WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa, along with Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky and Sens. Mike Crapo of Idaho, Pat Roberts of Kansas, John Cornyn of Texas, John Thune of South Dakota, Richard Burr of North Carolina, Johnny Isakson of Georgia, Rob Portman of Ohio, Tim Scott of South Carolina,...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), members of the Senate Judiciary Committee today called on committee chairman Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) requesting that the committee move forward on the Special Counsel Transparency Act. The legislation, authored by Blumenthal and Grassley, requires the Justice Department to...
Q&A: Building a Retirement Nest Egg At WorkWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Why are you working to reform workplace retirement savings laws? A: Like most of America, our state’s economy is fueled by small businesses. Iowa is home to 267,733 small businesses who employ 646,525 employees, or 48 percent of the workforce,...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa today issued the following statement congratulating Major General Timothy Orr on his upcoming retirement as Adjutant General of the Iowa National Guard.“General Orr has served his country and Iowa admirably over the course of his 40-year career. He oversaw the largest federal mobilization in Iowa...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon today introduced the Taxpayer First Act of 2019, bipartisan legislation to modernize the IRS, improve taxpayer services and strengthen taxpayer protections. The legislation is the product of years of bicameral, bipartisan work between the Senate...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former Chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee today joined Rep. Elijah E. Cummings (D-Md.), the Chairman of the House Committee on Oversight and Reform, Senator Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), Vice Chairman of the Senate Committee on Appropriations, Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Ranking Member of the Senate...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, U.S. Senate Committee on FinanceOn the Taxpayer First Act to Modernize the IRSThursday, March 28, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, I’m pleased that my colleague, Finance Committee Ranking Member, Senator Wyden, will be joining me in introducing the Taxpayer First Act of 2019 later...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaMember, Senate Budget CommitteeProposal of Budget Amendments for Disaster ResponseThursday, March 28, 2019VIDEO Iowa, Nebraska, and Missouri are experiencing historic flooding. In Iowa, two-thirds of our 99 counties have been impacted. The State of Iowa estimated damages across our state to be...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley is pressing the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD) for answers over the lax oversight of federal spending by Public Housing Agencies (PHAs) and delays to reforms it promised three years ago.
The more than 3,300 PHAs across the country receive millions of dollars in federal...
Statement of Senator Charles E. GrassleyBefore the United States SenateWilliam Evanina Hold and Congressional OversightMarch 28, 2019VIDEO Mr. President, In the last week or so, I’ve heard questions about my intent to object to the nomination of William Evanina. These are the same questions I heard last year when I initially...
Prepared Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn “Severe Weather Awareness Week” in IowaThursday, March 28, 2019VIDEO Governor Reynolds designated this “Severe Weather Awareness Week” in Iowa. We’ve seen catastrophic flooding throughout the state, but it’s not over. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa today released the following statement regarding the unanimous passage of a House Medicaid package earlier this week, which includes both the ACE Kids Act and the Right Rebate Act, bipartisan bills he co-authored with Sen. Michael Bennet of Colorado and Senate Finance Committee...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, along with Sens. Ben Sasse of Nebraska, James Lankford of Oklahoma, Thom Tillis of North Carolina, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Mike Crapo of Idaho, John Cornyn of Texas, Mike Lee of Utah, Michael Rounds of South Dakota and Jim Inhofe of Oklahoma, today introduced the Separation of Powers Restoration Act of...
WASHINGTON — U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Joni Ernst of Iowa, John Thune of South Dakota, Kevin Cramer of North Dakota, Steve Daines of Montana, John Hoeven of North Dakota, Jerry Moran of Kansas, Mike Rounds of South Dakota and Jon Tester of Montana today urged U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue to provide Livestock Indemnity...
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– As bankruptcy rates among American farmers near record highs, a bipartisan group of U.S. Senators is introducing legislation to help family farms reorganize after falling on hard times. The
Family Farmer Relief Act of 2019 (S.897)is led by Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and cosponsored by Senators Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ron Johnson...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Tina Smith of Minnesota along with Sen. Joni Ernst of Iowa today introduced three bills that would empower students and their families with better information about the costs of college from the initial college search, through the application process, to accepting financial aid. The Net Price Calculator...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Ranking Member Ron Wyden of Oregon are seeking information from the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Office of Inspector General (OIG) regarding recent federal investigations into potential illegal kickback schemes by some pharmaceutical companies to exploit...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley of Iowa is leading a bipartisan effort within the Finance Committee to reform the process by which the executive branch could use national security as a basis to restrict imports under section 232 of the Trade Expansion Act of 1962.The legislation, which is expected to be introduced in the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today endorsed Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Richard Shelby of Alabama’s emergency supplemental appropriations legislation that will help millions of Americans recover and rebuild from recent natural disasters. The measure provides $13.45 billion in supplemental funding for states and...
