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.
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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.
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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,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today voted for bipartisan legislation to protect youth from exploitation online and help rein in Big Tech. The package, which substantially includes the Grassley-backed Kids Online Safety Act (KOSA) and Children and Teens’ Online Privacy...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today delivered remarks commending whistleblowers’ role as our nation’s greatest fraud fighters. Grassley, a co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus, additionally introduced a Senate resolution recognizing July 30, 2024, as “National Whistleblower Appreciation Day.”
Congress enacted our...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined America’s Newsroom to discuss his oversight of the security failures that led to the assassination attempt on former President Trump. The evidence Grassley has received and made public – law enforcement text messages, bodycam footage, briefing materials and an after-action report – provide the most...
WASHINGTON – Text messages, bodycam footage, law enforcement briefing materials and an after-action report – all obtained by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) – paint the “most detailed picture yet” of the security failures surrounding the assassination attempt on former President Trump.
Grassley has led Congress and federal agencies in providing the public the...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the presidential election, Supreme Court ethics and term limits, unified GOP support for former President Trump, abortion, organized retail crime and the southern border.
Q: What is the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)?
A: In 1974, Congress passed the Congressional Budget Act, creating a non-partisan arm of the legislative branch to crunch numbers that inform the federal budget process. For 50 years, the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) has provided independent analyses of budgetary and economic issues that lawmakers use to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) received the National Retail Federation’s “Champion of Main Street” award for his bipartisan efforts to defend the American retail industry from organized crime.
“I’m honored to be recognized for my time spent fighting for Main Street,” Grassley said. “Organized retail crime is a billion-dollar problem...
