WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today sent a
letter to the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) requesting clarification on its temporary policy for the manufacture of alcohol-based hand sanitizer products during the COVID-19 pandemic.
The FDA released temporary guidance on March 27, 2020 regarding ethanol used for...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers this week introduced legislation to reform and close loopholes in the H-1B and L-1 visa programs. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) offered the Senate version of the H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act, which prioritizes American workers and restore fairness in visa programs for skilled...
WASHINGTON – The Senate passed a
resolution by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R- Iowa), co-founder and co-chair of the
Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, recognizing May as National Foster Care Month.
“While children in the foster care system need love and support year-round, we designate this month as a special opportunity to raise awareness of the struggles...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following video message in honor of the men and women who gave the ultimate sacrifice on behalf of their country. Transcript available below. “This Monday is Memorial Day. In ordinary times, this weekend would bring parades and community events. “It would be a time...
Statement for the Record by Senator Charles E. GrassleyBefore the United States SenateOn the Nomiation fo Willaim Evanina to be Director of the National Counterintelligence and Security CenterMay 4, 2020 Mr. President, since June of 2018, I have objected to the nomination of William R. Evanina to be Director of the National Counterintelligence and...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Senator Marco Rubio (R-FL), Chairman of the Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship, led 33 of his Senate colleagues and 94 Members of the House of Representatives in requesting that Jovita Carranza, Administrator of the Small Business Administration (SBA), conduct a full investigation into how 37 Planned Parenthood...
Dubuque Telegraph HeraldEditorial BoardMay 22, 2020 True to form, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, kept up his sterling reputation as the defender of whistleblowers by pushing back against President Donald Trump’s recent firing of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick.…Similarly, Grassley raised questions last month when...
Q&A: Older Americans MonthWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What policies are you pursuing to help older Americans, especially during the pandemic?A: Since COVID-19 first was identified in February at a nursing home in Kirkland, Washington, the novel coronavirus has impacted older citizens in communities across the country. According to the...
The HillPeter SullivanPublished on May 20, 2020 President Trump told Republican senators during a meeting on Tuesday that he still wants congressional action to lower drug prices, even though the coronavirus pandemic has sucked up oxygen, according to Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). …“I said the virus comes along and takes all...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Congressman Ratcliffe’s Confirmation and the Virtues of OversightThursday, May 21, 2020VIDEO Today, I’d like to discuss Congressman Ratcliffe’s confirmation as Director of National Intelligence. I want to congratulate the congressman on a job well done. With this...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCondemning Religious Persecution in NigeriaThursday, May 21, 2020VIDEO I am deeply concerned about the ongoing religious persecution happening in Nigeria. In the last six months, there have been multiple attacks. This includes the murder of 11 Christians by extremists...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeWednesday, May 20, 2020VIDEO At the beginning of March, as we worked to get ahead of the COVID pandemic, an amazing thing happened. Congress came together quickly and developed a broad package of measures to provide relief to families, workers and businesses...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are renewing their proposal to prioritize American workers and restore fairness in visa programs for skilled foreign workers. Their legislation reinstates Congress’ original intent in the H-1B and L-1 visa programs by increasing enforcement, modifying wage requirements and securing...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn COVID-19 and Political Prisoners in Foreign CountriesWednesday, May 20, 2020VIDEO As our country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, I would like to take this opportunity to address the plight of an extremely vulnerable population, political prisoners abroad. In Turkey, Syria, China...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaApplauding the Daily IowanWednesday, May 20, 2020VIDEO Journalists serve as watchdogs for accountability. They inform and investigate issues important to their readers, from human interest to the public interest, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Iowa’s independent...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced
legislation to support biofuel producers negatively affected by the pandemic. This legislation will require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reimburse biofuel producers for their feedstock purchases from January 1, 2020 through March 31, 2020 through the Commodity...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. 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 Tuesday to Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell to expand the scope of
their May 12 request related to the unmasking of Americans...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Caroline L. Harris
Published on May 16, 2020
Recently
a story was published in Bloomberg (and repeated by Politico) about the use of net operating loss (NOL) tax relief in the recent CARES Act, criticizing these provisions as being a “stealth bailout for the oil and gas industry.”
…
NOL relief was included in...
WASHINGTON – The Office of the Director of National Intelligence today completed a declassification review of an
email President Obama’s National Security Advisor sent herself during her last day in office. Susan Rice’s “note to file,” sent on January 20, 2017, described an Oval Office meeting from several weeks prior regarding the FBI’s investigations into...
Washington ExaminerShay HawkinsMay 18, 2020 As his committee began drafting the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch had three central goals: to make the tax code fairer, simpler, and less burdensome at every level of income. …One of the strongest provisions of the act in terms of fairness was the $10,000...
