Butler County, Iowa – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after the Senate unanimously approved additional COVID-19 response funding, including for the Paycheck Protection Program established under the CARES Act. Senate Democrats blockaded this additional funding for two weeks, even as that program...
Grassley Had Called on CMS to Take Similar Steps Days Ahead of CMS Announcement Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding an announcement from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) requiring nursing homes and other long-term care facilities to report all...
ICYMI: The Steele dossier just sustained another body blow. What do CNN and MSNBC have to say?
Erik Wemple
Washington Post Media Critic
Published April 18, 2020
NOTE: At the urging of U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), federal agencies
declassified footnotes from a December
Justice Department inspector general report....
Finance Committee Chairman Seeks Information about Malfeasance and Misuse of Relief as Money Flows for COVID Relief
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– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is today inquiring about questionable contracts and potentially wasted relief money related to the fight against COVID-19 and other disasters in Puerto...
ICYMI: Coronavirus won't derail Grassley’s 99-county tourErin MurphyLee EnterprisesReleased on Friday, April 18, 2020 The novel coronavirus has upended the way of life across this country and the globe. Nothing, it seems, is immune from the virus’ impact as everyone takes steps to limit its destruction.…But there is one tradition...
Iowa agriculture plows ahead on front lines of pandemic By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Iowa Secretary of Agriculture Mike Naig As crop farmers charge ahead into the spring planting season, livestock producers are putting in longer hours to keep meat, dairy and eggs on the grocery store shelves. As a leading producer of corn, soybeans, pork,...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), “father” of the wind energy production tax credit and a longtime advocate for homegrown renewable energy, issued the following statement on wind energy becoming the leading source of electricity in Iowa. “The proof is in the pudding. Harnessing wind power to generate more than...
Washington
– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today wrote to Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Alex Azar and Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma regarding several issues related to the outbreak of COVID-19 at long-term care facilities such as nursing homes and assisted...
Saluting heroes, helpers and Iowans hunkering down Iowans of all ages are coping with the disruption affecting life events, from weddings, funerals and graduations to sports seasons and birthday celebrations. By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa Countless lessons await medical scholars, political scientists, economists and students of history when...
Q&A: CARES Act Relief for FarmersWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What’s in the CARES Act to help farmers?A: The coronavirus pandemic is hitting American agriculture especially hard. As millions of Americans stay home to help stop the spread of the virus, the drop in demand for fuel and food service sales is disrupting biofuels and farm...
Coronavirus-damaged businesses deserve financial relief By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa For the first time in our nation’s history, a pandemic has closed the economy, shutting down businesses, schools and our way of life. Congress acted swiftly to respond to the public health emergency and triage the economic fall-out. The $2.2 trillion...
For Immediate ReleaseThursday, April 16, 2020 Grassley, Johnson Request Additional Crossfire Hurricane Records After Declassified Footnotes Reveal Steele Dossier Contained Reported Russian Disinformation WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and 25 senators in calling on federal agencies to ensure that long term care facilities occupied by seniors, as well as those with intellectual and developmental disabilities, receive adequate resources in fighting the coronavirus pandemic.
In a bipartisan
letter...
For Immediate Release
Thursday, April 16, 2020
Iowa Senators Urge USDA to Provide Assistance to Pork Producers
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Sen. John Thune (R-S.D.) and 28 members of Congress on a bipartisan, bicameral
letter urging U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to...
An Ounce Of Coronavirus Prevention Is Worth A Pound Of Cure By Sens. Chuck Grassley and Bill Cassidy It’s no longer business as usual in America. Let’s end business as usual in Washington. The coronavirus pandemic is creating extraordinary times that call upon us to be ready for the next one. When public health experts warned of an...
Washington – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and Senate president pro tempore, will join the bipartisan task force focused on safely re-opening America following the current public health crisis. The task force includes Democrat and Republican members of both the U.S. Senate and House of...
Reports casting doubt on dossier arrived before FISA renewals & Mueller appointment
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Russian intel was aware of Steele’s anti-Trump research in early July 2016, prior to the FBI opening its investigation
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FBI had open counterintelligence case on Steele’s key source, but failed to apprise FISA Court
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Steele’s sources connected to Russian...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today wrote to Department of Justice Inspector General Michael Horowitz, in his role as chair of the Council of Inspectors General on Integrity and Efficiency (CIGIE), regarding CIGIE’s role in the inspector general nominating...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and President pro tempore of the United States Senate is now the 10th longest-serving Senator in U.S. history with 39.3 years of service. Iowans have placed their trust in Grassley since 1980, when voters first elected him to serve in the United States Senate. “I’m honored to represent...
