WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Richard Blumenthal (D-Conn.), Ted Cruz (R-Texas), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), John Kennedy (R-La.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.) and Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) released the following statements after the PROTECT Our Children Act of 2022, which would reauthorize the Internet...
WASHINGTON – Today, Senate Judiciary
Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and committee member Jon
Ossoff (D-Ga.) introduced the Justice for
Murder Victims Act. Their bipartisan proposal seeks to eliminate the 13th
century “year-and-a-day” rule, which prohibits homicide prosecutions if the
victim died more than a year-and-a-day from the date of...
WASHINGTON – The Senate passed by voice vote the Medical Marijuana and Cannabidiol Research Expansion Act, a bill introduced by Senators Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Brian Schatz (D-Hawaii) to expand research into medications derived from the marijuana plant.
The goal of the bill – which passed the House of Representatives in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, has joined Sen. Sherrod
Brown (D-Ohio) and several of their colleagues to introduce the Prevent Exposure
to Narcotics and Toxins (PREVENT) Act, which will provide drug containment devices to frontline border
patrol agents. The bipartisan legislation ensures law enforcement...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) led their colleagues to unanimously pass a resolution designating October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month.
“Unfortunately, too many Americans face violence and abuse from within their own home. It’s critical that we continue to amplify the voices of victims and...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.),
chair of the Judiciary Committee, today sent a letter to the Department of
Justice (DOJ) urging the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP) to fully implement the
Earned Time Credit (ETC) provisions of their bipartisan First Step Act of 2018 (FSA).
The...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today issued the following statement regarding the Senate’s vote on interracial and same-sex marriage:
“Interracial and same-sex marriages are not under threat, and I don’t support reversing the federal recognition of these marriages. Of course I believe that all married couples should be able to continue to...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), former chairman of the Finance Committee and a current member of the
Subcommittee on Taxation and Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Oversight, and John
Thune (R-S.D.), ranking member of the Subcommittee on Taxation and IRS
Oversight, today led their Republican colleagues on the Senate Finance
Committee in introducing...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 11-14-22Topics include: priorities moving
forward, gas prices, Taiwan & China, the 2022 midterm election results, ATF
priorities, the Seeding Rural Resilience Act,
the fentanyl drug caucus hearing and thankfulness.
WASHINGTON – After hearing directly from
Iowa farmers, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), both
members of the Agriculture Committee, are urging U.S. Trade Representative
(USTR) Katherine Tai to intervene in Mexico’s plan to end genetically-modified
corn imports. The country’s proposed ban would effectively phase out the import
of 90...
WASHINGTON - Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Sioux City will hold traveling office hours in three counties around Iowa next Monday, November 21. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share views on matters of federal policy may stop by during the scheduled hours.
Grassley will be...
Q&A: Veterans Day
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Can you tell us about the Veterans History Project?
A: The Veterans History Project is a collection of oral histories curated and archived at the Library of Congress American Folklife Center. The collection makes accessible to the public the personal accounts of American war veterans to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Ahead of Black Friday, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) to make additional staffing preparations to handle the influx of legal gun purchases and...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released internal FBI reports detailing its sordid response to sexual misconduct by FBI employees. The previously-undisclosed records, provided to Grassley by a whistleblower, accompany a letter Grassley sent to the Justice Department Inspector General, seeking an immediate review...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 11-08-22Topics include: term limits, women,
CRP in the Farm Bill, the Republican party, 2022 reelection and the future.
LINN COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer and member of the Agriculture Committee,
is requesting an update from the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the
Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) on efforts to implement the Seeding
Rural Resilience Act.
In 2020, Grassley and Sen. Jon Tester (D-Mont.) successfully...
DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are demanding answers from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) after receiving reports that licensed firearm businesses across the country, including in Iowa, are being forced to forfeit their federal firearms...
DES MOINES COUNTY, IOWA
– Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen.
Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) are asking the Department of Justice (DOJ) to provide the
Quad Cities with additional resources to combat rising crime. The Iowa senators
urge DOJ to establish a violent crime task force and to assign agents to the
Quad Cities to support...
Q&A: More IRS Auditors?
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why did Congress double the size of the IRS budget?
A: President Biden and big spenders in Congress want more revenue to pay for big government programs. Under this administration, the gross federal debt has reached an unprecedented $31 trillion. That’s $93,000 for every man, woman and child...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Tom Cotton (R-Ark.), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Mike Lee (R-Utah) and Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) on a letter to 51 law firms detailing the possible antitrust violations the law firms’ clients may commit if they pursue Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) initiatives. The letter advises the law firms...
