Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Important Role of Inspectors GeneralThursday, June 18, 2020VIDEO In recent months, a lot of attention has focused on the nation’s Inspectors General. It seems like a good idea to take a few minutes to remember what Inspectors General are, why Congress created them in the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaHighlighting Iowa’s Graduation RateThursday, June 18, 2020VIDEO As hectic as the COVID-19 crisis has been for America’s education system, it is important to highlight successes. The 2018-2019 school year saw the highest four-year graduation rate in Iowa’s history, at...
Statement of Senator Charles E. Grassley
Before the United States Senate
June 18, 2020
Mr. President, I previously notified the chamber of my objection to the nominations of Marshall Billingslea, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and Christopher C. Miller, of Virginia, to be Director of...
ICYMI: A History Lesson for Newly Minted Watchdog Warriors By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa in the Washington Post In 2008, Congress unanimously approved the Inspector General Reform Act to promote political independence of agency watchdogs and discourage outside interference with their duty to combat fraud, waste, abuse and misconduct. This law...
Prepared Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeWednesday, June 17, 2020VIDEO I am pleased to welcome our witness, Ambassador Lighthizer. Mr. Ambassador, thank you for joining us. I’m eager to have you here because we face grave challenges. Americans are suffering. The pandemic and...
Request follows letter from Senate Democrats seeking targeted review of only Florida system Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is today requesting an expanded review of problems in state unemployment systems from the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (OIG), broadening a similar previous request...
Washington – The U.S. Senate last night unanimously approved the Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act. The bipartisan bill, introduced last month by Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), would require the Social Security Administration to provide a single...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) today released the following statement regarding the ruling in the federal D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals that struck down a Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) rule that required direct-to-consumer (DTC) prescription drug advertisements to include the list price of the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Reports of Troop Withdrawal from GermanyWednesday, June 17, 2020VIDEO While there are reports of plans to remove troops stationed in Germany, I am reluctant to comment on a proposal that I have not seen. What I can say, is that Congress will have a say. And, that the U.S....
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the JUSTICE ActWednesday, June 17, 2020VIDEO Yesterday, I gave the details of historic police reform that passed unanimously in both Republican-led House and Senate chambers in Iowa. Surely, if Democrats in Iowa can work with Republicans to find unanimity, we shouldn’t have any...
WTO Needs Reform to Be the World’s Nimble Trade RefereeIt’s in American interests to lead the way to a fairer playing field.By Sen. Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance Committee Pursuing and promoting global economic freedom is an integral part of the American story. And the World Trade Organization is an important chapter in it....
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Law Enforcement Reforms Passed by the Iowa State LegislatureTuesday, June 16, 2020VIDEO Too often Americans are cynical about our political system. When all they see is legislative gridlock. Yet, Iowans were able to set themselves apart by working together on law enforcement reforms in...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today wrote to each member of the committee seeking input and policy suggestions to complement ongoing efforts to reduce racial and ethnic health disparities. Following several comments from committee members, which have not included specific policy ideas or solutions, Grassley is...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the World Food PrizeMonday, June 15, 2020VIDEO This year’s World Food Prize laureate has been announced. Dr. Rattan Lal will receive the prize for his work on soil health at the annual ceremony in Des Moines in October. Often called the Nobel Prize for agriculture, the World...
In a letter to USDA, Senators Grassley and Ernst, along with Governor Reynolds and Ag Secretary Naig, urge the department to provide federal assistance to
farmer-owned cooperatives and independent turkey growers.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), both members of the U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee, along with Iowa...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) and 43 senators in sending a bipartisan letter to Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin and Small Business Administration (SBA) Administrator Jovita Carranza urging the administration to ease paperwork requirements for small businesses seeking loan...
Q&A: World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s your greatest concern in 2020 regarding elder abuse?
A: The global pandemic has exposed grave concerns our society must confront to protect the nation’s most vulnerable citizens. Approximately 1.4 million Americans live in about 15,000 nursing homes across the country....
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today joined their colleagues Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Mike Rounds (R-S.D.) in introducing
legislation that would extend for two years the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) “
Temporary Policy for Preparation of Certain Alcohol-Based Hand Sanitizer Products During...
Finance Committee Chairman and Ranking Member Urge HHS to Establish A Single, Comprehensive and Publicly Available Data Source for CARES Act Provider Funds WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today asked the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) to create a...
