Q: How would your fraud prevention bill recover tax dollars and improve healthcare?
A: Americans work hard for their money. As a taxpayer watchdog, I take seriously the responsibility to ensure every tax dollar collected for government services is spent as intended. From the Pentagon to public healthcare programs, I lead efforts at the policymaking tables to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The offices of U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will host two virtual informational events for Iowa students interested in applying to U.S. Military Service Academies in the fall of 2027 or 2028. The U.S. Service Academy Virtual Informational Nights will be held on Monday, August 31, and Tuesday, September...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – On Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day, U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and U.S. Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) are driving awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and continuing to educate Americans on how to best protect themselves from the deadly drug. The U.S. Senate unanimously passed the senators’...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is the most bipartisan Republican in the U.S. Senate, according to an independent study by the nonpartisan project Bridge Grades. Grassley earned a score of 96.9 out of 100 in the report, ranking fourth overall among all 100 senators.
“At my annual 99 county meetings, Iowans ask me why Democrats and...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: Rural healthcare, the Farm Bill, ag and trade policy, mail-in ballots, the national debt and the Iowa State Fair.
Q: How would the Senate-passed sanctions bill help end the war in Ukraine?
A: With an overwhelming bipartisan vote of 86-11, the U.S. Senate sent a clear message to Russian dictator Vladimir Putin: stop the killing and end the largestland war since World War II. The late Sen. Lindsey Graham, the bill’s leading champion who led the congressional effort to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) released the following statement on the U.S. Financial Crimes Enforcement Network’s (FinCEN’s) decision to permanently exempt over 99% of entities previously required to report their beneficial ownership information under the Corporate Transparency Act (CTA).
Congress...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined “The Scott Jennings Show” this week to discuss his efforts as Judiciary Chairman to help secure Attorney General Todd Blanche’s Senate confirmation, the importance of passing a bipartisan Farm Bill and supporting Rural America, and the Democrat Party’s turn to socialism and more.
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Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE. Please see below for a transcript of the call.
Topics include: the Farm Bill, vaccines, Grassley’s bill to combat counterfeit imports, Iran, Grassley’s vacuum cleaner (Beth) and health insurance.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and U.S. Sen. Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) are applauding the Senate’s unanimous passage of their legislation to detect and intercept counterfeit imports. The bipartisan bill would authorize U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) to share suspected counterfeit goods’ packing...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued a statement following the Senate’s confirmation of Todd Blanche to be U.S. Attorney General, by a vote of 50-49. Grassley successfully advanced Blanche’s nomination through the Judiciary Committee earlier this week, by a vote of 12-10.
“America is safer with Todd Blanche at the...
Q: What legislative priorities were you able to secure in the current Senate Farm Bill so far?
A: The Senate Agriculture Committee recently met to consider the long-delayed Farm Bill. Building upon substantive reforms enacted last year to strengthen the farm safety net in the Working Families Tax Cuts Act, farmers and rural communities are counting on...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed today’s Senate confirmation of Glen R. Smith of Atlantic, Iowa, to serve as Under Secretary for Rural Development at the Department of Agriculture (USDA). Smith served as Chair of the Farm Credit Administration (FCA) during the first Trump administration.
“Glen Smith is a product of rural Iowa who’s spent...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.), Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) introduced the bipartisan Health Care Fraud Prevention and Enforcement Act. The legislation would improve and invest in the Health Care Fraud and Abuse Control (HCFAC) program, which was created to combat fraud, waste and abuse across...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) applauded the Senate’s confirmation of four U.S. Attorneys, four U.S. Marshals and the Inspector General for the Department of Justice (DOJ). The nominees were confirmed as part of a nominations package of 74 executive nominees, by a vote of 51-47.
Under Grassley’s leadership in the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.), to introduce the Military Chaplains Modernization Act of 2026 (MCMA), which would codify the purpose, role, duties and professional qualifications of military chaplains and protect chaplains from being forced to violate their sincerely held religious beliefs.
The legislation is...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong family farmer, issued a statement after the Senate Agriculture Committee failed to advance the 2026 Farm Bill due to Democrats’ refusal to provide bipartisan support for the legislation.
“I’m very disappointed Democrats blocked the Farm Bill today in protest over commonsense reforms that root out waste in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Senate Foreign Relations Committee Ranking Member Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), along with Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Roger Wicker (R-Miss.), as well as Reps. Bill Keating (D-Mass.) and Mike Turner (R-Ohio), to issue a joint statement after 26 current and former staff members and associates of the Srebrenica...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned witnesses about the need for bipartisan cooperation to address Social Security’s long-term solvency.
During a floor speech last week, Grassley noted retirees will see a 22% cut in benefits around late 2032 unless Congress takes...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: the Farm Bill, the Sanders-Grassley Audit the Pentagon Act, Todd Blanche’s nomination to be U.S. Attorney General, Dr. Anthony Fauci, Iran and mail-in voting.
