WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) welcomed unanimous Senate passage of their resolution designating March as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism (PE) Awareness Month.
“Blood clots affect hundreds of thousands of American each year,” Grassley said. “While these conditions can be life threatening, they are...
WASHINGTON – Amid National Sunshine Week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is spotlighting federal whistleblower disclosure policies and demanding agencies take action to ensure employees know their rights to report wrongdoing.
By law, all federal agency nondisclosure policies, forms and agreements must contain an “anti-gag” provision, which informs employees...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the State of the Union, government funding, Biden's budget proposal, the Farm Bill and summer waivers for E-15.
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the below statement on President Biden’s costly Fiscal Year (FY) 2025 budget released today, over a month past its statutory due date.
“President Biden’s FY 2025 budget is chock full of corner-cutting to circumvent congressional spending caps and presents short-sighted plans...
WASHINGTON – The city of Waterloo will receive $750,000 to lay the groundwork for potential railyard relocation and other rail projects that improve safety, pedestrian access and traffic flow. The award will be administered through the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Neighborhood Access and Equity (NAE) Program, which was established in the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released the following statement regarding passage of a government funding package containing six of 12 appropriations bills.
“Our government is meant to be a service to the people, and that’s simply not possible without the funds necessary to operate. I’m confident this package will benefit Iowans and our nation,...
Q: What is the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)?
A: Under this nearly six decades-old federal law, the public has the right to request access to records from any federal agency. The Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) helps keep check on government overreach, waste, fraud and abuse. Government serves the people, not the other way around. The public has a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released a video and statement ahead of President Joe Biden’s State of the Union Address.
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“President Biden’s got a lot of explaining to do,” Grassley said. “He ought to explain why he’s not enforcing the law at the border, resulting in thousands of people every day coming across the Rio Grande and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Budget Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today welcomed Iowa physician Dr. Christina Taylor to testify at a hearing on strengthening primary care. Dr. Taylor highlighted primary care providers’ (PCP) crucial role as the “front line for coordinating care,” and advocated for solutions to help PCPs “provide safer, better care...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in requesting the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) withdraw its new meat and poultry wastewater proposal, which stands to hamper rural economies and drive small- and mid-sized processing facilities out of business. “Given the technical complexity and...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Catherine Cortez Masto (D-Nev.) are announcing growing bipartisan support for their updated Combating Illicit Xylazine Act. Since its introduction last year, the bill has gained 23 cosponsors in the Senate, 88 cosponsors in the House of Representatives and undergone legislative changes to strengthen its...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) are urging nine U.S. media companies to stop working with or accepting money from China Daily, a publication that targets Americans with Chinese Communist Party (CCP) propaganda. In their letter, the senators expressed serious concerns about the CCP’s efforts to infiltrate U.S. institutions,...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today submitted a statement for the record honoring Iowa native Caitlin Clark for her achievements in women’s basketball. Grassley also joined Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rep. Mariannette Miller-Meeks (R-Iowa) in introducing a resolution congratulating Clark for becoming the National Collegiate Athletic Association...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found HERE.
Topics include: the Combating Illicit Xylazine Act, border security and immigration, Grassley’s letter to Biden admin for summertime E-15 waiver, aid for Ukraine, the Supreme Court ruling on former President Donald Trump’s ballot eligibility case and Iowans' concerns voiced at Grassley’s 99...
WASHINGTON – Senate Agriculture Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is leading the entire Iowa delegation in calling on President Biden for a waiver authorizing E-15 sales this summer. The letter – signed by Sen. Joni Ernst and Reps. Ashley Hinson, Zach Nunn, Randy Feenstra and Mariannette Miller-Meeks – underscores the geopolitical significance of...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and his committee colleague Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) applauded the unanimous Senate passage of their Justice for Murder Victims Act. The bipartisan bill would end the 13th-century “year-and-a-day” rule, which prohibits homicide prosecutions if the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Three Iowa community colleges will receive a total of more than $1.2 million to expand their aviation training programs. These Aviation Workforce Development grants were made possible thanks to program funding in the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2018, legislation U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) supported.
“Aviation training programs...
Q: Will Congress renew the Farm Bill this year?
A: The Senate Agriculture, Nutrition and Forestry Committee held its annual oversight hearing in late February to review operations at the U.S. Department of Agriculture. USDA Secretary Tom Vilsack appeared before the committee to answer questions and testify about various programs of the federal department. As...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), the former and current chairmen, respectively, of the Senate Judiciary Committee reintroduced the Inspector General Access Act alongside their committee colleague, Sen. Mike Lee (R-Utah). The bipartisan bill would close a loophole that precludes the Justice Department’s Office of the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, today questioned U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Tom Vilsack and highlighted the importance of completing a five-year Farm Bill. Consistent with his efforts encouraging federal adoption of the GREET model, a science-based tool for assessing...