WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, led bipartisan colleagues in reintroducing legislation to enhance information-gathering on attacks targeting law enforcement. The Improving Law Enforcement Officer Safety and Wellness Through Data Act (S.3522) would help fill identified gaps in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed Senate passage of the final 2024 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). The vote was 87-13. This is the 63rd straight year both chambers of Congress have reached an agreement on annual Department of Defense (DOD) activities.
“Passing the NDAA is a core way Congress can prioritize U.S. national...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today spoke on the Senate floor regarding the Health Resources and Services Administration’s (HRSA) failure to implement the Securing the U.S. Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network Act according to congressional intent. The bipartisan,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the Department of Education (ED) to provide clear guidance to students, families and universities who will soon navigate the new Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA).
The redesigned FAFSA—made possible through bipartisan legislation Congress passed in 2020—will streamline the federal...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are leading a bipartisan push to shed light on market factors driving the cost of fertilizer, a major expense for farmers. The Midwest senators’ Fertilizer Research Act would require the Department of Agriculture (USDA) to conduct a study on competition and trends in...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: funding for Ukraine, Israel and border security, school choice legislation, the Israel-Hamas war, lowering prescription drug prices, private equity ownership in America's hospitals and top congressional priorities for the new year.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), along with Sens. Tim Scott (R-S.C.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), in releasing the following bipartisan statement regarding Venezuela’s Maduro regime:
“We are extremely concerned over recent arrest...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jim Risch (R-Idaho), today led their colleagues in expressing serious concern about Chinese student associations being used by the Chinese Communist Party (CCP) to gain influence on American campuses. The senators are urging the...
Q: What can consumers do to protect themselves from counterfeit purchases?
A: From in-store purchases to online shopping, American consumers can take steps to protect themselves from getting swindled by counterfeit merchandise. During the holiday shopping season, it’s especially important to be wary of sales that sound too good to be true. Don’t get duped by...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The Iowa Department of Transportation will receive significant federal resources to make upgrades to Eastern Iowa’s I-380 and Wright Brothers Boulevard Freight Hub, easing access for drivers and pedestrians. The federal award comes as a result of the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, legislation U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former Senate Finance Committee chairman and lead author of Medicare Part D, today commemorated 20 years since the benefit’s enactment and outlined opportunities to lower prescription drug prices in a Newsweek op-ed. Watch Grassley speak about the milestone on the Senate floor HERE, and read his op-ed...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Chip Roy (R-Texas) today called on Senate and House leadership to address in the upcoming farm bill the impacts of inflation, waste in farm and nutrition programs and foreign influence in U.S. agriculture. The lawmakers outlined their priorities in a letter to Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer, Senate...
WASHINGTON – The bi-state congressional delegation representing the Quad Cities is aiming to improve access to workers' compensation for federal employees in the region, including those at Rock Island Arsenal. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), along with...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chair Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) today opened a bipartisan investigation into the impacts of private equity ownership on our nation’s hospitals. Grassley and Whitehouse sent letters to the chief executive officers (CEOs) of Apollo Global Management, Lifepoint Health, Medical...
WASHINGTON – Amid a barrage of warnings about the country’s deteriorating fiscal health, Senate Budget Committee Republicans today are urging Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) to convene a series of hearings examining policies to address the nation’s looming economic challenges. In a letter cosigned by all committee Republicans, the senators cite credit...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), whose congressional oversight of the FBI has raised serious concerns about its operations, grilled FBI Director Christopher Wray about the agency’s record at today’s Senate Judiciary Committee hearing.
Before the committee gaveled in, Grassley on a call with reporters characterized Wray’s testimony as an...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today led 38 Senate Republicans in calling on the Department of Health and Human Services’ (HHS) Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) to overhaul its harmful and deficient policies governing the agency’s treatment of unaccompanied alien children in the United States. ORR’s Proposed Rule – parts of which the agency is...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the Israel-Hamas war, the narrowing pool of republican presidential candidates, the Affordable Care Act, budget negotiations, the USMCA dairy dispute and border security.
WASHINGTON -- As a result of an ongoing bipartisan Senate Budget Committee investigation, Credit Suisse has agreed to reinstate Independent Ombudsperson Neil Barofsky to oversee the bank’s internal investigation into its historic servicing of previously undisclosed Nazi-linked accounts.
Credit Suisse was approached in 2020 with credible information that...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and colleagues introduced legislation to bring greater transparency, accountability and clarity to foreign gift reporting requirements for American colleges and universities in an effort to protect higher education institutions from foreign adversaries’ influence. Grassley has long raised...
