POLK COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) has received the Congressional Champion Award from Family Leadership,
a coalition of organizations dedicated to improving learning outcomes for
children with disabilities. “I’m honored to receive the Congressional
Champion Award for my bipartisan work to improve the lives of kids with special
needs. I’d like...
POLK COUNTY, IOWA – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa),
a senior member of the Finance Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a senior
member of the Small Business Committee, today hosted a roundtable with business
leaders to discuss the critical need for child care in communities across Iowa.
During the roundtable, Grassley and Ernst highlighted their new...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a lifelong farmer and senior member of the Agriculture Committee, and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa), a fellow member of the Agriculture Committee, joined Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and several of their colleagues in urging the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to establish expanded...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has secured the inclusion of new protections for survivors of sexual violence in an upcoming must-pass defense spending bill. The bipartisan Survivors’ Bill of Rights in the States Act, authored by Grassley and Sen. Jeanne Shaheen (D-N.H.), builds upon their previous...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 10-17-22Topics include: rural health care, China,
law enforcement, election integrity, NOPEC and the Farm Bill.
BREMER COUNTY, IOWA – Today, Sen. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa) held a Q&A at the Rohlf Memorial Clinic and Waverly
Health Center to learn more about the issues facing rural health care
providers. They also discussed the Rural
Health Clinic Protection Act – a bipartisan bill led by Grassley that was signed into law last
year – which has helped several rural health...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley is calling on the FBI to produce specific records in its possession indicating potential criminal activity in the Biden family’s foreign business deals. It remains unclear whether those FBI records, which have been reviewed by Grassley’s investigative staff, have been...
Q&A: What You Need to Know to Vote
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s your message to Iowans as Election Day approaches?
A: On Nov. 8, voters across the country will cast ballots in the midterm elections for federal, state and local offices. Here in Iowa, voters will determine representatives in newly redrawn districts for four...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) criticized the Department of Homeland Security and Department of Labor for announcing the issuance of 65,000 H-2B visas above the statutory cap without effectively addressing vulnerabilities in the program.
“In its current form, the H-2B program lacks the necessary...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) introduced 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...
POLK COUNTY, IOWA – Today, Senate Finance
Committee member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined his Republican colleagues on
the committee in urging the Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration
(TIGTA) to implement a comprehensive oversight plan for the new $80 billion in
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) funding. The Democrats’ so-called Inflation...
HENRY COUNTY, IOWA – Today, Sen. Chuck
Grassley (R-Iowa) met with Iowa Audiology President and CEO Dr. Jason Aird to
discuss the Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) finalization of a key rule
allowing hearing aids to be sold over-the-counter – a bipartisan effort Grassley has led for over five years. They also discussed
Grassley’s support for the...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 10-11-22Topics include: the war in Ukraine,
abortion, Healthy Moms and Babies Act,
NOPEC, Prop 12 and 2022 priorities.
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
has 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’s longstanding efforts to improve maternal
and child...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA - Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional directors based in Cedar Rapids, Council Bluffs, Davenport, Des Moines, Sioux City and Waterloo will hold traveling office hours in 21 counties around Iowa the last two weeks of October. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share views on...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – The Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) has announced Iowa City will receive a $300,000 grant for highway and bridge improvements. The grant comes from the Bridge Investment Program (BIP) created by the bipartisan infrastructure law, which Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) supported last year. The critical infrastructure funding from this...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary Committee and a leading advocate on
the Finance Committee for lowering prescription drug costs and holding pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) accountable, was joined by Sen. Maria Cantwell (D-Wash.) and five of their
colleagues in urging the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) to complete...
Q&A: Medicare Open Enrollment
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What do Iowans need to know about Medicare open enrollment?
A: The open enrollment period for joining a Medicare health or drug plan for the upcoming year starts Oct. 15. The deadline to join, switch or drop a plan is Dec. 7. Coverage begins on Jan. 1, 2023. In Iowa, 653,534...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), author of the bipartisan No Oil Producing and Exporting Cartels (NOPEC) Act, is calling for action to hold foreign oil producers accountable for colluding to fix global oil prices.
“Since day one, the Biden administration has pursued policies that have limited or discouraged U.S. energy production,...
WASHINGTON – Hundreds of FBI employees under investigation for sexual misconduct quit their jobs before facing discipline from 2004-2020, according to internal Justice Department records obtained by Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa). The records, provided via whistleblower disclosures, also illuminate concerns that...
