WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today released the results of his inquiry into the Wounded Warrior Project, documenting problems with the veterans charity and noting that the organization has taken steps to fix the shortcomings initially exposed in news reports last year. “It’s good news that the Wounded Warrior Project used negative findings to try to...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following statement on the swearing-in of Kim Reynolds as the 43rd Governor of Iowa.“Congratulations to Kim Reynolds on becoming Iowa’s newest governor and for making history as its first female governor. From her public service at the grassroots of Iowa as a county treasurer then to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley will hold two town meetings in Iowa May 30 and June 2 as part of his annual 99 county meetings. “Representative government is a two-way street. I’m one half of the process and the people of Iowa are the other half. You can’t have representative government without dialogue between...
Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the International Narcotics Control Caucus and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, earlier this month was the lead Republican on a bipartisan letter urging the White House to reconsider a proposal to virtually eliminate funding for the Office of National Drug Control Policy. The President’s budget proposal for...
Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment on President Trump’s budget proposal for Fiscal Year 2018.“The President is right to take a close look at spending. Taxpayers deserve and expect the most bang for the buck from programs at every agency. In our system of government, the President proposes and Congress disposes....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa is an original co-sponsor of bipartisan legislation introduced this week that would extend insurance coverage of foods necessary for the safe and effective management of digestive and inherited metabolic disorders. Phenylketonuria (PKU) is one example of a rare inherited metabolic disorder. Untreated, PKU can...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, co-founder and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on Foster Youth, today welcomed final passage of his legislation recognizing May as National Foster Care Month. Introduced by Grassley with a bipartisan group of colleagues, the legislation is a resolution describing the multiple challenges facing the approximately 425,000...
The Senate voted to confirm Gov. Terry Branstad as U.S. ambassador to China on an 82 to 13 vote. Sen. Chuck Grassley gave a speech on the Senate floor immediately prior to the vote. Video of the speech delivery is available here.Floor Speech of Sen. Chuck GrassleyFull Senate Vote on Nomination of Gov. Terry Branstad as U.S. Ambassador to...
Senator Chuck Grassley’s Regional Director based in Cedar Rapids, Fred Schuster, will be holding open office hours in Washington, Keokuk, Mahaska, Poweshiek, Tama and Benton counties on Monday, June 5, and Tuesday, June 6, 2017. Schuster’s schedule is as follows: Monday, June 5 Washington County10:45 a.m. to 11:45...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Mark Warner of Virginia today re-introduced their bipartisan legislation to apply accreditation and other standards for orthotics and prosthetics, such as prosthetic limbs, under Medicare, helping to guarantee access to quality products for beneficiaries.
“Orthotics and prosthetics, like other medical...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley and Ranking Member Dianne Feinstein today released the following statement after former FBI Director James Comey declined a
bipartisan invitation to testify before the committee regarding the circumstances surrounding his removal, stating he will instead testify before the Senate Intelligence...
Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa made the following comment on reports that Federal Communications Commission security guards manhandled a news reporter who tried to ask questions of a commissioner at a public meeting. The commissioner reportedly apologized after the National Press Club and others expressed concern.“The Federal Communications...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley welcomed key committee passage today of the Creating High-Quality Results and Outcomes Necessary to Improve Chronic (CHRONIC) Care Act of 2017, a bipartisan bill he co-sponsored to strengthen and improve health outcomes for Medicare beneficiaries living with chronic conditions.“It’s common sense that...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, a member of the Senate Agriculture Committee and a lifelong family farmer, made the following statement on U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer’s notification to Congress of his intent to trigger a renegotiation of the North...
Grassley Statement on the Confirmation of Native Iowan Rachel Brand to be Associate Attorney GeneralWASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following statement on the confirmation of Rachel Brand, originally of Pella, to be Associate Attorney General. “Ms. Brand will be a superb...
Grassley Statement on the Appointment of Special Counsel in Russian Interference ProbeWASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley today released the following statement regarding Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s appointment of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel in the investigation into Russian...
ICYMI: Praise continues to come in for the bipartisan, bicameral Over the Counter Hearing Aid Act of 2017. Senator Grassley is the lead Republican on the Senate measure, which advanced through committee last week. Please see the op-ed in The Hill, “Opening the market to over-the-counter hearing aids: Something Congress can agree...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today asked Energy Secretary Rick Perry a series of questions about a study Perry directed that appears geared to undermine the wind energy industry. The study is meant to explore issues central to protecting the long-term reliability of the electricity grid, including an investigation of “market-distorting” federal...
