Q: How serious is the crisis at the southern border? A: Illegal border crossings are at the highest level in recent history. This fiscal year, immigration officials are on track to apprehend more than one million migrants crossing illegally into the country – more than double the volume of previous years. In May, more than 144,000 migrants were...
Q: What are your reflections on this Independence Day? A: On this Fourth of July, America celebrates 243 years of independence. We are just seven years away from the 250th anniversary – or the sestercentennial – of when 56 delegates in 1776 signed the Declaration of Independence in Philadelphia. This founding charter declared freedom...
Q: Does secrecy contribute to health care costs? A: Sticker shock for health care in America has been a growing concern for decades in the United States. From prescription drugs to lab tests, durable medical equipment, outpatient surgery and hospital stays, Americans increasingly feel they pay through the roof for medical care. As chairman...
Q: What is FARA? A: In the years preceding World War II, Congress passed the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) of 1938 to unmask Nazi propaganda and identify foreign efforts to shape public policy and opinion in the United States. FARA requires any individual operating at the behest of a foreign interest to register with the U.S....
Q: How did stopping elder abuse become one of your priorities in Congress? A: Close-knit families and communities across Iowa are enriched by the contributions and lifeexperiences of older citizens. Unfortunately, some members of society don’t treat their elders with the respect and dignity they deserve. One in 10 Americans ages 60 and...
Q: What amendment did you get included in the federal disaster relief package? A: Catastrophic flooding across Iowa has caused tremendous damage throughout the Missouri and Mississippi River basins impacting more than two-thirds of Iowa’s 99 counties. Breached and overtopped levees and swollen tributaries have swamped hundreds of thousands of...
Q: What prompted you to step up your oversight of taxpayer-funded research? A: As a longtime taxpayer watchdog, I keep check on taxpayer dollars as they make their way through the federal pipeline – from the nation’s defense to farm payments, medical research, criminal justice, veterans benefits and the health care safety net. As chairman of...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chris Murphy (D-Conn.) introduced a bipartisan resolution designating the week of September 23 through September 27, 2019, as “Malnutrition Awareness Week.” The resolution recognizes registered dietitian nutritionists and other nutrition professionals, health care providers, social workers and...
Q: What reflections do you have for Iowans on this Memorial Day? A: For as long as I can remember, Memorial Day has been a day for families, friends and neighbors to share collective grief and gratitude for the profound sacrifice our hometown heroes made to keep us safe. From a young age, I recall local members of veteran service organizations...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released the statutory text of the
Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA), S. 2543. The text mirrors the chairman’s mark that
passed the Finance Committee in July with a bipartisan, two-thirds majority.
“President Trump...
WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sent letters to the presidents of Duke University, Harvard University, Sarah Lawrence College and Villanova University seeking information on the current culture of academic freedom on their campuses. Grassley also expressed his concerns in an op-ed published today by the Wall Street...
Q&A: Small Business WeekWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Why celebrate Small Business Week? A: The locomotive for the U.S. economy – small businesses – continues to move full steam ahead during the first two years of the Trump administration. The roaring U.S. economy opened the first quarter of the year with 3.2 percent...
Bill improves integrity in Investor Visa Program, adds security protections requested by USCIS WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.), leading members and former chairmen of the Senate Judiciary Committee, have introduced legislation to tackle fraud, abuse and national security threats in the EB-5 Investor Visa...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley, president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, today released the following statement regarding the release of a White House transcript of a call between the presidents of the United States and Ukraine. “Speaker Pelosi announced an impeachment inquiry even before seeing the call transcript or hearing from the...
The HillBy Lauren Aronson Congress was gaveled back into session this month with unprecedented momentum behind legislative efforts to hold Big Pharma accountable and lower prescription drug prices.…First, even in a deeply divided political climate, there continues to be true bipartisan cooperation, commitment and a shared vision on market-based...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn USMCA’s Impact on AgricultureWednesday, August 25, 2019 Harvest is about to start across Iowa. Following a tough spring, farmers will now harvest their crops, hope they cover their costs and then make plans for next year’s crop. Passing the USMCA would inject some certainty...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), president pro tempore of the U.S. Senate, issued the following statement after House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) formally announced an impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump. “The president said he will release tomorrow the full, unclassified transcript of his phone call with the...
Grassley On the Importance of Passing USMCAPrepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeTuesday, September 24, 2019 I’d like to speak this afternoon about the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement, or the USMCA. President Trump and the leaders of Mexico and Canada signed the USMCA on November...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sens. Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced the Whistleblower Programs Improvement Act (WPIA) to extend whistleblower protections to more individuals who report wrongdoing and violations of securities and commodities...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Role of the SenateTuesday, September 24, 2019 I’ve heard a lot about how the Senate isn’t taking up House bills, as though the Senate is supposed to be a rubber stamp. We just celebrated Constitution Day last week. Maybe it’s time for a reminder about how the...
