WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Rep. Bennie Thompson of Mississippi today introduced legislation to give the congressional watchdog arm complete access to American Red Cross records for oversight purposes. The bipartisan, bicameral American Red Cross Transparency Act of 2019 responds to concerns that the Red Cross tried to quash a review by...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold town meetings in Wapello County on May 30 and Appanoose County on May 31 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 representative government without...
Continuing Committee Investigation into Insulin Price Surge
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) continued their bipartisan investigation into the rising price of insulin with a letter seeking a broad set of data from the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services relating to...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Mental Health Awareness MonthMonday, May 20, 2019VIDEO May is Mental Health Awareness Month. The month of May gives us an opportunity to increase public awareness about the challenges faced by those struggling with mental illness. It also encourages us to consider reforms to policies...
NEW HARTFORD, IOWA – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the agreement between the United States, Mexico and Canada to end U.S. steel and aluminum tariffs on Canada and Mexico as well as retaliatory tariffs from Mexico and Canada on U.S. products. “The biggest hurdle...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding President Donald Trump’s decision, pursuant to Section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962, to delay tariffs on imports of automobiles and certain automobile parts. “I’m glad President Trump decided to...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement after President Trump discussed immigration policy priorities today in the White House Rose Garden. “We need an immigration system for the 21st century – one that puts American workers first, welcomes talent from around the world and preserves our longstanding...
Statement for the Record by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn National Prevention WeekThursday, May 16, 2019 Mr. President, the misuse of opioids is a national crisis. Every single day, more than 130 people in this country overdose on these drugs, with tragic results. In 2017, there were more than 70,000 drug overdose-related deaths in the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, former Senate Judiciary Committee chairman, along with Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, introduced bipartisan legislation to restore veterans’ Second Amendment rights.Under current practice, once the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) assigns a fiduciary to help a veteran manage benefit payments,...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Judiciary Committee today unanimously approved bipartisan legislation supported by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior committee member, to prevent foreign governments from exploiting U.S. immigration laws in an effort to undermine American elections. The bipartisan Defending Elections against Trolls from Enemy Regimes...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Finance CommitteeOn the Launch of the Senate Finance Committee TaskforcesTo Resolve Temporary Tax PolicyThursday, May 16, 2019VIDEO On February 28th, I came to the floor to talk about the more than two dozen tax provisions that have expired since the end of 2017. That...
Grassley-Cruz bill seeks to improve school safety and prevent guns from falling into the wrong hands
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ted Cruz (R-Texas) today reintroduced the
Protecting Communities and Preserving the Second Amendment Act of 2019, a bill to preserve law-abiding citizens’ Second Amendment...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today announced the formation of several bipartisan taskforces to examine temporary tax provisions that expired, or will expire, between December 31, 2017 and December 31, 2019 – a total of 42 provisions. The taskforces will be...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a family farmer, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today released the following statement regarding reports that EPA “made it easier for oil refineries to get waivers from the nation’s biofuel law at least four months before a 2017 court...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today unanimously passed legislation authored by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) to improve access to assistance for first responders permanently disabled in the line of duty. The
Protecting America’s First Responders Act establishes guidelines for determining eligibility for federal benefit under...
WASHINGTON – On Friday, May 17, U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa will be in Davenport and Buffalo for meetings with community leaders, emergency managers, small business owners and other Iowans affected by flooding in the region. The topic of the meetings will be the devastating floods impacting eastern Iowa. Grassley will be available for 15...
NOTE: Sen. Grassley this week sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan seeking information about price gouging at the Pentagon. Grassley also published an op-ed on the topic. Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Price Gouging at the PentagonWednesday, May 15, 2019VIDEO I come to the floor...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley sent a letter to Acting Secretary of Defense Patrick M. Shanahan, President Donald Trump’s nominee to lead the department, seeking more information about how the Department of Defense (DoD) contracts with businesses and other entities in overpricing, as well as its process to collect cost data...
