News Releases

  Grassley: U.S. Merchant Marine Academy Selects Fairfield Student     WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Michael Miller of Fairfield has received an appointment to the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point, New York, for the 2013-2014 school year. Miller is the son of Jennifer and Luke Miller.  He will graduate...

Grassley Blasts Administration for Misleading American People on Release of Illegal Immigrants WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley took to the Senate floor today to condemn the Obama Administration’s misleading information about its release of thousands of illegal immigrants. The Obama administration initially said that a few hundred illegal immigrants had...

Grassley Amendment Provides for Revenue Neutral Tax Reform WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today filed an amendment to the budget before the full Senate that would strike the requirement to raise nearly $1 trillion through new revenue – most likely through tax increases – and create a deficit-neutral reserve fund for pro-growth, revenue-neutral,...

Grassley Statement During Senate Floor Debate, Fiscal Year 2014 Budget Resolution Click here for the video.   Over the ten years I was Chairman or Ranking Member of the Finance Committee, I worked with several Budget Committee chairmen.  They were Senator Domenici, Senator Nickles, Senator Gregg, and Senator Conrad.   We did not always agree...

Lawsuit Over Key Interest Rate Increases Pressure on Treasury for Fixes M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    Freddie Mac lawsuit over interest rate Da:    Wednesday, March 20, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Sen. Mark Kirk of Illinois today made the following comment on Freddie Mac’s...

Ending Meat and Poultry Inspector Furloughs Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after an amendment to transfer $55 million in existing agriculture funds to the Food Safety Inspection Service in order to keep food inspectors from being  furloughed passed the Senate by voice vote.  Grassley has led the effort questioning the...

Grassley Protests Senate Leader Refusing Vote on Air Guard and Reserve Amendment WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said the refusal of the Senate Majority Leader to allow votes on amendments such as a bipartisan proposal to freeze funding for the transfer or retirement of Air National Guard and Reserve aircraft demonstrates what he’s been saying about how...

Grassley Welcomes Trade Promotion Authority Call from Administration M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and Editors Re:    Trade Promotion Authority Da:    Tuesday, March 19, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on a statement from Acting United States Trade Representative Demetrios...

  Grassley Presses for Information about Nominee’s Involvement in National Security Letter Reports                 WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley is pressing for additional information about Valerie Caproni’s involvement in the National Security Letter reports released by the...

Floor Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Seeking a fiscally responsible, pro-growth budget resolution Mr. President, I’m glad we’re finally considering a budget resolution.  It’s been four years since the Senate has passed a budget.  The Senate deficit Majority has been void of leadership on this matter.  While American families and...

  Grassley Works to Eliminate Fraud and Abuse from H-1B Visa Program                     WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley today is introducing legislation to bring much needed reform to the H-1B and L visa programs, and help...

  Air Force Academy selects students from Cedar Falls, Sioux City, Madrid and Keokuk     WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said today that Nicholas Heth of Cedar Falls, Taylor Pluim of Sioux City, Jacob Romitti of Madrid, and Cody Winkler of Keokuk have received appointments to the U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, Colorado, for...

Grassley amendment safeguards tax reform for tax relief WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley today offered an amendment to say that tax reform should not be used to increase taxes during Senate committee work on a budget resolution for fiscal year 2014. Grassley’s amendment would make revenue neutral the Budget Committee’s instructions for the Finance...

Senators Press for Answers About Detained Illegal Immigrants WASHINGTON – A group of U.S. Senators have proposed an amendment to the Continuing Resolution currently being debated in the Senate that would require the Department of Homeland Security to provide Congress with information about the illegal immigrants who are being released for what the...

Grassley Wins Support for Payment Reform and Even-Handed Farm Bill Spending Reductions WASHINGTON – During work today in the Senate Budget Committee on a budget resolution for fiscal 2014, Senator Chuck Grassley affirmed that his initiative to reform farm program payments will be part of the Agriculture Committee’s effort to achieve $23 billion in...

  Statement of U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Markup of the Senate Budget Committee     Madam Chairwoman: I’m glad we’re here to finally markup a budget resolution.  It’s been four years since the Senate has passed a budget.   But we are about to debate a budget resolution and the President hasn’t even proposed his budget for...

Grassley Statement on Inspector General report on the Operations of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division Senator Chuck Grassley made the following statement after the Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General released a report on the Operations of the Voting Section of the Civil Rights Division. “This report shows longstanding...

Bipartisan Senate bill would encourage high achieving students WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley of Iowa, Bob Casey of Pennsylvania, and Barbara Mikulski of Maryland have introduced legislation to make certain the needs of high-ability students are included in federal education policy. The bipartisan proposal is the TALENT Act – To Aid Gifted and...

New Report on Smithsonian Employee Travel M E M O R A N D U M To:    Reporters and editors Re:    Smithsonian employee travel Da:    Tuesday, March 12, 2013 Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa today made the following comment on a report from the Smithsonian Institution inspector general on employee travel. ...

Grassley plans meetings in Iowa during Easter recess of Senate WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley said he will hold constituent meetings in 30 Iowa communities during the last week of March and the first week of April, when the Senate is scheduled to break for Easter. Grassley’s meetings include 19 town meetings, Q&A with students in five high schools,...