Senators set final deadline for compliance with subpoena Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are today continuing to press a subject of their bipartisan investigation into syndicated conservation easements transactions, which may have allowed some taxpayers to game the tax...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaHonoring the Iowa CaucusesTuesday, January 28, 2020 In a week, all political focus will be set on my home state of Iowa for the First in the Nation Precinct Caucuses. Many pundits ask why Iowa should be awarded this much impact in the Presidential nomination...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Senate Resolution to Support National Trafficking, Modern Slavery Prevention MonthTuesday, January 28, 2020 Today, I join my colleagues on an important resolution condemning human trafficking both at home and around the world. Congress made human trafficking a federal crime...
Grassley Has Been Probing Chinese Government Influence within American Research Institutions and Theft of U.S. Intellectual Property
Washington
– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding
reports that Charles Lieber, the head of Harvard University’s chemistry department, was arrested...
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 classified letter Tuesday to U.S. Attorney General William P. Barr to request the declassification of four footnotes in the Department of Justice (DOJ) Office...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) to introduce a bipartisan resolution to bring awareness to human trafficking. The resolution expresses the Senate’s support for National Trafficking and Modern Slavery Prevention Month.
“Human...
Prepared Opening Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeHearing on Foreign Threats to Taxpayer-Funded Research:Oversight Opportunities and Policy SolutionsTuesday, June 5, 2019VIDEO I’d like to welcome everyone to the Finance Committee’s hearing on foreign threats to taxpayer-funded...
Washington
– Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement after the issuance of the Trump administration’s
report on the effort to combat trafficking in counterfeit and pirated goods.
“E-commerce has empowered American businesses to reach more consumers, allowing them to increase profits and grow their...
USMCA paves the way for productivity and prosperity Expanded markets in Mexico and Canada are good news in Iowa for farm and industrial manufacturing workers, dairy farmers and small-business owners By Sen. Chuck Grassley Skeptics of President Donald Trump’s bold way of negotiating trade ate a bit of crow this month. That includes...
WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and 12 of their colleagues in sending a
letter to IRS Commissioner Charles P. Rettig requesting information to understand better how the IRS enforces the electric vehicle tax credit in light of a Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration audit report...
Q&A: U.S. Census 2020With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Why is a population count taken every ten years in the United States? A: Article 1, Section 2 of the U.S. Constitution empowers Congress to carry out a census of the U.S. population every decade. Starting with the nation’s first census in 1790 following the American Revolution, the...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the March for LifeFriday, January 24, 2020 Friday marks the 47th annual March for Life. This year’s theme is, “Life Empowers: Pro-Life is Pro-Woman.” This theme recognizes that 2020 is the centennial anniversary of the 19th Amendment. The earliest...
FISA Court Orders DOJ to Preserve & Secure Page FISA Records
WASHINGTON – The Justice Department (DOJ) has acknowledged that it lacked probable cause to surveil former Trump campaign aide Carter Page in at least two of four warrant applications – all of which were granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC). The extraordinary...
Washington
– In response to an inquiry from Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services has highlighted that reforms to federal graduate medical education (GME) program funding streams could improve stewardship of taxpayer dollars as well as address long-term health care professional...
Request for Investigation Prompted by Multiple Whistleblower Accounts
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking an inspector general investigation into the manufacturing practices of Lockheed Martin’s C-130J aircraft after whistleblower reports stated that an apparent lack of oversight by the Department of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a family farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee and Senate Agriculture Committee, are commending the Trump administration for successfully rolling back the harmful Obama-era “Waters of the United...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCelebration of Life DayThursday, January 23, 2020 January 22nd is Celebration of Life Day, and I wanted to take that opportunity to recognize women facing unplanned pregnancies or parenting young children. Women with unplanned pregnancies sometimes lack access to advice and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is expanding his probe into the Department of Defense (DoD) Office of Net Assessment’s (ONA) contract compliance after reviewing troubling documents related to contracts awarded to Professor Stefan Halper. Those documents call into question ONA’s stewardship of taxpayer dollars as well as its contract management and...
Next Stop President Trump’s Desk to Become Law Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), as President pro tempore of the United States Senate, today led an enrollment ceremony to sign the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) Implementation Act. Grassley’s signing of the legislation is the final...
