WASHINGTON – As overdose deaths surge, fueled by synthetic opioids, lawmakers from both houses of Congress today reintroduced a framework to fight the rapid spread of deadly synthetic drugs, which can quickly be re-engineered to circumvent federal laws designed to outlaw them. The Stop Importation and Manufacturing of Synthetic Analogues (SIMSA) Act would...
WASHINGTON – Multiple FBI field offices failed to
promptly and properly respond to repeated allegations of sexual abuse of
Olympic gymnasts and other young athletes by Olympic Physician Larry Nassar,
according to a Justice Department Inspector General report
released today. That investigation was
initiated after Sen. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa) led
an effort in...
For Immediate Release
Wednesday, July 14, 2021
Grassley and Johnson Request More Information from Justice Department about Special Counsel Mueller Team’s Missing Phones
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are asking the Justice Department for more information and records after learning that the department could not locate...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today joined Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) and a group of colleagues in reintroducing the Consumer and Fuel Retailer Choice Act.
“The previous administration made the right call to allow E-15 to be sold year-round and allow consumers to make their own decision about what kind of fuel they want to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding the recently announced draft legislation titled Cannabis Administration and Opportunity Act.
“This new bill puts the cart before the horse. It’s important that we have robust research and fully understand the good and the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today announced that on July 27, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing on the growing wave of ransomware attacks affecting businesses, non-profits, and...
WASHINGTON – Next Tuesday, Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Co-Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and members of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control will hold a hearing entitled, “The Federal Response to the Drug Overdose Epidemic.” The hearing will address the federal response to the drug overdose epidemic and drug threats that have...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) today introduced the Assisting Broadband Connectivity Act. This bipartisan bill will streamline the funding process and remove barriers for broadband connectivity in hard-to-serve rural areas.
“This bipartisan bill makes commonsense updates to help areas connect all the pieces from both...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pushing for information about whether non-partisan, career officials were consulted in the creation of recent Biden administration policy pushes that appear to ignore important context about domestic terrorism and gun crime in the United States.
In it’s new...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 07-12-21Topics include: Cuba relations, cattle market transparency, stepped-up basis, cameras in the courtroom, FHFA IG, CFTC whistleblower fund, Social Security Administrator Saul and Sen. Grassley's veterans fellowship.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) today sent a letter to President Biden urging the administration to promptly appoint a qualified individual as the Acting Inspector General to the Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) and quickly nominate a permanent successor for the Senate’s consideration. This comes after embattled...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after the administration announced that President Biden removed Commissioner of Social Security Andrew Saul and Deputy Commissioner David Black from their positions years before their terms expires.
“Commissioner Saul and Deputy Commissioner Black were both confirmed by a wide,...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following statement after the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced a $650 million investment to expand meat processing capacity and help small processing plants weather pandemic-related disruptions. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack also announced initiatives to strengthen the Packers and...
WASHINGTON – The Department of Health and Human Services Office of Inspector General (OIG) today released a report requested by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) showing that the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) does no national security risk assessment when engaging the services of genetic testing and analysis firms that...
COUNCIL BLUFFS – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Council Bluffs will hold traveling office hours in seven counties around Western Iowa throughout July. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share views on matters of federal policy may stop by during the scheduled hours.
These...
Q&A: Veterans Fellow
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is your Veterans Fellow program?
A: This program invites a military veteran to work in my Senate office to serve as a community outreach officer for Iowa veterans. The Veterans Fellow serves as a liaison to help Iowa veterans reconnect in their communities, such as obtaining health care...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, is pushing for the adoption of multiple policies to combat drug smuggling, overdoses and crime as part of the National Drug Control Strategy.
“From border seizures to criminal justice reform to...
WATERLOO – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Waterloo will hold traveling office hours in nine counties around Northeastern Iowa throughout July. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share views on matters of federal policy may stop by during the scheduled hours.
These meetings...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 07-07-21Topics include: Infrastructure, ethanol, President Biden and the 2022 election.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement applauding the termination of the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) contract.
“The Defense Department’s decision to terminate this contract is the correct one. The JEDI contract has been burdened by potential conflicts of interest, size, needless delays and its single...
