WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) will vote for an aid package that will replenish the U.S. arsenal and
fortify our military in Europe. It will also provide Ukrainians with additional
arms and ammunition as Putin continues murdering innocent people in his unjust
war. “Every day, brave Ukrainian soldiers are
preventing Putin from posing a...
WASHINGTON – In recognition of National
Police Week, the Senate Judiciary Committee today advanced a package of bills
supporting America’s law enforcement officers and their families. Ranking
Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) also led 85 of his colleagues in a resolution commemorating the service of America’s law
enforcement officers. “As crime rates soar, we...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate today unanimously adopted a resolution marking National Police Week and reiterating support for the men and women in law enforcement. The bipartisan resolution was led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.). It was also cosponsored by 84 of their senate...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Foreign Relations
Committee today advanced a bipartisan resolution introduced by Sens. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), co-chairs of the Senate Baltic
Freedom Caucus, to celebrate 100 years of diplomatic relations with the Baltic
States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The resolution also reaffirms the
United States’...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan, bicameral group of lawmakers today introduced legislation to broaden the scope of individuals subject to prosecution for war crimes. The Justice for Victims of War Crimes Act 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 – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) and Jim Risch (R-Idaho) today to urge the administration’s inclusion of Taiwan as a partner in the proposed Indo-Pacific Economic Framework (IPEF). In addition to recognizing Taiwan’s importance to the United States as a trading partner, the senators underscored...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the Finance Committee, joined Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) to introduce legislation, known as the INDEX Act, to give investors a greater say in shareholder votes cast with their own investment dollars. With mutual funds and index funds, known as passive investing, exploding in popularity...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to send Senate appropriators a bipartisan request for the maximum possible funding for the Department of Treasury’s Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (FinCEN) to support implementation and enforcement of key anti-money laundering and anti-corruption...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today announced his support for the FORMULA Act, recently introduced by Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah), which seeks to combat domestic baby formula shortages by bolstering the supply chain to help families feed their babies.
“Iowa is one of several states where half of all baby formula was sold out at the end...
WASHINGTON – Last night, the Senate passed a resolution by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, recognizing May as National Foster Care Month.
“While children in the foster care system need love and support year-round, we designate this month as a special opportunity to raise awareness of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led a Senate resolution, joined by Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) congratulating Ames Laboratory for 75 years of outstanding service to the Department of Energy (DOE). The resolution, which passed unanimously in the Senate, celebrates the establishment of the lab by the United States Atomic Energy Commission on May...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 05-16-22Topics include: aid to Ukraine, nominee for USDA Under Secretary for Trade, infant formula shortage, avian bird flu, federal employees returning to work and the Supreme Court leak.
JASPER COUNTY, IOWA – Today, the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) nominated Alexis Taylor, an Iowa State University graduate who grew up on a family farm in rural Iowa, to serve as Under Secretary for Trade and Foreign Agricultural Affairs. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, issued a statement applauding...
Q&A: Mental Health Matters
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What measures have you led in the 117th Congress to improve mental health services?
A: By all accounts, one of the crushing consequences resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic is the toll on mental wellness among Americans from all walks of life. From bereavement among those who lost loved...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
joined Sens. Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), Martin Heinrich (D-N.M.) and Mark Kelly
(D-Ariz.) to demand answers from President Biden’s top personnel heads regarding plans to bring
federal workers back into the office. In a letter to the heads of the Office of
Personnel Management (OPM), the General Services Administration...
WASHINGTON – Yesterday, Senate Judiciary
Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led several of his Republican
colleagues in a press conference to shine a light on rising crime rates across
the country. Noting that “violent crime is very much on the rise,” Grassley
pointed to soaring homicide rates and carjackings doubling or tripling in several...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), called on the Justice Department to prioritize the protection of Supreme Court Justices who’ve been the targets of sustained threats following the unprecedented leak of a draft opinion last week. In a letter early this afternoon to Attorney General Merrick Garland,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced and led colleagues in the review of Des Moines native Judge Stephen Locher at the judge’s nomination hearing before the U.S. Senate. Locher is nominated to serve as U.S. District Judge for the Southern District of Iowa.
Photos of...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), former chairman and current senior member of the Senate Finance
Committee, joined a bipartisan group of his colleagues in calling on the U.S. Trade
Representative (USTR) to dramatically improve transparency and consultation
with Congress on pending trade negotiations. The senators, including Finance...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today released the findings of a staff review examining whether Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti, nominee to be ambassador to India, was aware of allegations of misconduct by a former senior advisor. The review comprises interviews with 15 witnesses as well as examinations of 26 depositions and other...
