WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today lauded the decision by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Navigation and Civil Works Decision Support Center, in coordination with the Waterborne Commerce Statistics Center, to approve three Port Statistical Areas (PSAs) on the Mississippi River. This federal recognition as a multi-modal port...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today discussed the confirmation hearing process for the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to serve as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court on “Fox and Friends” on Fox News Channel. He also discussed Democrats’ plans to add...
Prepared Opening Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSenate Judiciary CommitteeNomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to Serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme CourtMonday, October 12, 2020VIDEOWelcome, Judge. On March 1, 2016, Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg delivered a eulogy for her friend, Justice Antonin Scalia. Justice Ginsburg said,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Ways and Means Republican Leader Kevin Brady (Texas-08) today sent a letter to Chief Actuary of the Social Security Administration Stephen Goss requesting more information on how the Office of the Chief Actuary functions, particularly in responding to requests...
Q&A: Election Integrity With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What is the federal government doing to protect a free and fair election?A: As the world’s largest economy and beacon of democracy, it’s not a secret that our elections are targeted by foreign adversaries seeking to sow discord and division in the United States of America....
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is
seeking additional information from the Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) regarding the manufacturing practices of Lockheed Martin’s C-130J aircraft after whistleblower reports stated that the program has resulted in significant health and safety concerns...
MASON CITY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined by fellow champions for Iowa’s biofuel industry, Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig, visited the Renewable Energy Group in Mason City. During their stop at the biodiesel production facility, Grassley, Ernst and Naig met with and answered questions from...
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 Wednesday to Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) Director Gina Haspel calling for the director to respond in full to their July...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised the announcement that the U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $7.9 million grant to the city of Hamburg, Iowa, to make critical infrastructure improvements needed to protect businesses along the Missouri River from flooding. The EDA...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following statement regarding recent actions by the Departments of Labor and Homeland Security to address abuses in the high-skilled guest worker program that has been used to displace American workers with low-paid foreign labor. “I applaud the actions taken by the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is continuing to press the Department of Defense on the new Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure (JEDI) program, alleged conflicts of interest pertaining to those charged with creating its bid and reported disputes between bidders and the Department. This comes after the Department’s Office of the...
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 Friday to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Christopher Wray reiterating their previous requests, which are now the subject of a...
Q&A: Tax Policy 101 With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: How did the Trump tax cuts grow the economy? A: The Constitution gives Congress the power of the purse strings. The people’s branch decides how to raise revenue and how to spend it. There’s a rule of thumb tax writers must appreciate before legislation gets enacted into...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement regarding the congressional passage of the Extension of the Caribbean Basin Economic Recovery Act, an extension of the Caribbean Basin Trade Partnership Act, also known as “CBTPA,” and the status of the Generalized System of Preferences...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate passed a
bipartisan resolution supported by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), and led by the Chairman and Ranking Member of the Senate Small Business Committee, Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Benjamin Cardin (D-Md.), designating the week of September 20-27, 2020 as the 57th anniversary of National Small Business Week. This resolution...
Rock Island Arsenal prime candidate for proposed pilot program that would modernize management of surplus military real estate
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined his colleagues, Sens. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill), and Reps. Cheri Bustos (Ill.-17) and Dave Loebsack (Iowa-02) to send a
letter...
Bill protects program that promotes conservation, stops scam artists from ripping off American taxpayers WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sen. Steve Daines (F-Mont.) and Senate Agriculture Committee Chairman Pat Roberts (R-Kan.) reintroduced the Charitable Conservation Easement Program...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Democrats Undermining Faith in our ElectionsThursday, October 1, 2020VIDEO President Trump was rightly criticized for dodging a question about the peaceful transfer of power, instead Trump criticized mail-in ballots and rejected the premise that he will lose. No, that doesn’t...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following statement after the passage of a Continuing Resolution to fund the government, including two provisions he authored targeting changes to Medicare. “I’m glad to see my Medicare provisions included in the bipartisan Senate Continuing...
