Q: What new option do Americans have to renew their passports?
A: The U.S. Department of State announced in September a new service, enabling Americans to renew passports online. This is good news. Americans have enjoyed a robust return to international travel that contributed to a post-pandemic backlog for passport applications and renewals. More Americans...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Finance Subcommittee on Fiscal Responsibility and Economic Growth, participated in a hearing titled “Providing Small Business Relief from Remote Sales Tax Collection.”
Grassley in his opening remarks acknowledged challenges small online retailers have faced since South Dakota v....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer and a Senate Agriculture Committee member, is urging the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to share with key national security agencies its data on foreign-owned farmland.
“USDA is sitting on a treasure trove of data that federal partners could use to help protect American...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced legislation to detect and halt counterfeit imports. Specifically, the bipartisan bill authorizes Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to share suspected counterfeits’ packaging and shipping information with intellectual property rights holders, e-commerce platforms and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Drug Caucus Co-Chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and caucus member Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) are seeking to extend through December 31, 2025, the Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA)’s temporary order classifying fentanyl-related drugs as Schedule I. Congress has passed this extension multiple times since 2018; the current order is set to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is accepting applications from Iowa high school students who wish to be considered for appointments to U.S. service academies. Students must submit their applications to Grassley’s office by Friday, October 25. Applications submitted after the deadline will not be considered. Nominations will be finalized by December...
WASHINGTON – Upon obtaining an unreleased report via protected whistleblower disclosures, Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst are raising additional questions about the Office of Personnel Management (OPM)’s decision to reinstate the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosive (ATF)’s position classification authority. The Office of Special...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) joined Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee Chairman Gary Peters (D-Mich.) in demanding the Federal Acquisition Regulatory (FAR) Council implement their bipartisan 2022 law to prevent conflicts of interest in government contracting. The FAR...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today led 43 bicameral Republican colleagues in a letter urging President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris to work with Congress to root out abuses in their administration’s unaccompanied migrant children program and stop the Department...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)’s staff will hold traveling office hours in 14 Iowa counties from September 30 through October 4. Iowans seeking assistance with a federal agency or wishing to share their views may stop by during the scheduled hours listed below.
NOTE: Grassley will not be in attendance. He will be represented by his regional...
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Topics include: government funding, the Farm Bill, foreign conflicts, the attempted assassinations of former President Trump, China's decision to end intercountry adoptions, voting and clean energy.
Q: How are you supporting families who are struggling with infertility?
A: According to recent federal statistics, more than 13 percent of women under age 49 are affected by infertility. Coping with infertility, miscarriages and stillbirths takes a painful, emotional toll on families. I’m co-sponsoring legislation that affirms support for those facing...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) introduced the Opioid Overdose Data Collection Enhancement Act. The bill would direct the Justice Department (DOJ) to award grants to states, cities, law enforcement units or tribes that operate overdose data collection programs, such as the Overdose Detection Mapping Application Program...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is announcing the Iowa Department of Transportation (IDOT) secured $68,662,000 to reconstruct the I-80, I-35 and I-235 interchange in Des Moines. The U.S. Department of Transportation will administer the awards through its Mega Grant Program, which is funded by the Grassley-backed Infrastructure...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) teamed up with Sen. Jeff Merkley (D-Ore.), Sen. Cory Booker (D-N.J.) and Rep. Alma Adams (D-N.C.) to introduce a resolution designating today, September 19th, as National Stillbirth Prevention Day. Grassley this morning delivered remarks at a reception Iowa-based Health Birth Day, Inc....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska) on a bill to hold the Veterans Affairs Department (VA) accountable for running a $3 billion deficit on its 2024 fund for administering veterans’ benefits.
“The VA grossly mismanaged taxpayer dollars and put veterans’ benefits at risk. We won’t leave our nation’s veterans in limbo,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, in introducing legislation to set up the United States and its allies for success in strategic competition with China. A key provision of the bill is based on Grassley’s Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is seeking information on China’s August 28, 2024, decision to end intercountry adoptions. In letters to the State Department and the Chinese Ambassador, he notes China’s announcement has jeopardized adoption prospects for many American families – including in Iowa – who have been stuck in the final stages of the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) accepted the American Fraternal Alliance’s first-ever “Fraternal Ally Award” for his work to support fraternal benefit societies. Grassley is a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee.
“Fraternal benefit societies are deeply rooted in the fabric of our nation. For centuries, they’ve made an...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, sought to cut off federal funds to entities the Justice Department (DOJ) has identified as facilitating sexual abuse and harassment against unaccompanied alien children (UACs). Democrats objected to Grassley’s measure, instead proposing a bloated...
