Q&A: Iowa State Fair
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s in store for fair-goers at the Iowa State Fair?
A: For generations of Iowans, the Iowa State Fair is one of the most anticipated events of the year to celebrate our agricultural heritage, industrial innovation and achievements. Throughout 11 days, from Aug. 11-21, 2022, there is...
Senator
Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 08-11-22Topics
include: the FBI raid at Mar-a-Lago, DOJ transparency, the Inflation Reduction Act, prescription drug pricing and insulin
amendments, new 87,000 IRS agents and the Invest
to Protect Act.
WASHINGTON – Next week, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting Wednesday, August 17 in Wayne County as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“You can’t have representative government without dialogue between elected officials and the people we represent,” Grassley said. “I appreciate the opportunity to hold town meetings, answer questions...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
is pushing the Biden administration to provide a concrete plan for implementing
two critical measures that would improve prescription drug price transparency
and hold health insurance companies accountable. Specifically, Grassley
requests an update from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS)
on the status...
BETTENDORF, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) met with families served by the Maternal, Infant and Early Childhood Home Visiting Program (MIECHV) and home visitors who provide the services at the Genesis Visiting Nurses Association Home Healthcare Services yesterday. The roundtable discussion was held as part of Grassley’s annual 99 county meetings across...
NEW HARTFORD, IOWA – Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), today issued the following statement after speaking with FBI Director Wray:
“Less than a week ago, I expressed serious concern that what little remains of the FBI’s credibility is on the line following its inconsistent handling of politically sensitive investigations, failure...
DUBUQUE COUNTY, IOWA – The U.S.
Department of Transportation (USDOT) announced nearly $25 million in overall
grant funding for the cities of Dubuque, Muscatine and Waterloo to help
complete roadway, bridge, wastewater management and other related projects. The
grant program was continued in
the bipartisan infrastructure law supported by Sen. Chuck Grassley...
WASHINGTON – As inflation rages and the economy sinks into recession Senate Democrats jammed through their long sought massive tax and spending bill that independent experts warn will lead to fewer jobs, less wages and more inflation. The partisan measure was drafted behind closed doors and passed on a party-line vote following an overnight session in the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats this morning blocked an amendment by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to their partisan tax hike bill that would have helped middle class families and students better cope with rising prices and diminished real wages brought on by 40-year-high inflation.
“My amendment made modest yet commonsense adjustments to our tax policies...
Q&A: Red Tape & Red Ink
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s wrong with the so-called “Inflation Reduction Act?”
A: The White House and Democrat-led Majority in Congress are taking yet another bite at the tax-and-spend apple. Despite 41-year high inflation and rising cost of living, the big spenders in Washington can’t keep themselves from...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), former chairman and current member of the Senate Finance Committee,
joined his Republican colleagues on the committee in a press conference discussing the consequences of Democrats’ latest $750 billion
reconciliation proposal. The nonpartisan Joint Committee on
Taxation (JCT) found that Democrats’ partisan...
WASHINGTON -- This evening, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) once again voted to pass the Honoring Our PACT Act of 2022, which addresses numerous matters related to veterans exposed to toxic substances during their service. "Since 9/11, over 3.5 million veterans have suffered from toxic exposure, and many more have faced other adverse health effects from their...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) introduced bipartisan legislation that
seeks to improve recruitment, retention and support for foster parents by
fixing the feedback process and bolstering data collection. The proposal comes
as most states, including Iowa, face a shortage of qualified foster parents –
an issue that...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pushing the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) to provide information about its failures to comply with statutory requirements for the detention and removal of aliens with backgrounds involving criminal or terrorism activity or with final orders of...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and committee member Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) today unveiled new legislation to improve justice for young survivors of sex crimes. The Preventing Child Sex Abuse Act strengthens a federal sex tourism law that prosecutors feared was too vague to convict former USA Gymnastics team doctor...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Michael Bennet (D-Colo.) made the following joint statement after
the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) issued guidance to state Medicaid directors on the implementation of the Advancing Care for Exceptional (ACE) Kids Act. “We appreciate CMS issuing additional
guidance to state Medicaid...
WASHINGTON – Last night, the U.S. Senate
passed multiple bipartisan bills led by Judiciary Committee Ranking Member
Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that seek to provide resources, grants and other
support to law enforcement officers. National Night Out, a day that focuses on
fostering stronger relationships between law enforcement and neighbors in the
communities...
Senator
Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 08-01-22
Topics
include: contraceptive access bill, codifying same-sex marriage, Next Generation Fuels Act, carbon
capture pipelines, biofuels, Middle-Class
Saving and Investment Act and protecting the middle class.
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced legislation to reauthorize the National Computer Forensics Institute, which provides training to state and local law enforcement agencies. The National Computer Forensics Institute Reauthorization Act of 2022 builds on the Strengthening State and Local Cyber Crime...
Q&A: Rising Crime Linked to Defund the Police
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s contributing to the postpandemic rise in violent crime in America?
A: With the open border policies of this administration and “defund the police” rhetoric coming from the left side of the ideological spectrum, a sense of lawlessness is infecting society,...
