Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCongratulating Toronto Raptor’s Head Coach, Nick NurseThursday, June 27, 2019VIDEO I am proud to say that the NBA season concluded with a University of Northern Iowa graduate being able to call himself a champion. The Toronto Raptors’ head coach, Nick Nurse, graduated...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness MonthThursday, June 27, 2019VIDEO Today, I’d like to talk about Alzheimer’s Disease. June is Alzheimer’s and Brain Awareness Month. It’s important to recognize the impact Alzheimer’s has on families in Iowa and across...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) joined Sen. David Perdue (R-GA) in leading an effort to cut government waste and ensure that only the highest-performing federal employees are serving the American people. The senators reintroduced the Modern Employment Reform, Improvement and Transformation (MERIT) Act, which would modernize the civil...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following statement after voting in favor of a bipartisan supplemental appropriations bill to fund the government’s response to the historic influx of undocumented migration at the southern border. The legislation was passed by a vote of 84-8. “Make no mistake, the immigration...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) and Dick Durbin (D-IL), both members of the Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry, today led a bipartisan group of senators urging the EPA to update an outdated environmental analysis on ethanol in order to improve foreign sales opportunities. “During the past five years,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement in support of President Donald Trump’s executive order aimed at improving transparency in the health care marketplace. The president signed the executive order today during a White House signing ceremony attended by Grassley, Iowa businessman...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking a review of allegations put forward by Senate Democrats, which called into question how the Social Security Trustees Report presented its predictions on solvency for the Social Security Trust Funds.
“It is unfortunate and disappointing that Members of Congress would...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin urging him to consider using all tools available under U.S. law, including the application of section 891 of the tax code, to convince the French government to rethink its decision to implement a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Winnebago County on July 1, Jones County on July 2 and Pocahontas County on July 3 as a part of his annual 99 county meetings. “Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are the other half. You can’t have...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent a letter to Director of the Congressional Research Service (CRS) Mary B. Mazanec regarding the tone and substance of a recent CRS report on the economy after the enactment of tax reform.“I have received comments from others who believe that the CRS observations are not...
The Merger Filing Fee Modernization Act would update merger filing fees for the first time since 2001, lower the burden on small and medium-sized businesses, ensure fees reflect the size of each deal, and raise enough revenue to increase agency enforcement resources without making taxpayers foot the bill WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Amy Klobuchar...
WASHINGTON – Members of the U.S. Senate and House of Representatives sought information on any steps taken by the Justice Department (DOJ) to determine whether Qatari-owned media company Al Jazeera should be registered as a foreign agent. In a
letter to DOJ, the lawmakers note examples of Al Jazeera’s activities that align closely with the priorities of the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Military Justice Improvement ActWednesday, June 19, 2019VIDEO According to the Pentagon’s estimation, a young woman in the military has a one in eight chance of being sexually assaulted. Unfortunately, many cases are never prosecuted. This is completely unacceptable, and we...
Bill would require states to determine true owners of corporations WASHINGTON – Senators Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today introduced legislation that would make it more difficult for criminals and foreign enemies to hide assets from law enforcement and tax authorities. The True Incorporation Transparency for Law...
Grassley-Feinstein-Cornyn-Whitehouse-Klobuchar legislation hits criminals in the wallet
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of Senate Judiciary Committee members today introduced legislation that modernizes and strengthens criminal laws against money laundering – a critical source of funding for terrorist organizations, drug cartels and other organized...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mark Warner (D-Va.) today called on federal investigators to improve transparency surrounding their review of the fatal shooting of Bijan Ghaisar by U.S. Park Police in 2017. In letters to the FBI and National Park Service, the senators are requesting an update of the investigation as well as the U.S. Park...
WASHINGTON – Today, current Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and former Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) continued the committee’s oversight of the Justice Department and Federal Bureau of Investigation's response to organizations – including the Planned Parenthood Federation of America – that may have...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the 10th Anniversary of Gross v. FBL Financial ServicesTuesday, June 18, 2019VIDEO Today is the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court decision Gross v. FBL Financial Services. The court ruled that employees who face age discrimination have to meet a higher standard of proof than...
