Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate Judiciary CommitteeExecutive Session on the Nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme CourtThursday, October 22, 2020VIDEO Mr. Chairman, I’m pleased to support Judge Amy Coney Barrett’s nomination. She has the temperament and humility we...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeWednesday, October 21, 2020VIDEO In about two weeks, the American people will go to the polls to determine the direction of our nation. There are many important issues voters will consider as they decide which way they’ll vote. Their decisions will...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statement after Senate Democrats once again voted to block consideration of targeted pandemic response legislation that would have provided immediate relief for small businesses, struggling farmers and unemployed Americans while negotiations on more...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyOn the Importance of our Family FarmsWednesday, October 21, 2020VIDEO Iowa has a rich legacy in leading the nation and the world in agriculture production and innovation. First in corn production, eggs, ethanol and pork, and second in soybeans. Family farms are how many Iowans leave their...
Don’t Let COVID-19 Delay Breast Health ScreeningsBy Barbara Grassley So many life events and celebrations, from graduations to birthdays and weddings have been impacted by the pandemic. Earlier this year, when schools shut down and entire sectors of the economy closed to mitigate the spread of the novel coronavirus, it also put the brakes on...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter Tuesday to United States Secret Service Director James Murray highlighting references to Hunter Biden’s travel from recently published emails that...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Commending Iowan Dan Gable, Recipient of the Presidential Medal of Freedom
Tuesday, October 20, 2020
VIDEO
Fellow Iowan Dan Gable is one of the greatest athletes and coaches in American history.
President Trump has selected Dan to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Big Tech Censorship and Hunter Biden InvestigationMonday, October 19, 2020VIDEO Last week, news broke about Hunter Biden’s questionable financial dealings. That information, allegedly from Hunter Biden’s laptop, appears to show that Joe Biden may have been more aware of his...
Q&A: Rural Broadband
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How has COVID-19 intensified the need to bridge the digital divide in rural America?
A: There’s no question the pandemic has lent even greater urgency for expanded access to affordable, reliable and comprehensive high-speed internet services for communities across Iowa. As households adjust to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today joined KTIV in Sioux City to discuss the ongoing Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to consider the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. They also highlighted Judge Barrett’s overwhelming qualifications and her...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman and current senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Martha MacCallum on Fox News Channel last night to discuss the ongoing hearing to consider the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. Grassley predicted more...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the chairmen of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs and Senate Finance Committees, respectively, sent a letter to FBI Director Christopher Wray and Director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe seeking an unredacted version of a spreadsheet created to attempt to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) were notified by President Trump that he plans to bestow the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest civilian honor, to Iowan Dan Gable at the White House. The Iowa senators had reached out to the White House after hearing about grassroots support in Iowa for this award.
“Dan Gable...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman and senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, highlighted the overwhelming qualifications of Judge Amy Coney Barrett, nominated to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court with Judy Woodruff on PBS NewsHour. Grassley further affirmed that Judge Barrett is a strict...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senators Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee (HSGAC), and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter Monday to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray warning that the bureau’s recent production of limited text...
Forcing EPA to be consistent with their treatment of biogenic CO2 will boost the U.S. bio economy which ultimately helps rural America
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and twelve of their Senate colleagues in sending a
letter to urge the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to modernize their rulemaking for...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Maria Bartiromo on Fox Business Network to discuss Democrats’ false claims that Americans would lose access to health care and protections for pre-existing conditions in the first day of the hearing to consider the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today joined Neil Cavuto on Fox News Channel to discuss the first day of the hearing to consider the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court. They discussed the Democrats’ false...
