WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is joining Sen. Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) on bipartisan legislation to help protect American data from malicious foreign entities.
“Foreign adversaries have a proven track record of using modern day technology to steal American data and exert malign influence. This threatens U.S. national security and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued a statement on the Congressional Budget Office (CBO)’s new 10-year budget and economic outlook.
“Congressional Democrats and the White House ought to read this report cover to cover. After reviewing the data, it’d be unthinkable for anyone to consider continuing down...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are making public former Secretary of State John Kerry's pseudonym email and calling on the State Department to review Kerry’s compliance with federal records laws while at the agency’s helm.
“Based on legally protected whistleblower disclosures to our offices, it’s our understanding that...
WASHINGTON – As part of his annual 99 county meetings across Iowa, U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold public town meetings in Newton on June 21, Wapello and Fairfield on June 24, Albia on June 25 and Estherville and Sac City on June 26.
“Representative government is a two-way street that requires continued dialogue between election officials and our...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) are calling for 2026 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes that keep pace with biofuels production and availability. In a letter to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the bipartisan senators, along with 16 colleagues, urged higher RFS levels for biomass-based diesel and advanced...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Grassley letter to EPA calling for increased Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) volumes, unity in the GOP, President Biden, Israel, pro-Palestinian protests, HPAI outbreak in Iowa and legislative strategies to reduce inflation.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.), along with 30 of their Republican colleagues, introduced a Congressional Review Act (CRA) resolution to overturn a Department of Labor (DOL) final rule that would mandate unworkable wage hikes for small businesses. Should the rule go into effect, the new minimum salary threshold for overtime...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), former and current chairmen, respectively, of the Senate Finance Committee, are leading a bipartisan push to ensure proper implementation of their law to break up anti-competitive practices in the U.S. organ transplant system. Grassley and Wyden, co-authors of the Securing the U.S. Organ...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, and James Lankford (R-Okla.) on legislation to expand access to restorative reproductive medicine for women and men affected by infertility. The cost-neutral Reproductive Empowerment and Support through Optimal Restoration (RESTORE) Act...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) this week met with 66 Iowa students who advanced to the final round of the National History Day Contest. The group discussed the students’ achievements and the importance of history.
“Iowa students’ hard work, ambition and intellect never fail to impress me,” Grassley said. “As a lifelong...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chris Coons (D-Del.), co-chairs of the Congressional Trademark Caucus, yesterday introduced a resolution designating July as National Anti-Counterfeiting and Consumer Education Awareness Month. The bipartisan effort aims to drive awareness of the economic value of trademarks and their role in protecting...
Q: How was an employee able to embezzle $103.3 million from the Pentagon?
A: Yet again, what’s past is prologue at the Pentagon. As a taxpayer watchdog, I’ve long worked to fix the fiscal mess at the Department of Defense. From greedy contractors to faulty accounting systems, the Pentagon’s fiscal mismanagement undermines U.S. military readiness. National...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today met with city officials and community and business leaders from the greater Cedar Rapids and Iowa City Corridor to discuss issues important to the region. Specifically, the group discussed infrastructure, workforce, education and other issues. They thanked Grassley for his support of the Infrastructure...
WASHINGTON – The Des Moines International Airport (DSM) will receive over $5 million from the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) Airport Terminals Program to fund the construction of new terminal areas. The Airport Terminals Program was created by the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), which Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) supported in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is launching a congressional oversight inquiry into the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) and Boeing, an engineering company that receives billions of taxpayer dollars annually. In letters this week, Grassley scrutinized decades of poor documentation and inadequate safety practices at Boeing. He first called out...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the H5N1 Bird Flu, President Biden's executive order on immigration, the Farm Bill, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's upcoming congressional address, the Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Act and Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito.
Q: How is the federal government responding to recent outbreaks of avian flu?
A: As Iowa’s senior U.S. Senator, I’m staying on top of federal agencies with prevention, control, emergency management and public health responsibilities to effectively serve the American people. That includes upholding confidence in the food supply to supporting farm workers and...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.), former and current chairmen, respectively, of the Senate Finance Committee, along with Finance Committee members Ben Cardin (D-Md.) and Todd Young (R-Ind.), are calling on the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) to take additional measures to prevent abuse of pancreata...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is sharing remarks on the 80th anniversary of D-Day.Grassley this week joined Sens. John Boozman (R-Ark.), Chris Coons (D-Del.) and 58bipartisan senatorson a resolution commemorating the American troops who participated in thehistoric military operation.
A transcript and broadcast-quality video of...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today made public a Government Accountability Office (GAO) report he requested to assess the impacts of the Over-the-Counter (OTC) Hearing Aid Act, a law he and Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) championed in 2017. For five years following enactment, Grassley and Warren pressed the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to...
