WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.), both members of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today introduced the bipartisan Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) Reform Act, which would prioritize enrolling marginal farmland in the CRP, rather than prime farmland. This change would generate more durable wildlife and environmental...
WASHINGTON – On National Fentanyl Awareness Day, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, and Sens. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) are reintroducing bipartisan legislation targeting a surge in counterfeit pills laced with fentanyl, methamphetamine and related substances leading to...
DES MOINES – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Jesse Watters Primetime to discuss his efforts to obtain from the FBI an unclassified record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national. The subpoena, which comes as a result of credible whistleblower reports and was submitted by Grassley and House Committee on...
WASHINGTON – Title 42, which allows for the expedited removal of migrants who have illegally entered the country, is set to expire this week. As a result, illegal immigration is expected to skyrocket and border communities are already bracing for impact.
Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in proposing a straightforward solution:...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Budget Committee, joined Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) and 42 Republican senators in committing to oppose increasing the debt ceiling without substantive spending and budget reforms. The notice came in a letter to Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.).
The letter to Schumer is also...
Q: What can be done to address the mental health crisis among America’s youth?
A: Even before the pandemic led to school closures and months of isolation away from their classmates, warning signs flagged a mental health crisis among America’s adolescents. Study after study shows that mental health issues among children and teens are on the rise. According to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) yesterday reintroduced the bipartisan Invest to Protect Act to increase access to funding for small law enforcement agencies in Iowa and across the country. The bipartisan legislation would set aside $250 million to help local police invest in training, mental health support,...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), the Co-Chairman and Chairman of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, yesterday urged China to take strong and decisive action to better control the flow of precursor chemicals that Mexican cartels use to manufacture illicit fentanyl.
The Co-Chairmen sent a letter...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Co-Chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, introduced the Baltic Security Initiative Act, bipartisan and bicameral legislation to effectively codify the Baltic Security Initiative. The bill would enhance and strengthen U.S. security cooperation with the Baltics amid Russia’s unprovoked...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member and long-time whistleblower advocate Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Committee on Oversight and Accountability Chairman James Comer (R-Ky.) today are demanding the FBI produce an unclassified record alleging a criminal scheme involving then-Vice President Joe Biden and a foreign national. The document, an...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.), Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) and James Lankford (R-Okla.) in sounding the alarm on the potential use of artificial intelligence (AI), such as ChatGPT, to generate persuasive, tailored scams intended to rob Americans by accessing their personal financial information. In a letter to IRS...
On Tuesday, during my weekly ag call, I discussed the summertime waiver for ethanol sales, Russia's hindrance of global grain sales, and the debt limit. Listen to the ag call here.
WASHINGTON – On Monday, U.S. Sen. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), ranking member of the Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations, along with Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Committee on the Budget, sent a letter to Secretary of State Antony Blinken, demanding that he produce and preserve all records related to his correspondence with Hunter Biden. ...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this week joins Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and colleagues in sending a letter to U.S. Department of the Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen raising concerns with the Federal Insurance Office’s (FIO’s) efforts to force the Biden administration’s unrealistic environmental, social, and governance...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics discussed include: the approval of E-15 summer sales, the Limit, Save, Grow Act, whistleblowers regarding the overcharge of Medicare and Medicaid and the False Claims Act, the FAFSA Simplication Act and the impact on farming families and the debt ceiling.
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Gary Peters (D-Mich), Kyrsten Sinema (I-Ariz.), Thom Tillis (R-BN.C.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Chris Coons (D-Del.) introduced the Project Safe Neighborhoods Grant Program Authorization Act to reauthorize a nationwide law enforcement program...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), longtime advocate for the benefits of renewable fuels, released the following comment after the Biden Administration’s reported decision to issue an emergency waiver allowing summertime sales of higher blend ethanol fuels.
“I’m glad the administration is today doing what I have been requesting. There’s no reason not...
Q: What’s wrong with the changes made to the federal student aid program?
A: Iowans across the state are preparing for the annual rite of passage as seniors prepare to graduate from high school and look ahead to the next chapter in their lives. It’s a time of celebration to take stock of one’s achievements and an important moment to set goals for the future....
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators is today reintroducing legislative reforms that will shine a light on efforts by foreign interests to influence American policy and public opinion. The Foreign Agents Disclosure and Registration Enhancement Act adds teeth to existing law aimed at ensuring public awareness of lobbying campaigns pushed by foreign...
WASHINGTON – As many states, including Iowa, face a worsening shortage of qualified foster parents, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) this week reintroduced bipartisan legislation to improve recruitment, retention and support for foster parents. The Recruiting Families Using Data Act would make the Title IV-B Diligent Recruitment Plan...
