Q: What made you start doing your annual 99 county meetings?
A: People often ask why I started my tradition of holding a meeting with Iowans in every county, every year. When I was first elected to the U.S. Senate, I remember overhearing a remark made by patrons at a local restaurant that it “must be an election year” if so-and-so was in town, concluding...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) are calling on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to halt DHS’ obstruction of independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations.
The lawmakers’ concerns stem from a recently released, heavily redacted DHS OIG report titled, “United States...
WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today concluded his 44th annual 99 county meetings across Iowa with a tour of Novelty Machine & Supply Company in Sioux City, followed by a question-and-answer session with employees. Earlier in the day, Grassley held meetings in Le Mars, Rock Rapids and a town hall in Sioux Center. Grassley takes...
Q: What are your favorite traditions at the Iowa State Fair?
A: There’s something for everyone at the historic Iowa State Fair that runs through August 18, from food and entertainment to livestock exhibits and family friendly contests. I’ve enjoyed attending the state fair every year since 1974. (That excludes 2020 when it was canceled due to the coronavirus...
WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve its process for the electronic submission and retention of foreign-owned farmland disclosures. The letter follows alleged inaccuracies posted online by the Farm Service...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Ocheyedan on August 19 and Sioux Center on August 20 as part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa. These stops will round out Grassley’s annual tradition of holding at least one question-and-answer session in each of Iowa’s 99 counties every...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the former and current chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and co-authors of a bipartisan law to reform the U.S. organ donation system, are raising concerns regarding a potentially unethical hire at the long-troubled United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
UNOS, which has exclusively...
Q: How are you working to address affordable child care for families?
A: During my annual 99 county meetings, I regularly hear from parents, employers and civic leaders about the need for affordable child care in their local communities. A couple years ago, Sen. Joni Ernst and I held a roundtable discussion in Des Moines to learn more about the barriers that...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a public town meeting in Greene on August 15 as part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa.
“Representative government is a two-way street. Speaking face-to-face with Iowans informs my work to best represent our state in Washington,” Grassley said. “I’m looking forward to hearing from...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The American Flood Coalition named U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) a “federal champion” for his leadership, public service and commitment to Iowa’s flood resiliency.
“While Iowans are no strangers to severe weather, the significant damage from recent flooding across our state underscores the importance of weather preparedness. As a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Five on the Five with the Waterways Council to discuss free trade, the future of biofuels, his work to provide certainty for America’s farmers and more.
Download the full video HERE. Subject-specific excerpts follow.
Reducing Prescription Drug Costs:
“Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are the middlemen...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the Farm Bill, unrest in the Middle East, continued oversight of SafeSport and USA Gymnastics, the attempted assassination of former President Trump and the recent stock market plunge.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding records from AT&T and 17 federal agencies regarding the April 14-25, 2024, cyberattack on AT&T. The hack compromised AT&T customers’ call and text history between May 1 and October 31, 2022.
“Bad actors accessed 90 million Americans’ data, which potentially included federal...
Q: What’s included in the online safety legislation adopted by the Senate 91-3?
A: In the first update to internet safety legislation in a quarter century, the U.S. Senate passed historic bipartisan legislation on July 30 designed to hold Big Tech accountable, stop child exploitation, rein in abusive business practices and sharpen tools for parents to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) applauded the Senate’s unanimous passage of their resolution designating August 21, 2024, as “Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day.” The bipartisan effort aims to drive awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and encourage...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is renewing scrutiny of SafeSport and USA Gymnastics (USAG) following reports that neither organization is imposing necessary measures to protect athletes from alleged abusers.
“This is an affront to justice and demands immediate correction,” Grassley wrote in letters sent today to SafeSport and USAG.
Congress...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-N.Y.) today reintroduced the Campus Accountability and Safety Act (CASA). The legislation would enhance recovery resources for survivors of sexual assault on college campuses, ensure a consistent adjudication process and bolster transparency standards for academic institutions.
“Our bill...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today on Fox Business’ Cavuto: Coast to Coast called for the Secret Service to be transparent and take accountability for its failures following the attempted assassination of former President Trump. Grassley questioned the Secret Service’s Acting Director at a Senate hearing yesterday and has released a trove of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Eldora on August 7 and Boone on August 8 as part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa.
“Representative government relies on open dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent. I welcome the opportunity to meet face-to-face with Iowans in Hardin and Boone...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today pressed Secret Service Acting Director Ronald Rowe about the failed vetting and communications procedures that led to the near-assassination of former President Trump.
Rowe admitted to Grassley that he “had no explanation” for some of the Secret Service’s shortcomings at the July 13 campaign rally in Butler,...
