings this week in Iowa WASHINGTON – After attending the swearing-in ceremony of the Iowa legislature this morning in Des Moines, Senator Chuck Grassley will meet this week with Iowans in nine Northeast Iowa communities, including Parkersburg, New Hampton, Delhi, Dubuque, Maquoketa, DeWitt, Davenport, Muscatine, and Cedar Rapids. “I look forward...

Grassley on the Treasury Secretary Nomination M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    Nomination of Treasury secretary Da:    Thursday, Jan. 10, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on the President’s nomination of Jacob Lew as Treasury secretary.  Grassley is a...

Grassley plans Chickasaw County town meeting WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley today invited Chickasaw County residents to a town meeting next Tuesday in New Hampton. The meeting is scheduled for 3:30 to 4:30 p.m., on January 15, at the New Hampton Public Library, located at 20 West Spring Street. “I look forward to these events and meetings to...