WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) yesterday submitted a statement for the record during a Senate Agriculture Subcommittee's hearing on emergency response and recovery in rural areas. Grassley in his statement highlighted the recent severe storms and flooding in Iowa while pointing out the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) could further assist...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released internal records from the Biden administration’s Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) revealing HHS knowingly sent two unaccompanied migrant children to a household with established connections to the violent MS-13 gang. Grassley is also making public the referral he shared with federal law...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Gary Peters (D-Mich.) introduced legislation to include Offices of Inspectors General (OIGs) on the list of executive agencies whose employees are “further restricted” from engaging in partisan political activity under the Hatch Act.
“OIGs are the independent watchdogs protecting Americans’ taxpayer dollars and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, along with Sens. Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), co-hosted a roundtable examining the abuse of unaccompanied migrant children and the failures of the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS)’s Unaccompanied Children (UC)...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today questioned Congressional Budget Office (CBO) Director Phillip Swagel about the dangers of Democrats’ tax proposals, high interest rates and the Biden administration’s regulatory agenda.
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed the Federal Trade Commission (FTC)'s interim staff report on opaque pharmacy benefit manager (PBM) practices. The interim report is a direct result of Grassley’s request for a 6(b) study on potential anti-competition in the prescription drug industry, as well as his bipartisan demands for a status...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today welcomed Ryan Page, the Director of Child Care for the Iowa Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), to testify at a hearing on child care.
“I was glad to have Ryan Page share her expertise with the Senate Finance Committee this...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, today participated in a hearing to examine federal policies on child care. Beforehand, Grassley met with Iowa Department of Health and Human Services’ Child Care Director, Ryan Page, who served as an expert witness on the panel.
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WASHINGTON – Per Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)’s request, the Senate Budget Committee is hosting Phillip Swagel, director of the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office (CBO), to testify on the 10-year budget and economic outlook.
This Congress, Democrat committee leaders have predominantly focused on climate change and the environment; they also...
WASHINGTON – The Wall Street Journal today revealed the Biden administration knowingly placed unaccompanied migrant children with harmful sponsors, including potential labor traffickers and individuals with criminal records. The Journal notes Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is leading 46 Senate colleagues in a bipartisan Congressional Review Act (CRA)...
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Topics include: elder abuse, the Supreme Court decision on the Chevron Doctrine, eminent domain in Iowa, the recent hack of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), the Farm Bill and the Senate agenda.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is doubling down on his calls to strengthen U.S. cybersecurity in a new oversight inquiry to the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency (CISA), which recently revealed it suffered adays-long hack in January.
“Cybersecurity is extremely important today, and it’ll be vital tomorrow. I’ve been...
***Update*** Iowans in the following nine counties are eligible to apply for federal assistance as they recover from the severe storms and flooding on June 16, 2024: Buena Vista, Cherokee, Clay, Dickinson, Emmet, Humboldt, Lyon, O’Brien, Osceola, Palo Alto, Plymouth, Pottawattamie, Sioux and Woodbury.
Iowans affected by the severe storms during April 26-27...
MARION COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today delivered remarks at Vermeer in Pella, celebrating Iowa’s leadership in manufacturing, agriculture and innovation. The event was part of the Association of Equipment Manufacturers (AEM)’s Manufacturing Express, a nationwide tour that kicked off this week. Additional speakers included Vermeer...
WASHINGTON – On Tuesday, July 9, at 2:30 p.m. ET, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Bill Cassidy (R-La.) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) will host a roundtable entitled “The Exploitation Crisis: How the U.S. Government is Failing to Protect Migrant Children from Trafficking and Abuse.” The roundtable will examine the failures of the Department of Health and Human...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Jerry Moran (R-Kan.), ranking member of the Senate Veterans Affairs Committee, in urging the Veterans Affairs (VA) Department to quickly correct policies that are making it harder for veterans to receive care.
“Congress has never failed to provide VA with the resources required to fulfill its mission,”...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is renewing his scrutiny of federal vetting and resettlement protocols in light of a May 6 Homeland Security watchdog report, which further verifies his long-held concern the Biden administration did not adequately screen Afghan evacuees after botching U.S. withdrawal from the region. Grassley wrote the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa), along with the entire Iowa congressional delegation, are urging the Department of Labor (DOL) to stop targeting Iowa small businesses and assist employers and families as they navigate teen labor law compliance. The lawmakers’ letter follows outreach from small business...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Agriculture Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), along with the entire Iowa delegation in the U.S. House of Representatives, are calling on the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to fill research and response gaps related to Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza (HPAI), while continuing to work...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement on the Supreme Court’s ruling reaffirming the founding principle that the judiciary, not the executive bureaucracy, must exercise its constitutional duty to faithfully interpret the law.
“Today’s decision restores appropriate balance to our nation’s system of...
