WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, introduced bipartisan legislation to reform and close loopholes in the H-1B and L-1 visa programs. The H-1B and L-1 Visa Reform Act will reduce fraud and abuse in our immigration system, provide...
Q: Why is it important to celebrate American agriculture?
A: Whether you wake up and fuel up with bacon and eggs or have milk and cereal for breakfast, busy households might take for granted the hard work it takes to ensure American families have food on the table for three square meals a day. As a lifelong family farmer, I’m proud to serve as a voice for...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) have introduced the Healthy Moms and Babies Act to improve maternal and child health care. The United States has a maternal health crisis that particularly affects women of color and those living in rural America. The Healthy Moms and Babies Act builds on Grassley and Hassan’s longstanding...
WASHINGTON -- Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) applauded the unanimous Senate passage of their resolution recognizing the month of March as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary Embolism Awareness Month.
“Deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolism are serious health complications,” Grassley and Luján said. “We encourage all...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a former chairman and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, today praised the Department of Health and Human Services’ plan to modernize the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN). The announcement follows years of bipartisan oversight work spearheaded by Grassley, which uncovered critical...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today led bipartisan colleagues in reintroducing the Next Generation Fuels Act, legislation that would leverage higher-octane fuels to improve engine efficiency and performance. Allowing the sale of fuels with greater octane levels would increase the amount of ethanol that can be utilized in the fuel supply, in turn...
WASHINGTON – The Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation passed the bipartisan Pharmacy Benefit Manager Transparency Act, introduced by committee chair Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Budget Committee. The bill increases transparency in prescription drug pricing and hold pharmacy benefit...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has once again been recognized for his legislative effectiveness by a non-partisan research organization. The Center for Effective Lawmaking released its latest Legislative Effectiveness Scores (LES) for the 117th Congress, which ranked Grassley among the most effective lawmakers in the U.S. Senate.
"I take my...
WASHINGTON – The bipartisan PBM Transparency Act would save taxpayers $740 million over 10 years, according to a preliminary estimate by the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office. The savings report comes as the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee prepares to consider the legislation later this week. The bill, which enjoys broad support...
Senator Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here.Topics discussed include: China’s
President Xi Jinping and Russia’s President Vladimir Putin meeting, Farm Bill
discussion and areas of focus moving forward (crop insurance, CRP, food stamp
expansion, etc.), E-15 year round availability, cameras and media in the court
rooms and veteran...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is pressing the Secretaries of Agriculture and Health and Human Services on their handling of potential conflicts of interest arising from the appointment of a former pharmaceutical industry consultant to the 2025-2030 Dietary Guidelines Advisory Committee (DGAC). Grassley also made the following comment:
“We need...
COUNCIL BLUFFS, IOWA -- Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will?host his fourth Federal Judiciary Youth Summit for high school juniors and seniors on Friday, May 12, from 8:30 – 10:30 a.m. CT at the Council Bluffs Federal Courthouse. Thirty-eight high schools from the Southern District of Iowa are invited to participate in the program.??
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WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a fierce advocate of rural healthcare, wrote to four private companies with investments in the Ottumwa Regional Health Center in Ottumwa, Iowa, following the egregious assault of nine female patients by a nurse practitioner at the hospital. In the letter, Grassley asks each company for a review of their financial...
Q: How would President Biden’s budget impact the U.S. economy?
A: The president’s budget blueprint shows how unserious the Biden administration is about restoring fiscal sanity to the federal government. It was delivered to Congress 31 days late and falls trillions of dollars short of balance. As the ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee in the...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), both members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today introduced the Sunshine in the Courtroom Act of 2023 to allow the public further transparency into the judicial system by allowing television cameras in federal courtrooms. Grassley also joined Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) in introducing...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and senior member of the Senate Finance Committee, today questioned Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen about Social Security sustainability and inflation at a Finance Committee hearing on President Biden’s FY2024 budget.
Grassley’s Questions follow:
Social...
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 about farm payment limitations, the administration’s misuse of the Commodity Credit Corporation and Congress’s Farm Bill reauthorization process at a hearing on USDA...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) reintroduced legislation to strengthen whistleblower protections at the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The bipartisan SEC Whistleblower Reform Act of 2023 would ensure timely processing of whistleblower claims and protect whistleblowers from retaliation. The bill’s...
Senator
Grassley’s weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here.Topics
discussed include: Farm Bill update and what more could be included, bank
collapse and the federal government role, train derailment and disaster
prevention, FY2024 POTUS’s budget, debt ceiling, and southern border security.
