PAGE COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today applauded Iowa innovation during remarks at the Green Plains Clean Sugar Grand Opening. The first-of-its-kind facility will produce dextrose and glucose syrups with an efficient environmental footprint and create numerous new jobs. Gov. Kim Reynolds, U.S. Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), U.S. Rep. Randy...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sixty-four communities nationwide, including three in Iowa, will receive federal grants to prevent and reduce local drug abuse. The awards were made possible through the Comprehensive Addiction and Recovery Act (CARA), a bipartisan law U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led through Congress in 2016 as then-chairman of the Senate...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-founder of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, applauded unanimous Senate passage of his resolution designating May as National Foster Care Month. Grassley advanced the effort with the support of 21 bipartisan colleagues, including Sen. Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.), who currently co-chairs the Senate Caucus on Foster...
ADAIR COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today met with local leaders in Greenfield to survey the damage and discuss recovery efforts following the devastating tornado on May 21.
“I was grateful for the opportunity to support the Greenfield community and meet with those on the ground who are working tirelessly to put...
Q: When did the United States begin observing Memorial Day?
A: Three years after the American Civil War ended, the leader of an organization of Union veterans organized Decoration Day to adorn the graves of the war dead with flowers. Previously, at least two dozen cities had decorated graves of fallen soldiers in the North and the South; the Civil War...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) joined Rep. Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa) in demanding the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) raise 2024 and 2025 renewable volume obligations (RVOs) for biomass-based diesel and advanced biofuels. The agency last year set RVOs at levels that fail to align with market conditions and production...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with Reps. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa), Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), Zach Nunn (R-Iowa) and Randy Feenstra (R-Iowa), today called on President Joe Biden to approve Governor Kim Reynolds’ expedited Presidential Disaster Declaration request following the severe storms that occurred in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today called out Democrats for blocking his sensible solution to reform immigration parole. Specifically, Grassley’s Immigration Parole Reform Act would tighten a statutory loophole the Biden administration has exploited to admit entire categories of people into America.
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WASHINGTON – Former Secretary of State John Kerry blocked multiple FBI arrest operations against individuals linked to Iran’s nuclear and ballistic missile programs to further negotiations on the failed Iran nuclear deal, according to unclassified internal FBI emails obtained by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) via legally protected...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today participated in a hearing to examine the impacts of the 2018 Family First Prevention Services Act. Before questioning, Grassley thanked committee leaders for calling attention to the challenges and opportunities facing America’s child welfare...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed Dr. Michael Castellano, a professor at Iowa State University’s Department of Agronomy, to testify at a hearing on water scarcity.
“Dr. Castellano represented Iowa well today,” Grassley said. “He’s spent years studying sustainable farming and ecosystem management....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Atlantic and Glenwood on May 28, Corning on May 29 and Dakota City on May 30 as part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa.
“Representative government requires continued dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent. I look forward to hearing directly from...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today participated in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing to examine competition in the prescription drug industry. In addition to previously leading the Judiciary Committee, Grassley serves as a senior member and former chairman of the Finance Committee, which oversees Medicare and Medicaid.
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Topics include: the death of Iran's president, the Biden administration's latest student loan bailout proposal, election security, border security and the power of the Senate Majority Leader.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Rep. Virginia Foxx (R-N.C.), the top Republicans on the Senate and House committees handling education, to urge the Biden administration to withdraw its proposal to transfer $147 billion in student loan debt to American taxpayers.
“In addition to the fiscally irresponsible...
Q: What is National Police Week?
A: Since 1962, Americans are called to observe May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day to honor the service and sacrifice of law enforcement personnel and their families, particularly the fallen heroes killed in the line of duty. Congress also authorized the president to designate the week of May 15 as National Police Week. It...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined fellow Judiciary Committee members Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) on a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to strike down the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF)'s definition of "Engaged in the Business" as a Dealer in Firearms. The rule would effectively...
WASHINGTON – During National Police Week, the Senate Judiciary Committee advanced bipartisan legislation led by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), senior member and former chairman of the Judiciary Committee, to solve staffing shortages at local police departments. The Retired Law Enforcement Officers Continuing Service Act would provide departments financial...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today participated in a hearing to examine challenges and opportunities facing rural health care. Dr. Keith Mueller, University of Iowa Health Management and Policy professor and director of its Rural Policy Research Institute, testified.
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WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Pete Ricketts (R-Neb.) to introduce a bipartisan resolution designating May 2024 as Renewable Fuels Month.
“Iowa is a pioneer in renewable fuels. As our nation looks to embrace an all-the-above energy portfolio, biofuels will make up a greater share of that equation,”...
