News Releases

Grassley Says It’s Time to Ignore the Sideshows, Get Ambitious in Hong Kong HONG KONG -- Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, the Senate committee with legislative and oversight jurisdiction over international trade, today made the following statement on the status of progress at the World Trade Organization Ministerial. A longtime...

Japan, U.S. Beef Exports U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley issued a statement regarding Japan’s announcement that it will reopen its market to U.S. beef.  Sen. Grassley is Chairman of the Committee on Finance, which is responsible for international trade legislation and oversight.  He farms corn and soybeans with his son in Butler County,...

Grassley and Harkin Release GAO Report on Mandatory Price Reporting HARKIN AND GRASSLEY RELEASE GAO REPORT ON LIVESTOCK MANDATORY PRICE REPORTING GAO confirms problems withprice accuracy and transparency in USDA price reports   WASHINGTON, D.C.-- Senators Tom Harkin (D-IA) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA) today released a Government Accountability Office...

Congress Tackles Taxes By U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa   As the U.S. economy nears the end of the fourth quarter, every taxpayer in America knows what comes next.   It means the first quarter of the New Year is just around the corner. As the holiday season draws to a close, the tax season begins.   During the first three months of the...

Word On: Taxes & Small Business   Q: Are tax changes in store for small businesses by year's end? A: The U.S. Senate in November adopted a plan that recognizes the job-creating engine of the U.S. economy. Generating up to 80 percent of new jobs each year, small businesses are key to the nation's economic growth. Small businesses employ half of all...

Grassley Highlights Tax Relief for Families, Consumers Iowa Senator’s Legislation Prevents Tax Increase by Extending Current Tax Laws WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, said the tax relief bill approved by his committee this week and advancing through the full Senate will keep 14 million families from paying the unfair...

Grassley Helps Launch Senate Anti-Meth Caucus WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley today helped launch a new Senate Anti-Meth Caucus with a number of his Senate colleagues during a Capitol Hill press conference. Grassley, as Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, has called on the National Office of Drug Control Policy to increase...

Giving Thanks to Veterans by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa     In this season of thanksgiving, let us reflect upon and celebrate the service and sacrifice made by those who have served or currently serve our country in the U.S. Armed Forces.   Serving one’s country in the Armed Forces is an honorable way to respond to the privileges and...

Grassley measure requires Iowa Environmental Project to match $50 million federal appropriation WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley has won Senate approval of new legislative language that requires non-federal dollars to be raised before additional federal tax dollars are spent on the Iowa Environmental Project. The Grassley measure also says the non-federal...

Federal Trade Commission Agrees to Conduct Study on Impact of "Authorized" Generics Grassley, Leahy, Rockefeller Made Request in May U.S. Senate WASHINGTON — Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Patrick Leahy of Vermont, and John D. (Jay) Rockefeller IV of West Virginia, announced today that the Federal Trade Commission will initiate a study on the short term and...

Grassley Reacts to Payment Limits Vote Sen. Chuck Grassley today made the following comment after his amendment to place a hard cap on farm payments was defeated by a vote of 46 – 53. Grassley first began talking about payment limits when he was a member of the U.S. House of Representatives. His last major push for a hard cap on farm payments was during the...

Grassley Seeks to Cap Farm Payments and Focus Farm Programs to Small and Medium Sized Farms WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley today introduced an amendment to place a hard cap on farm payments to $250,000 for a married farming couple. If passed, the amendment would be included in the Budget Reconciliation package. Grassley introduced the amendment with Sen....

Grassley Questions Corporate Responsibility of Oil and Gas Companies; Asks Them to Give 10 Percent of Profits to Help Low-Income Americans WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley today wrote the leading gas and oil trade associations urging their members to give a percentage of their record profits from the past quarter to fuel fund programs that supplement the...

Grassley Welcomes Tax Reform Panel’s Final Report Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, with Senate jurisdiction over taxes, today made the following comment on the final report of the President’s tax reform panel. "There’s almost universal agreement that our tax code is too complex. The tax form instruction book is probably the most...

Rosa Parks Shifted Civil Rights Movement into First Gear by U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa   School children today likely have a hard time imagining the unimaginable. But just two generations ago, by custom and by law, American society dictated which public restroom, water fountain, swimming pool, restaurant or even bus seat could be used because...

Grassley Questions Drug Czar on Administration of Drug Free Communities Grant Program Senator Expresses Concern that Funding for Iowa Programs Stopped Without Proper Notice WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, announced today that he has sent a letter to John Walters, the Director of the Office...

Grassley, Hostettler: CIS Approval of Excess H-1B Non-Immigrant Visas Violates Federal Law WASHINGTON — Senator Chuck Grassley and Congressman John Hostettler today said that the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services does not have a sufficient process in place to adhere to the federal law that prohibits approval of more than of 65,000 H-1B Non-Immigrant...

Grassley Praises Crackdown on Deceptive Claims for Free Prescription Drugs WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, chairman of the Committee on Finance, today praised the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) for cracking down on a company over deceptive claims about the availability of free medicines. Today, at the FTC’s request, a U.S. District Court barred a company...

Home Heating to Spell "Sticker Shock" By U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley, of Iowa     Enjoy it while it lasts, but don't be fooled by stretches of warm, sunny days some people like to call Indian summer. That morning chill in the air soon will be here to stay. Before too long, Iowans will ring in another winter season. Ready or not here it...

Grassley Asks Agriculture Secretary to Help Alleviate Aflatoxin Concerns WASHINGTON — Sen. Chuck Grassley today spoke with U.S. Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns about concerns he has with how the Risk Management Agency is handling the finding of Aflatoxin in corn. Grassley asked Johanns to alert the Risk Management Agency about the problems that are...