WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) announced Iowa community colleges will receive federal funds for their motor vehicle operations programs, which provide pathways for veterans and other individuals to secure commercial drivers’ licenses (CDLs). Awardees include Hawkeye Community College, the Des Moines Area Community College and Eastern Iowa...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today co-chaired a Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control (Drug Caucus) hearing on precursor chemicals used to manufacture illicit synthetic drugs. Grassley grilled witnesses from the Departments of State, Justice and Homeland Security on precursor chemical destruction and foreign drug enforcement...
WASHINGTON – Iowa’s Dr. David Barker will testify before the Senate Budget Committee tomorrow, October 25, at the invitation of Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). In addition to serving as a member of the Board of Regents and partner in Barker Companies, he is a published writer and researcher who has taught at multiple Midwest colleges, including the...
WASHINGTON – Iowa Sens. Chuck Grassley and Joni Ernst introduced a resolution to honor the University of Iowa Women’s Basketball Program for its game at Kinnick Stadium benefiting the Stead Family Children’s Hospital. The measure recognizes the historic significance of the event and the lasting mark the team is leaving on female athletics.
“Congrats to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) for answers after legally protected whistleblower disclosures revealed the agency failed to fully investigate criminal misconduct among ATF employees, including gun trafficking and drunken assault.
“The ATF exists to ensure the safe and lawful...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is accepting applications for his Spring 2024 internship program, an opportunity for college-age Iowans to learn firsthand about our federal government.
Internships are available in Grassley’s offices in Washington, D.C., Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo. The...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Ahead of tomorrow’s hearing on fentanyl precursor chemicals, Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control Co-chair Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined a new push to stop fentanyl’s lethal flow into the United States through social media.
In a letter led by fellow Iowa Sen. Joni Ernst, Grassley and Senate colleagues demanded Meta CEO...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and John Kennedy (R-La.) reintroduced the Concerns Over Nations Funding University Campus Institutes in the United States (CONFUCIUS) Act to prevent Chinese-backed Confucius Institutes from suppressing students’ freedom of speech on U.S. college campuses. Disguised as a language-learning and cultural...
Q: What is Character Counts Week?
A: For nearly three decades, I’ve supported passage of a bipartisan resolution in the U.S. Senate to commemorate the third week of October as Character Counts Week to celebrate virtues that strengthen our society. As Americans, we must pull together and live up to the origins of our nation’s founding. I often hear concerns...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – In honor of Veterans Day, the office of U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with students from St. Ambrose University and Eastern Iowa Community Colleges, will host its seventh Library of Congress “Veterans History Project” event. Details follow.
Date: Friday, November 3, 2023
Time: Between 9 a.m. and 3 p.m. CT
Location: Rock...
WASHINGTON — Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Thune (R-S.D.) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) reintroduced the Adopt GREET Act, a bipartisan bill directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to update its greenhouse gas modeling for ethanol and biodiesel.
“The biofuel industry is a boon for domestic energy, but its full potential is largely untapped....
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), along with 15 Senate colleagues, are challenging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to abandon its proposed mitigation measures targeting 11 rodenticides. In a letter sent yesterday, the lawmakers urged EPA Administrator Michael Regan to consult the businesses and individuals...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Israel-Hamas conflict, humanitarian situation in Gaza, Hamas hostages, potential for Biden administration to influence Israeli retaliation, Speaker of the House updates and Biden administration resuming construction of U.S. border wall.
WASHINGTON – The staff of Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold traveling office hours in 18 Iowa counties from October 23 through November 3. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share views on matters of federal policy may stop by during the scheduled hours.
Grassley will be represented by his regional...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), along with Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Mike Lee (R-Utah), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) and Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), today issued the following joint statement warning potential perpetrators against making any...
Q: Why is Breast Cancer Awareness Month important to recognize?
A: Early detection saves lives. Like millions of Americans, our family confronted breast cancer when my wife Barbara was diagnosed with the disease 36 years ago. She underwent a modified radical mastectomy just 10 days after an unexpected diagnosis. A random visit for a cholesterol screening at...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Rick Scott (R-Fla.) and eight of their Senate colleagues in calling on President Biden to coordinate with the G7 nations to severely sanction Iran for its support of the Hamas terrorist attacks in Israel. The senators are additionally urging President Biden to deny the release of $6 billion in sanctioned...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) are demanding the FBI stop sourcing investigative information from the Southern Poverty Law Center (SPLC). Grassley serves on the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Lankford, the Senate Intelligence and Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs committees.
“The SPLC is an...
BLACK HAWK COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday held a question-and-answer session with employees at Western Home Communities, a senior care provider in Cedar Falls. Grassley and meeting attendees discussed federal policies and regulations affecting the long-term care community, as well as efforts to address staffing shortages and other...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The non-partisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO) today published a report showing the U.S. deficit for Fiscal Year 2023 is $1.7 trillion, prompting Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to amplify his calls for fiscal sanity.
“At the rate this administration is burning through taxpayer cash and borrowing...
