WASHINGTON – After voting to eliminate Pres. Joe Biden’s Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS) vaccine mandate, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement:
“I’ve repeatedly heard from Iowa health care workers who are gravely concerned the Biden administration’s vaccine mandate would make it more difficult for folks to receive...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) urged his colleagues to immediately maintain the authority designating
fentanyl-related substances as a Schedule I drug. Fentanyl – and illicit drugs
containing fentanyl – have poisoned streets in cities across the country. Just
one kilogram of fentanyl can kill 500,000 people, making it 100 times more
potent...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) joined Sen. Roger Marshal (R-Kan.) in introducing legislation to ban purchases of Russian oil. The legislation comes ahead of
President Joe Biden’s first State of the Union address and in response to
Russia’s unjustifiable war against the sovereign nation of Ukraine. “As Putin continues bombing Ukraine...
Like many Iowans, Sen. Grassley is deeply concerned by Russia's unprovoked aggression toward Ukraine, and has partnered with his fellow lawmakers to support Ukraine and hold Russia accountable. Here's a summary of his work:
PRE-INVASION
Last year, on the anniversary of then-President Obama and Vice President Biden announcing their so-called Russia reset...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
joined Sen. Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.), Rep. French Hill (AR-02) and 38 additional
members of the House and Senate in urging
U.S. Treasury Secretary Janet Yellen to ensure International Monetary Fund
(IMF) member countries are not facilitating any exchange of Russia’s Special Drawing Rights (SDRs). According to the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), joined Sen. Marsha Blackburn, (R-Tenn.)
and others today in introducing a joint resolution urging the Biden
administration to remove Russia from the United Nations Security Council. The
resolution was also cosponsored by Sens. Kevin Cramer (R-N.D.), Cindy
Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), Joni Ernst...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
joined Sens. Josh Hawley (R-Mo.), Bill Hagerty (R-Tenn.) and Tommy Tuberville
(R-Ala.) to introduce the American
Energy Independence Act of 2022, which reverses President Biden’s shutdown of the American energy
sector and returns American energy to full production. “Energy costs were already skyrocketing
due to...
WASHINGTON – Today, the U.S. House of
Representatives passed the Methamphetamine
Response Act – a bill originally introduced by Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Judiciary
Committee, and Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) that directs the Office of National
Drug Control Policy (ONDCP) to implement a plan to address the rising use...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 02-28-22Topics include: Russia/Ukraine tension, Supreme Court nominee, State of the Union, FOIA transparency, inflation and immigration.
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Ranking Member Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is calling on the Justice Department to reconsider its announced plans to cancel its China Initiative, despite the continued barrage of espionage and intellectual property theft originating from the Chinese Communist Party. The China Initiative was established during the Trump...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting this Friday, March 4 in Lucas 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 and take...
Q&A: Tax Season 2022
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What concerns are you hearing from Iowans about tax filing season?
A: Tax filing season is notoriously a stressful time for households, farms and businesses to get their financial information, receipts and documents in order. The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is the federal agency charged with...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.), Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and a bipartisan group of Senate Judiciary Committee members today called on FBI Director Christopher Wray to provide additional details about the FBI’s approach to child sex abuse cases following its failures to properly investigate the Larry Nassar case.
In...
BUTLERCOUNTY, IOWA – During Q&As with Iowans this week, Sen. Chuck Grassley(R-Iowa) condemned Russia’s unprovoked invasion of Ukraine and the unnecessarybloodshed it has caused.
Watchcoverage of Grassley’s remarks HERE.
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Coverage of Senator Grassley’s comments on Putin’sinvasion and newly announced sanctions
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BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement on the president’s nomination of Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson to serve as Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States.
“I congratulate Judge Jackson on her nomination to the high court.
“The judgments of a...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Reps. Carolyn B. Maloney (D-N.Y.), Chairwoman of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, James Comer (R-Ky.), Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Reform, and Sens. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), Chair of the Senate Committee on the Judiciary, Patrick Leahy (D-Vt.)...
BOONE, IOWA – In a letter to Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) Administrator Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) requested that CMS quickly permit transitional health plans for Calendar Year (CY) 2023 to provide Iowans predictability and stability in their health care.
“Over 65,000 hard-working...
BOONE, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Roger Marshall, M.D. (R-Kansas), Mike Braun (R-Ind.) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) in calling on Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan to redirect the EPA’s Office of Pesticide Programs away from their current propensity for overly cautious blanket bans and severe restrictions of...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised the selection of Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds to provide the Republican national address following the State of the Union on March 1, 2022.
“As the nation struggles under crushing federal edicts, Americans are looking to state leaders to restore liberty and prosperity. Under Governor Reynolds’...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 02-21-22Topics include: Russia/Ukraine tension, Economic impact from conflict, Renewable energy, SC nominee, Inflation, Infrastructure, 2022 Election and Supply chain issues.
