Q&A: Balanced Budget Amendment
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why did you re-introduce the Balanced Budget Amendment?
A: Iowans work hard for their money. As a taxpayer watchdog, I conduct congressional oversight to root out wasteful spending and as a senior member of the Senate Budget Committee, support budgetary tools to restore fiscal...
WASHINGTON – In response to an inquiry from Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Congressional Budget Office this week projected only a 0.5 percent decrease in the national Average Wage Index (AWI), a significantly smaller reduction than prior predictions of 3.8 percent.
The AWI is used in the calculation of Social Security benefits. A substantial decrease...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) and 24 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden voicing their concerns about the new administration’s recent executive orders and regulatory actions targeting the domestic energy sector. They also highlighted the thousands of good-paying American...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.) and 45 Senate colleagues in reintroducing the No Taxpayer Funding for Abortion and Abortion Insurance Full Disclosure Act, which would make permanent the Hyde Amendment restrictions on using taxpayer dollars to fund abortions. “Many Americans believe in pro-life...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and eleven other colleagues in reintroducing the Justice for Victims of Sanctuary Cities Act, a bill that holds sanctuary jurisdictions accountable for jeopardizing public safety and for failing to comply with lawful detainer and release notification requests made by federal...
Sarah Root, a young Iowan, was killed by an illegal immigrant who was released by federal law enforcement due to a loophole in the law
WASHINGTON – As the Biden Administration is rolling back immigration enforcement and reversing President Trump’s executive order prioritizing prosecuting illegal immigrants convicted of violent crimes,...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced legislation to help businesses comply with immigration laws by certifying the legal status of their workforce. The Accountability Through Electronic Verification Act would permanently authorize and expand the E-Verify program, an internet–based system that assists employers in determining...
WASHINGTON – U.S.
Senators Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), Acting Chairman of the Senate Select Committee
on Intelligence, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Chairman of the Senate Committee
on Finance, in an effort to improve protections for Americans’ genomic data,
wrote to Christi Grimm, Principal Deputy Inspector within the U.S. Department
of Health and Human...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and 42 Senate colleagues in reintroducing the Pain-Capable Unborn Child Protection Act. This legislation would provide common-sense protections for unborn children at 20 weeks after fertilization, a point at which there is significant scientific evidence that abortion...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) reintroduced an amendment to the United States Constitution that would require the federal government to balance its budget each year. This amendment would put a stop to the current “status quo” of Congress spending far more money than the federal government takes in and would...
Q&A: Insulin Pricing Gambit
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why did you investigate insulin prices?
A: Sticker shock at the pharmacy counter is an issue I regularly hear about from Iowans. In particular, the soaring cost for one life-saving medicine, insulin, has gained greater urgency in the last several years. Stories of patients who skip or...
Flynn-Kislyak calls were classified, but leaks to press about it go unpunished
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the senior Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling for DOJ to explain its findings in its reportedly closed investigation into the origins of a classified leak to the Washington Post.
“Time and again,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined his colleagues in sending a bipartisan, bicameral letter to the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) regarding the implementation of Phase 1 of the Rural Digital Opportunity Fund (RDOF) auction, which will award more than $9.2 billion to reach more than 5.2 million unserved locations across rural...
Washington – The Senate Finance Committee, chaired by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today unanimously reported for consideration to the full Senate the nomination of Dr. Janet Yellen to the secretary of the Treasury.
“I will vote yes on Dr. Yellen’s nomination given her qualifications and belief that a President is entitled to pick his...
Q: Why is it important to keep health care clinics viable in small towns and rural communities?
A: In January, I started my annual 99 county meetings across Iowa. For the last four decades, I’ve traveled to every corner of the state to hold open dialogue with my constituents. At my recent meeting in Delaware County in Manchester, I had a Q&A with...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined their colleagues from the Midwest, Sens. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.), Mike Rounds (R-S.D.), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Roy Blunt (R-Mo.) and Josh Hawley (R-Mo.) in sending a
letter to Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler urging him to avoid making any...
Q&A: Electoral College
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is the Electoral College?
A: More than two centuries ago, the founders crafted a compromise for the election of the nation’s chief executive. At the Constitutional Convention in 1787, this was one of the stickiest issues to make its way through months of debate to create a government...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) next week will begin his annual tradition of holding question-and-answer sessions with Iowans in every county this year for the 41st year in a row. On Monday, January 11, Grassley will kick off his 99 county meetings with Q&As in Jasper County and Poweshiek County. Grassley has held at least...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the statement below regarding the Congressional certification of Electoral College votes. His statement on the violent attack on the U.S. Capitol can be found HERE.
“The violence and disruption we saw today must not be allowed to disrupt or intimidate us from performing our constitutional...
