Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaSupport Our Iowa FarmersWednesday, September 9, 2020VIDEO This year has been one of the most challenging years for Iowa farmers during my 40 years in the Senate. Farmers have had to confront coronavirus supply-chain disruptions, wide-spread drought and a record wind-storm that blew across...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross’s announcement that the Department’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) is awarding a $2.3 million grant to the city of Maquoketa, Iowa, to make stormwater infrastructure improvements needed to protect the city’s industrial parks and...
The Iowa senators are calling on the agency to adopt changes as they implement the conservation programs passed in the 2018 Farm Bill.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and a bipartisan group of senators to
urge the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to make several changes to the Conservation Reserve...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Completing his 99 County Meetings for the 40th Year in a RowTuesday, September 8, 2020VIDEO In August, I held 49 county meetings as part of my annual 99 county meetings. At every meeting, the format is the same: Iowans set the agenda. Challenges from the pandemic and storm...
ICYMI: For 40 years and counting, I've visited every county, every yearHolding in-person meetings provides a reality check on what really matters in people’s lives.By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa From flat tires and empty gas tanks, to icy roads, speeding tickets, and yes, deer in the headlights, I’ve enjoyed every minute of every...
ICYMI: Historic derecho tests pandemic-weary IowansBy Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa In my years of farming and representing Iowans throughout the past half-century, I’ve never seen such widespread, catastrophic damage in our state. Uprooted and stripped century-old trees, mile after square mile of flattened cornfields and mangled grain bins from one...
Q&A: Derecho and Drought Impact 2020 HarvestWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What USDA assistance is available for crops damaged by the derecho?A: The USDA has authority under federal law to issue a natural disaster designation for crop acres that meet certain thresholds of production losses. Following the historic derecho that swept across Iowa...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional directors based in Waterloo, Des Moines, Davenport and Sioux City will hold traveling office hours in 29 counties around Iowa this month. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share concerns on matters of federal policy may stop by...
CLINTON, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today held his 99th county meeting in Iowa for the 40th consecutive year as part of his annual 99 county meetings with an hour-long meeting with members of the Clinton Regional Development Corporation at the Clinton City Hall. With this meeting, Grassley marks the conclusion of another year in his...
WASHINGTON – A letter and classified addendum created by senior Democrats alleging that Republicans have relied on foreign disinformation “only draws selectively from a small number of IC reports and focuses on only one threat actor in the elections security space,” and “by no means reflects the full and complete analysis of the IC,” according to a letter...
Despite long, violent rap sheet, Mexican national never faced removal
WASHINGTON – Republican senators are investigating how a Mexican national illegally in the country was never removed despite having a history of violent and illegal behavior that culminated in the deaths of four law enforcement motorcycle club members. Ivan Robles Navejas is...
IOWA – Following Governor Reynolds’ announcement that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved Individual Assistance for ten additional counties, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) issued the following statement: “Iowans have been hit hard by the recent derecho; we’ve heard their stories and...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will participate in a roundtable discussion with 20 nonprofit leaders and the Cedar Rapids Community Foundation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. CT. The local nonprofits are helping with key recovery challenges following the devastating derecho that...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today pressed Stephen Goss, the Chief Actuary of Social Security, over the use of his office for political purposes and pushed for public clarifications to recently published analysis that has allowed for partisan...
Q&A: U.S Postal ServiceWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Does the United States Postal Service (USPS) need financial help?A: The U.S Postal Service touches every household and business in the nation. Benjamin Franklin served as the first postmaster general, leading the mission to build a trusted network of public infrastructure and connect...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Council Bluffs, Donna Barry, will hold traveling office hours in seven counties in Western Iowa over the next two weeks. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share concerns on matters of federal policy may stop by...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released a report on their investigation into the abuse of syndicated conservation-easement transactions, which may have allowed a number of taxpayers to profit from gaming the tax code and deprived the federal government of billions of...
WASHINGTON – Iowa’s two U.S. senators rebuked the partisan efforts of two senior congressional Democrats to upend the Trump administration’s apolitical work to reduce barriers for American ethanol exports to Brazil.
In a letter to U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Todd Chapman, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) roundly rejected the...
