Q&A: Foreign Ownership of U.S. Farmland
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s new with your efforts to boost transparency in foreign investment of farmland?
A: Last year, Sen. Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and I teamed up and introduced the Farmland Security Act to shine a spotlight on foreign investment of U.S. farmland. Our bill requires the USDA...
WASHINGTON – On Wednesday, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), Ranking Member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, sent a letter to Richard Sauber, Special Counsel to the President, regarding Joe Biden’s compliance with federals records storage and archival...
WASHINGTON –Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today hurt his hip and will have surgery this week. He is otherwise in good spirits and is expected to make a full recovery.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), presumptive ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, is seeking information from a broad set of federal government agencies about their use of the Intergovernmental Personnel Act (IPA) Mobility Program, which allows agencies to utilize non-federal employees to serve in temporary roles in the federal government...
WASHINGTON
– Legislation expanding rights for survivors of crimes of sexual violence
throughout the nation has become law as a part of Congress’ annual defense
funding package. The Survivors’ Bill of Rights in the States Act, bipartisan
legislation introduced by Sens. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa) and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), builds on the senators’ prior
work to...
Q&A:
118th CongressWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What are your committee assignments in the 118th Congress? A: On Jan. 3,
I was honored to take the constitutional oath of office to represent Iowans for
an 8th term in the U.S. Senate. It is a solemn oath I take
to heart and strive every day to uphold the blessings of...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R- Iowa) will begin holding meetings with Iowans in every county this year starting on Monday, January 9, in Dallas County. Grassley will hold a Q&A with students at Dallas Center-Grimes High School.
Grassley will begin his 43rd year holding meetings in every one of Iowa’s 99 counties. He’s held at least one...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today took the oath of office to begin his eighth term in the Senate. Grassley will also become the dean of the Senate, or longest serving member, with the beginning of the 118th Congress, which convenes today for the first time.
Vice President Kamala Harris administers oath of office to Sen. Grassley as Barbara...
Q&A: New Year’s Resolution: Border Security
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why are you calling on the Biden administration to make border security its New Year’s resolution?
A: President Biden is putting the sovereignty of the United States of America in peril by refusing to enforce our nation’s immigration laws and failing to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – As 2022 comes to a close, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released an overview of his legislative and oversight work for Iowans over the past 12 months.
“Serving the people of Iowa as their United States Senator is my first priority and it's an honor that I take seriously. As ranking member of the Senate Judiciary...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
nominated 32 Iowa students to be considered for appointments to the U.S.
service academies. “These young Iowans who want to enter the
academies and serve our country are a remarkable reflection of our state. Their
accomplishments, leadership and desire to serve are exceptional and signal
continued excellence in the...
WASHINGTON -- Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) applauded House passage of their Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act, a day after it received broad support in the Senate. The legislation updates current war crimes statute to enable prosecution of war criminals in the United States –...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), the incoming ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee, voted against a massive $1.7 trillion government funding package that included excessive spending, earmarks and special projects with little review or oversight. Grassley released the following statement.
“Americans are rightly disgusted with...
WASHINGTON – Five Republican senators are pressing for information from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) about the removal of information related to the defensive use of firearms from the CDC’s website after officials were lobbied by activist gun control organizations.
“Lobbying groups should not be able to influence...
The Senate unanimously passed
legislation backed by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) to reauthorize a nationwide law enforcement program aimed at reducing
violent crime. The bipartisan Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program
Authorization Act was introduced by Senator John Cornyn (R-Texas), and
includes a provision...
WASHINGTON – Alexis Taylor, an Iowa State
University graduate who grew up on a family farm near Holy Cross, Iowa, has
been confirmed by the Senate to serve as Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign
Agricultural Affairs at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA). Sen. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Agriculture Committee, issued the
following...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip
Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and U.S. Senator
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, the
lead sponsors of the landmark First Step Act (FSA), today released the
following statement on the fourth anniversary of the FSA—bipartisan
criminal justice reform...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee
Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are
applauding the Senate passage of their Justice
for Victims of War Crimes Act, legislation that updates the current war crimes statute to enable
prosecution of war criminals in the United States – regardless of the location
or targets of their...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan bill led by
Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen.
Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that supports victims of human trafficking passed
the Senate with broad bipartisan support last night. The Trafficking Victims Protection Reauthorization Act (TVPA) will
establish and reauthorize critical programs to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced legislation to restore integrity to the immigration parole statute and bring it back into line with congressional intent after decades of misuse by multiple presidents.
Immigration parole, first established in 1952, allows the executive...
