WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following statement after the Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a
report on the Department of Defense (DoD) accounting systems. Grassley, along with the Chairman of the Budget Committee, Sen. Mike Enzi (R-Wyo.), Ranking Member of the Budget Committee Sen. Bernie Sanders (D-Vt.) and...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeWednesday, September 30, 2020VIDEO It’s typical during an election season to hear Democrats try to scare people into believing that Republicans want to destroy programs that Americans rely on for health and security. We’ve recently heard this...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCalls on Democrats to Reject Court PackingWednesday, September 30, 2020VIDEO Last night, former Vice President Biden refused to rule out packing the court if the President and the Senate proceed to fulfilling their constitutional duties and filling the high court vacancy. I understand...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn President Trump’s Work on Prescription Drug PricingWednesday, September 30, 2020VIDEO Last night, former Vice President Biden said that President Trump “hasn’t lowered drug costs for anybody.” This is false. And I hope the news media call out Mr. Biden for...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Ukraine InvestigationTuesday, September 29, 2020VIDEO Last week, Senator Johnson and I released our report about our investigation into potential conflicts of interest with respect to Ukraine policy during the Obama administration. My Democratic colleagues have attacked this...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn a Memorial for Black Revolutionary War PatriotsTuesday, September 29, 2020VIDEO I have been working for decades to establish a memorial on the National Mall to those Black Revolutionary War patriots who fought for the founding of our country. We are close to achieving this goal, which is...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today met with Judge Amy Coney Barrett of the Seventh U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals and President Trump’s nominee to the U.S. Supreme Court Nominee. “What I’m looking for and I think she stands for is the rule of...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced a
bipartisan resolution designating the week of October 5 through October 9 2020, as “Malnutrition Awareness Week.” Malnutrition is a significant problem in the United States and occurs when a person does not get enough nutrients due to food insufficiencies. The resolution...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaHonoring Small BusinessesDelivered on Thursday, September 24, 2020VIDEO This week marks the 57th anniversary of the National Small Business Week. According to the most up-to-date government data, Iowa had 270,484 small businesses and 651,635 employees. They account for 99.3 percent...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Senate President pro tempore as well as a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today made the following statement on President Trump’s nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett to the United States Supreme Court. “Judge Barrett demonstrated her...
Q&A: Supreme Court VacancyWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What is the Senate’s role to fill a vacancy on the U.S. Supreme Court? A: Article 2, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution says the President, by and with the Advice and Consent of the Senate, shall nominate judges to the U.S. Supreme Court. That means the president has...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced the bipartisan
Accelerating Kids’ Access to Care Act to help families access life-saving care for children with complex medical conditions. The legislation aims to facilitate access to care while retaining program safeguards and reducing regulatory burdens on providers. Joining...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today
urged the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to provide Iowa agricultural cooperatives with additional support and relief as they continue to rebuild from the derecho. This letter comes following a
request made last week led by the Iowa Institute of...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made the following comment to, once again, correct the record and call out misinformation spread by leading Congressional Democrats regarding payroll tax policy. “It’s confounding that I have to keep saying this, especially after the Washington Post gave these...
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– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following comment after the Securities Exchange Commission (SEC) today approved new rules regarding awards for whistleblowers who bring forward information about fraud.
“I’m glad Chairman Clayton and the commission heeded many of my concerns and many concerns of...
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– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released a comprehensive
report on care in nursing homes and other long-term care facilities in the United States during the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The report, titled “COVID-19 and Nursing Homes: What Went Wrong and Next Steps,” reviews U.S. nursing home performance during the...
By Alex HendrieAmericans for Tax ReformPublished September 22, 2020 The IRS has released 2018 Statistics of Income (SOI) data. This data shows that middle income American families saw the biggest tax cut – measured as the percentage decrease in "total tax liability" between 2017 and 2018 – from the Trump-Republican...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeWednesday, September 23, 2020VIDEO I’ve spoken before about the need to reform the multiemployer pension system. According to the Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation’s annual projections report released last week, that need for reform is as...
By Dan McLaughlin
Published August 7, 2020
National Review
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History supports Republicans filling the seat. Doing so would not be in any way inconsistent with Senate Republicans’ holding open the seat vacated by Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016. The reason is simple, and was explained by Mitch McConnell at the time. Historically, throughout American...
