BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) today wrote U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar to request a briefing and regular updates on the embassy’s efforts to recover Iowan Chris Leguisano. Leguisano was reported missing on August 10, 2024 after traveling to deliver a vehicle to a family member in Mexico, where she...
Q: How are you working to help prevent overdose deaths?
A: From my 99 county meetings to constituent phone calls and emails to my Senate office, I hear from Iowans from all walks of life whose families and communities have been devastated by overdose deaths. A recent national study found 1 in 3 U.S. adults knows someone who has died of drug overdose. In...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Jim Risch (R-Idaho), ranking member of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, today issued the following statement on the Honduran government’s plans to terminate its extradition treaty with the United States:
“We are deeply concerned...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Budget Committee Chairman Jodey Arrington (R-Texas) are calling for a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) analysis of a demonstration program the Biden-Harris administration launched to artificially lower Medicare Part D premium payments using taxpayer dollars. This Premium...
Q: What made you start doing your annual 99 county meetings?
A: People often ask why I started my tradition of holding a meeting with Iowans in every county, every year. When I was first elected to the U.S. Senate, I remember overhearing a remark made by patrons at a local restaurant that it “must be an election year” if so-and-so was in town, concluding...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Rep. Barry Loudermilk (R-Ga.) are calling on Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas to halt DHS’ obstruction of independent Office of Inspector General (OIG) investigations.
The lawmakers’ concerns stem from a recently released, heavily redacted DHS OIG report titled, “United States...
WOODBURY COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today concluded his 44th annual 99 county meetings across Iowa with a tour of Novelty Machine & Supply Company in Sioux City, followed by a question-and-answer session with employees. Earlier in the day, Grassley held meetings in Le Mars, Rock Rapids and a town hall in Sioux Center. Grassley takes...
Q: What are your favorite traditions at the Iowa State Fair?
A: There’s something for everyone at the historic Iowa State Fair that runs through August 18, from food and entertainment to livestock exhibits and family friendly contests. I’ve enjoyed attending the state fair every year since 1974. (That excludes 2020 when it was canceled due to the coronavirus...
WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture Committee members Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Fetterman (D-Pa.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are urging the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to improve its process for the electronic submission and retention of foreign-owned farmland disclosures. The letter follows alleged inaccuracies posted online by the Farm Service...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Ocheyedan on August 19 and Sioux Center on August 20 as part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa. These stops will round out Grassley’s annual tradition of holding at least one question-and-answer session in each of Iowa’s 99 counties every...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), the former and current chairmen of the Senate Finance Committee and co-authors of a bipartisan law to reform the U.S. organ donation system, are raising concerns regarding a potentially unethical hire at the long-troubled United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS).
UNOS, which has exclusively...
Q: How are you working to address affordable child care for families?
A: During my annual 99 county meetings, I regularly hear from parents, employers and civic leaders about the need for affordable child care in their local communities. A couple years ago, Sen. Joni Ernst and I held a roundtable discussion in Des Moines to learn more about the barriers that...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a public town meeting in Greene on August 15 as part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa.
“Representative government is a two-way street. Speaking face-to-face with Iowans informs my work to best represent our state in Washington,” Grassley said. “I’m looking forward to hearing from...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The American Flood Coalition named U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) a “federal champion” for his leadership, public service and commitment to Iowa’s flood resiliency.
“While Iowans are no strangers to severe weather, the significant damage from recent flooding across our state underscores the importance of weather preparedness. As a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Five on the Five with the Waterways Council to discuss free trade, the future of biofuels, his work to provide certainty for America’s farmers and more.
Download the full video HERE. Subject-specific excerpts follow.
Reducing Prescription Drug Costs:
“Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) are the middlemen...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the Farm Bill, unrest in the Middle East, continued oversight of SafeSport and USA Gymnastics, the attempted assassination of former President Trump and the recent stock market plunge.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is demanding records from AT&T and 17 federal agencies regarding the April 14-25, 2024, cyberattack on AT&T. The hack compromised AT&T customers’ call and text history between May 1 and October 31, 2022.
“Bad actors accessed 90 million Americans’ data, which potentially included federal...
Q: What’s included in the online safety legislation adopted by the Senate 91-3?
A: In the first update to internet safety legislation in a quarter century, the U.S. Senate passed historic bipartisan legislation on July 30 designed to hold Big Tech accountable, stop child exploitation, rein in abusive business practices and sharpen tools for parents to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, and Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.) applauded the Senate’s unanimous passage of their resolution designating August 21, 2024, as “Fentanyl Prevention and Awareness Day.” The bipartisan effort aims to drive awareness of the dangers of fentanyl and encourage...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is renewing scrutiny of SafeSport and USA Gymnastics (USAG) following reports that neither organization is imposing necessary measures to protect athletes from alleged abusers.
“This is an affront to justice and demands immediate correction,” Grassley wrote in letters sent today to SafeSport and USAG.
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