BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding the findings of the Department of Justice (DOJ) Investigation into the Glenwood Resource Center: “The findings of this investigation into the Glenwood Resource Center are...
WASHINGTON — Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today released the following joint statement on Rita Hart’s attempt to overturn the certified election result in Iowa’s Second Congressional District.
“Iowa’s elections are free and fair. They are administered in a nonpartisan manner and both parties have a seat at the...
WASHINGTON—On the third anniversary of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which was signed into law on December 22, 2017, by President Donald Trump, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on President-elect Joe Biden to commit to making permanent the many temporary tax provisions that helped create the strongest economy in...
Office of Net Assessment hasn’t performed formal net assessment since 2007
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the Pentagon’s inspector general to build upon its announced review of the Office of Net Assessment (ONA) to determine why it failed to perform a formal net assessment since 2007 and whether...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised the passage of the Water Resources Development Act of 2020 (WRDA) which was included in the year-end funding bill. WRDA addresses the civil works program of the Army Corps of Engineers. Grassley worked with the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works to include provisions that will...
Today, House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Richard E. Neal (D-MA), Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-IA), and the top Republican on the House Ways and Means Committee Kevin Brady (R-TX) issued the following statement after the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) released a report that the officials requested of the agency...
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– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after Senate passage of the legislative package including COVID-19 relief and economic stimulus, tax and health care policy extensions and government funding.
On pandemic relief, Grassley said:
“It’s past time Congress acted to provide...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaUrges Iowans to Get the COVID-19 VaccineMonday, December 21, 2020VIDEO History will look back at 2020 and find many lessons and silver linings to unpack. The loss of more than 300,000 American lives will be mourned for years to come. Operation Warp Speed launched a historic...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) nominated 33 Iowa students to be considered for appointments to the U.S. service academies. “These young Iowans who want to enter the academies and serve our country are a remarkable reflection of our state. Their accomplishments, leadership and desire to serve are exceptional, and signal continued...
Senators Also Request Report About Fraud and Counterfeits During the COVID-19 Pandemic WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) in sending a bipartisan letter to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and Homeland Security...
NOTE: Grassley’s tweet on this can be found HERE.
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
On Congress Convening 2021 Session on a Sunday
Delivered on Sunday, December 20, 2020
VIDEO
Never in Senate history has the Senate convened a Congress on a Sunday.
The Constitution mandates that Congress convene at noon on January 3,...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
On Democrats Undermining our Elections
Delivered on Saturday, December 19, 2020
VIDEO
In this town, political arguments often change places quickly, causing observers whiplash.
Before this election, we had elected Democrats scaring voters with irresponsible conspiracy theories that President...
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, today released recently declassified messages from former FBI agent Peter Strzok related to Crossfire Hurricane, the FBI’s investigation of Trump campaign and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) along with Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) today introduced the
Improving Access to Retirement Savings Act, S.5064. This bill will build off the successful implementation of the
SECURE Act and make improvements so that more organizations and small businesses can...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are requesting additional information from the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) regarding their investigation of the Glenwood Resource Center (GRC) and the Woodward Resource Center (WRC) in Iowa.
In their letter to DOJ, the senators request responses to two...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) along with Sens. Mark R. Warner (D-Va.), Rob Portman (R-Ohio) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), today sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative, Ambassador Robert Lighthizer, urging the Trump administration to refrain from including sweeping liability protection language modeled on...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
On Accepting the Election Results in Iowa’s Second Congressional District
Friday, December 18, 2020
VIDEO
There’s been a lot of finger wagging across the aisle by both Senate and House Democrats about accepting election results.
Most of that has been related to whether or not...
Q&A: Fix the PPP Tax Glitch
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How has the Paycheck Protection Program helped small businesses keep their workforce?
A: When the COVID-19 pandemic led to severe economic fall-out for small businesses across the country, Congress provided a financial lifeline to help employers stay afloat and keep their workers on...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Health, Education, Labor and Pensions Committee Chairman Lamar Alexander (R-Tenn.) today released the following joint statement on multiemployer pension relief and reform negotiations. “Over a year ago, we released a proposal to avert the collapse of critically...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senate Finance Committee Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today requested IRS Commissioner Chuck Rettig provide an immediate briefing on whether taxpayer data was compromised in the SolarWinds hack. “The IRS appears to have been a customer of SolarWinds as recently...
