WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Jim
Inhofe (R-Okla.) to introduce the Keep
Our Communities Safe Act.
This legislation seeks to close a legal loophole resulting from the Supreme
Court’s decision in the 2001 case Zadvydas
v. Davis, which requires immigration authorities to release...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. John Barrasso (R-Wyo.) and 24 Senate colleagues in urging Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Xavier Becerra to provide Congress, patients and providers with additional insight on the Department’s plans for transitioning out of the COVID-19 public health emergency.
The letter...
Q&A: Reining in Unbridled Big TechWith
U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: How would your bipartisan American Innovation and Choice
Online Act reform Big Tech platforms? A: Americans may view technology as a curse or a
blessing, particularly in the context of Big Tech’s grip on digital platforms.
Advances in communication tools, streaming services...
WASHINGTON – Judge Stephen Locher, nominee to be federal district judge for the
Southern District of Iowa, unanimously advanced through the Senate Judiciary
Committee today. Locher was nominated to the post by President Biden following
the recommendation of Senate Judiciary
Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Sen. Joni Ernst following
an...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) joined Sen. Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) and several of his colleagues to
introduce the Safe
Schools Act, legislation
that would allow unused COVID relief dollars allocated to schools through the
Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Fund to be used by
schools to improve safety and security. This...
WASHINGTON – Bipartisan legislation led by
Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Sheldon Whitehouse (D-R.I.), Dick Durbin
(D-Ill.) and John Cornyn (R-Texas) to help small businesses and individuals
stay afloat during bankruptcy is set to become law after clearing the House of Representatives
on a vote of 392-21 last night. The Bankruptcy
Threshold Adjustment and...
WASHINGTON – The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Disinformation Governance Board (DGB) would have served as a central clearinghouse to respond to matters the government unilaterally determines to be mis-, dis- or mal-information (MDM), and planned to coordinate efforts to leverage ties with social media platforms to enable the removal of user...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today issued the following statement after the Federal Trade Commission (FTC) launched an inquiry into the impacts of pharmacy benefit managers (PBMs) on the affordability of medicine. Grassley specifically pushed the FTC to open this investigation.
“I commend the FTC for taking this step toward a more transparent...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), former chairman and current senior member of the Senate Finance
Committee, pressed Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen on the administration’s
response to inflation, which has reached a four-decade high under President
Biden. Yellen’s testimony today comes after she
recently admitted that she was “wrong” to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
joined Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio) and Todd Young (R-Ind.) on a resolution recognizing specially trained volunteers who advocate in courtrooms
and other settings on behalf of survivors of child abuse, neglect and
abandonment. The bipartisan resolution, which passed the Senate at the end of
May, honors Court...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 06-06-22Topics include: inflation, gun reform, Ukraine, Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on gun violence, the EAGLES Act and 99 county meetings.
Q&A: Stop Sticker Shock at Pharmacy Counter
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What are Pharmacy Benefit Managers (PBMs) and why are you working to reform how they operate?
A: So far this year, I’ve held 61 county meetings across the state. I’m hearing from Iowans how it’s harder than ever to make ends meet. Paying for gas and groceries is taking a...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), founder and chair of the Senate Pro-Life Caucus, along with Sen. James Lankford (R-Okla.) and 45 of his colleagues in sending a unified message to Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) pledging that they will vote to block any bill that would undermine the Hyde...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, recently pushed
for a robust federal response after reports surfaced of egregious conditions at
the Woodland Behavioral and Nursing Center in Andover, N.J. Grassley
specifically called on the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) to
detail its own review...
WASHINGTON – Senators Mazie K. Hirono (D-Hawaii) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) introduced a bipartisan resolution marking May as Asian Pacific American Heritage Month. The resolution recognizes the significant contributions of Asian Pacific Islander Americans (APIAs), which includes Native Hawaiians, have made to this country and also highlights the...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), is seeking Justice Department records regarding the work history of a senior FBI official following revelations of his apparent political bias on social media channels. Department guidelines require employees to avoid even the appearance of bias, which could undermine...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 05-31-22
Topics include: Ukraine, EAGLES Act, baby formula shortage and gas prices
Q&A: School Violence
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: How would your EAGLES Act address school violence?
A: The recent massacres of innocent people at a grocery store in Buffalo, New York and an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas renew the urgency to reach consensus on public policy that will save innocent lives from criminal violence in our...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate passed a bipartisan resolution introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), co-chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, to celebrate 100 years of diplomatic relations with the Baltic States of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The resolution also reaffirms the United States’ commitment to the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), former chairman and current member of the Finance Committee, joined
Ranking Member Mike Crapo (R-Idaho) and his Republican colleagues to raise concerns about the Internal Revenue Service’s (IRS) destruction of an
estimated 30 million paper-filed documents in March 2021 – reportedly due to a
backlog in processing...
