WASHINGTON – As inflation rages and the economy sinks into recession Senate Democrats jammed through their long sought massive tax and spending bill that independent experts warn will lead to fewer jobs, less wages and more inflation. The partisan measure was drafted behind closed doors and passed on a party-line vote following an overnight session in the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats this morning blocked an amendment by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to their partisan tax hike bill that would have helped middle class families and students better cope with rising prices and diminished real wages brought on by 40-year-high inflation.
“My amendment made modest yet commonsense adjustments to our tax policies...
Q&A: Red Tape & Red Ink
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s wrong with the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act?”
A: The White House and Democrat-led Majority in Congress are taking yet another bite at the tax-and-spend apple. Despite 41-year high inflation and rising cost of living, the big spenders in Washington can’t keep themselves from...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), former chairman and current member of the Senate Finance Committee,
joined his Republican colleagues on the committee in a press conference discussing the consequences of Democrats’ latest $750 billion
reconciliation proposal. The nonpartisan Joint Committee on
Taxation (JCT) found that Democrats’ partisan...
WASHINGTON -- This evening, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) once again voted to pass the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which addresses numerous matters related to veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service. "Since 9/11, over 3.5 million veterans have suffered from toxic exposure, and many more have faced other adverse health effects from their...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced bipartisan legislation that
seeks to improve recruitment, retention and support for foster parents by
fixing the feedback process and bolstering data collection. The proposal comes
as most states, including Iowa, face a shortage of qualified foster parents –
an issue that...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pushing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide information about its failures to comply with statutory requirements for the detention and removal of aliens with backgrounds involving criminal or terrorism activity or with final orders of...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and committee member Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) today unveiled new legislation to improve justice for young survivors of sex crimes. The Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act strengthens a federal sex tourism law that prosecutors feared was too vague to convict former USA Gymnastics team doctor...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) made the following joint statement after
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to state Medicaid directors on the implementation of the Advancing Care for Exceptional (ACE) Kids Act. “We appreciate CMS issuing additional
guidance to state Medicaid...
WASHINGTON – Last night, the U.S. Senate
passed multiple bipartisan bills led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that seek to provide resources, grants and other
support to law enforcement officers. National Night Out, a day that focuses on
fostering stronger relationships between law enforcement and neighbors in the
communities...
Senator
Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 08-01-22
Topics
include: contraceptive access bill, codifying same-sex marriage, Next Generation Fuels Act, carbon
capture pipelines, biofuels, Middle-Class
Saving and Investment Act and protecting the middle class.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to reauthorize the National Computer Forensics Institute, which provides training to state and local law enforcement agencies. The National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022 builds on the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime...
Q&A: Rising Crime Linked to Defund the Police
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s contributing to the postpandemic rise in violent crime in America?
A: With the open border policies of this administration and “defund the police” rhetoric coming from the left side of the ideological spectrum, a sense of lawlessness is infecting society,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee
Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Chair Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) have
introduced bipartisan legislation to further protect whistleblowers at the
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) from retaliation. The FBI Whistleblower Protection Enhancement Act
would allow FBI employees to appeal retaliation claims to the...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. Senate passed the Water Resources Development Act (WRDA), a biannual package that authorizes the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to carry out water resource projects. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Environment and Public Works (EPW) Committee, cemented several Iowa priorities into this...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer and member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and
Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the bipartisan Farmland Security Act
to increase scrutiny over foreign investments in American agricultural land.
The legislation ensures that the American people and Congress have the
information needed...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) made the following statement after the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis (BEA) announced this morning a second consecutive quarter of gross domestic product (GDP) contraction, meeting the traditional definition of economic recession.
“Whatever anyone wants to call it, Iowans are feeling the harsh economic realities...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) led their colleagues in the Senate Whistleblower Protection Caucus in a unanimously-passed Senate resolution celebrating July 30 as National Whistleblower Appreciation Day.
“Support for whistleblowers is something we can all get behind. It can and should unite every member of Congress who...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) as well as Reps. Ashley Hinson (R-Iowa) and Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) to introduce the Allowing Greater Access to Safe and Effective Contraception Act. This bill seeks to expand health care choices for women by increasing access to contraceptives over-the-counter (OTC) and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee
Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today led 24 Republican colleagues in
introducing a broad package to clarify and strengthen violent crime laws related
to homicide, bank robbery, carjacking, kidnapping and other offenses. The Combating Violent and Dangerous Crime Act
resolves discrepancies brought on by...
