Bill improves integrity in Investor Visa Program, adds security protections requested by USCIS WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), leading members and former chairmen of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have introduced legislation to tackle fraud, abuse and national security threats in the EB-5 Investor Visa...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, today released the following statement regarding the release of a White House transcript of a call between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine. “Speaker Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry even before seeing the call transcript or hearing from the...
The HillBy Lauren Aronson Congress was gaveled back into session this month with unprecedented momentum behind legislative efforts to hold Big Pharma accountable and lower prescription drug prices.…First, even in a deeply divided political climate, there continues to be true bipartisan cooperation, commitment and a shared vision on market-based...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn USMCA’s Impact on AgricultureWednesday, August 25, 2019 Harvest is about to start across Iowa. Following a tough spring, farmers will now harvest their crops, hope they cover their costs and then make plans for next year’s crop. Passing the USMCA would inject some certainty...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, issued the following statement after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) formally announced an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. “The president said he will release tomorrow the full, unclassified transcript of his phone call with the...
Grassley On the Importance of Passing USMCAPrepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeTuesday, September 24, 2019 I’d like to speak this afternoon about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or the USMCA. President Trump and the leaders of Mexico and Canada signed the USMCA on November...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced the Whistleblower Programs Improvement Act (WPIA) to extend whistleblower protections to more individuals who report wrongdoing and violations of securities and commodities...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Role of the SenateTuesday, September 24, 2019 I’ve heard a lot about how the Senate isn’t taking up House bills, as though the Senate is supposed to be a rubber stamp. We just celebrated Constitution Day last week. Maybe it’s time for a reminder about how the...
Let’s prescribe a dose of common sense: End spread-pricing in MedicaidBy Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley Americans from coast to coast disagree about plenty of issues. As a U.S. senator, I know at least one issue that unites all Americans: Drug prices are too high.The soaring cost of prescription medicine has struck a nonpartisan...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a longtime champion of whistleblowers and founder of the bipartisan Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, made the following statement regarding news reports involving an intelligence community whistleblower: “Whistleblower laws are critical to providing safe outlets to share information so...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Renewable Fuels Job CreationMonday, September 23, 2019 Last week, Siouxland Energy, an ethanol plant in Sioux Center, Iowa, announced they're halting production due to the unfair small refinery exemptions. This farmer-owned plant was annually buying 23.4 million bushels of corn...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) received a response from Centers of Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Seema Verma to a July 17, 2019 letter he sent with several committee Republicans.Grassley’s original letter sought information on how much Puerto Rico receives in Medicaid funding, what...
NEW HARTFORD – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will host a veterans’ medal presentation ceremony at Purdue Global in Urbandale for 9 Iowa war veterans on Wednesday, September 4, 2019, at 1:30 p.m. Grassley helped these veterans and their family members provide documentation to the Army, Air Force and Navy Review Boards to receive their medals....
Q&A: Watchdog for U.S. Bomb-Sniffing DogsWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Why does the United States train dogs for diplomatic service overseas? A: The Explosive Detection Canine Program (EDCP) has operated for more than two decades under the Foreign Assistance Act of 1961 to assist foreign countries and our international law...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) are working together to empower students and families with more information throughout the college search process. Cassidy recently cosponsored
two of Grassley’s bipartisan bills addressing this issue, the
Know Before You Owe Federal Student Loan Act and the
Understanding the True Cost of...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Blocking AppropriationsThursday, September 19, 2019The latest political ploy by the Democrats is to paint the Senate majority leader as obstructionist because he hasn’t moved to consider certain bills passed by the House. Well, they can hardly use that talking point...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement on the confirmation of two officials to the Treasury Department. The U.S. Senate confirmed Brent McIntosh to serve as Under Secretary for International Affairs by a vote of 54-38 and Brian Callanan to serve as General Counsel by a vote of...
Prepared Floor Statement by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaHonoring Iowan Merle HayWednesday, September 18, 2019 Merle David Hay from Glidden was the first Iowa serviceman to die in World War I. Hay enlisted on May 9th, 1917 with his father’s blessing as he was too young to be drafted. He was assigned to the 1st Infantry...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a
letter to Secretary of Labor nominee Eugene Scalia seeking assurance that if confirmed, he will enforce whistleblower protections to the fullest extent of the law.
“Whistleblowers are critical to ensuring public safety and preventing waste, fraud and abuse. In the private sector, they alert government...
