Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 05-24-21Topics include: Mask mandates, mental health awareness month, 2022 election, crisis at the southern border and the Nord Stream 2 pipeline.
Q&A: Mental Health Matters
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How are you working to raise awareness for mental health wellness?
A: From my leadership assignments in the U.S. Senate, I’ve worked to expand access to behavioral health services for individuals and families coping with pressures from the opioid epidemic, natural disasters and COVID-19....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has continued to request the redistricting data from the U.S. Census Bureau to be released in time for the nonpartisan redistricting process to move forward in Iowa. Grassley recently called and wrote the Acting Director of the U.S. Census Bureau requesting information regarding the redistricting data delivery...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Kevin Cramer (R-ND), a Senate Armed Services Committee Member, announced today he is leading the Protecting Our Well-being by Expanding Russian Sanctions (POWERS) Act, legislation to build on recently-passed bipartisan sanctions against Russia and reinstate sanctions the Biden Administration is waiving on Russian people and entities...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Arkansas) and Thom Tillis (R-North Carolina) in a letter to Secretary of Commerce Gina Raimondo and U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai asking them to reverse the Biden administration’s decision to give U.S. COVID intellectual property to China.
Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah), Dan Sullivan...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following comment on the announced closure of two Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention facilities.
“We must ensure everyone detained in ICE facilities is treated with dignity. We should accept nothing less. The decision earlier today to close...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) today reintroduced legislation to protect Second Amendment rights, improve firearm safety and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands. The Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2021 prevents gun violence by ensuring that relevant...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Ranking Member of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, reintroduced legislation to shine a light on
efforts by foreign interests to influence American policy and public opinion.
The Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act adds teeth to existing law aimed at ensuring
public awareness of lobbying...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley joined Sens. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and Mike Lee (R-Utah) to introduce the Audit the Pentagon Act of 2021, which would require the Defense Department to finally pass a full independent audit beginning in fiscal year 2022. Each year that military agencies fail to obtain a clean audit opinion, one percent of...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today introduced the Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act. This bill will build off the successful implementation of the SECURE Act and make improvements so that more organizations and small businesses can participate in multiple employer plans...
WASHINGTON – The
Senate last night passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Senators Dianne
Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) in support of National Sexual
Assault Awareness and Prevention Month. The
resolution was cosponsored by Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.),
Tina Smith (D-Minn.), Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), Catherine...
WASHINGTON – The Senate passed a resolution by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R- Iowa), co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, recognizing May as National Foster Care Month.
“While children in the foster care system need love and support year-round, we designate this month as a special opportunity to raise awareness of the struggles they face...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 05-17-21Topics include: Israel-Hamas conflict, inflation, oversight, election fraud, the EAGLES Act and mask mandates.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and several colleagues in urging Attorney General Merrick Garland to continue the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into the nation’s four biggest meatpackers. The bicameral letter also requested that DOJ provide Congress with updates on its investigation and...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will host a U.S. Service Academy Virtual Open House on the evenings of Monday, May 24 and Tuesday, May 25. This will be an opportunity for Iowa students and their families to learn more about the five military service academies including the application and nomination processes.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today called on the Judiciary Committee to hold a hearing on the current health and societal threats posed by cocaine and various sentencing policies for cocaine offenses.
“It has been over a decade since this body convened a hearing dedicated to discussing...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) have sent a letter to Michael Horowitz, Chair of the Pandemic Response Accountability Committee, calling for oversight of FEMA’s Funeral Assistance Program.
The senators wrote in the letter that they are “concerned that the lack of congressional direction under this program, the high payment...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate
Judiciary Committee, is calling on the Biden administration to collaborate with
Congress on a permanent solution to combatting deadly synthetic fentanyl – a
leading cause of opioid overdoses. In letters to President Biden, the Justice
Department and the Office of National Drug Control...
Q&A: National Foster Care Month
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How has the pandemic impacted foster care?
A: For nearly 15 months, the pandemic uprooted just about everything society took for granted before COVID-19 swept into communities across the country. The highly transmissible infectious disease created unprecedented changes and challenges...
WASHINGTON – The Senate this evening unanimously passed a bipartisan resolution led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, commemorating National Police Week 2021. The resolution honors the selfless dedication and sacrifice made by law enforcement officers across the country to protect and serve American...
