WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.) are seeking public accountability from the FBI and Department of Justice (DOJ) for failing to properly vet a longtime taxpayer-funded FBI Confidential Human Source (CHS) who was recently federally indicted for providing false information.
In a letter this week to FBI Director Christopher...
WASHINGTON– Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today co-chaireda Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Controlhearing to examinehowshell companies facilitate transnational criminal activity.
During questioning, Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) Rebecca Shea, who leads its Forensic Audits and Investigative Service department, confirmed findings of the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer and senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, is calling on Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) and Senate Democrats to move forward with a bipartisan Farm Bill in short order. In a letter today to Schumer, Grassley pointed out the Farm Bill’s notable absence from Schumer’s recent...
WASHINGTON – Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and eight Senate Budget Committee Republicans shared with Chairman Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.) pressing facts about the U.S. economic outlook, calling on him and majority committee members to focus on fiscal matters. Under Democrat leadership, the committee this Congress has convened 15 hearings on climate...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, today released a report examining how loopholes in the Federal Aviation Administration’s (FAA) registration process are abused by drug cartels and other bad actors to enhance the global drug trade and threaten our national security.
“While...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) contacted seven federal agencies with open Government Accountability Office (GAO) recommendations for improving the cybersecurity of U.S. critical infrastructure. In addition to urging administrators to close the recommendations – some of which are years old – Grassley is demanding records on their departments’...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Farm Bill, the Audit the Pentagon Act, nationwide year-round E-15, Russian disinformation, 99 county meetings and priorities for Congress.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The cities of Cedar Rapids and Davenport will receive significant federal funding to reinforce aging transportation infrastructure and enhance flood and natural disaster resiliency. Cedar Rapids will receive $56,400,000 and Davenport will receive $13,119,400, respectively. Both grants will be administered through the Promoting Resilient...
DAVENPORT, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), former chairman and senior member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today welcomed juniors and seniors from southeast and eastern Iowa high schools to his fifth Federal Judiciary Youth Summit.
The summit is part of Grassley’s long-standing effort to encourage civic engagement among young Iowans and...
Q: What federal law did you steer through Congress to improve the nation’s organ transplant system?
A: Nearly 20 years ago, I launched an oversight investigation from the Senate Finance Committee to keep check on the nation’s organ donation system. For too long, I heard far too many stories of patients who lost their lives due to negligence and abuse of the...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tim Scott (R-S.C.) and nine Senate colleagues are holding the Biden administration accountable for its recent decision to issue a sanctions waiver for Iran, granting the regime upwards of $10 billion in frozen funds. In a letter to Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen and Secretary of State Antony Blinken, the senators...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – At U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) urging, the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) updated an internal memo that failed to include employees’ statutory right to disclose agency misconduct. Grassley had demanded corrective action from ATF and a review by the Justice Department watchdog upon learning of the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released responses Dr. Joao Gomes submitted for the record after serving as a minority witness at a hearing titled “Recreation at Risk: The Nature of Climate Costs.” Gomes is a senior vice dean at the University of Pennsylvania Wharton School, which administers the...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: Black Hawk Bridge repairs, immigration, aging U.S. infrastructure, veterans' health care, electric vehicles and foreign aid.
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) staff will hold traveling office hours in 11 Iowa counties from April 15 –17, 2024. Iowans seeking assistance with a federal agency or wishing to share their views on issues important to them may stop by during the scheduled hours listed below.
Grassley will be represented by his regional directors: Penny...
Q: What is Severe Weather Preparedness Week?
A: Iowans are no strangers to the fierce whims of Mother Nature. From deadly tornadoes to historic floods and the most costly thunderstorm in U.S. history, it’s important to prepare for severe weather. Do not ignore weather alerts and advisories from local, state and federal authorities. Throughout my public...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, will host his fifth Federal Judiciary Youth Summit on Friday, April 5, 2024 at the Davenport United States Courthouse. Ten high schools from seven counties in southeast and eastern Iowa will participate in the program.
WHO: Sen....
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: supporting Israel, the Francis Scott Key Bridge collapse, immigration, the Fiscal Year 2025 budget, the Farm Bill and comments on the passing of former Senator Joe Lieberman.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) are holding the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) accountable after a data breach allowed UNOS system users unauthorized access to over a million sensitive patient records. This technology breakdown is the latest in a string of failures at UNOS, which for 40 years has held the sole...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold town meetings in Forest City on April 3 and Calmar on April 4 as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“Representative government requires a continued dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent. I look forward to hearing directly from Iowans in Winnebago and Winneshiek...
