BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional directors based in Waterloo, Des Moines, Davenport and Sioux City will hold traveling office hours in 29 counties around Iowa this month. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share concerns on matters of federal policy may stop by...
CLINTON, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today held his 99th county meeting in Iowa for the 40th consecutive year as part of his annual 99 county meetings with an hour-long meeting with members of the Clinton Regional Development Corporation at the Clinton City Hall. With this meeting, Grassley marks the conclusion of another year in his...
WASHINGTON – A letter and classified addendum created by senior Democrats alleging that Republicans have relied on foreign disinformation “only draws selectively from a small number of IC reports and focuses on only one threat actor in the elections security space,” and “by no means reflects the full and complete analysis of the IC,” according to a letter...
Despite long, violent rap sheet, Mexican national never faced removal
WASHINGTON – Republican senators are investigating how a Mexican national illegally in the country was never removed despite having a history of violent and illegal behavior that culminated in the deaths of four law enforcement motorcycle club members. Ivan Robles Navejas is...
IOWA – Following Governor Reynolds’ announcement that the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has approved Individual Assistance for ten additional counties, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) issued the following statement: “Iowans have been hit hard by the recent derecho; we’ve heard their stories and...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) will participate in a roundtable discussion with 20 nonprofit leaders and the Cedar Rapids Community Foundation in Cedar Rapids, Iowa on Wednesday, September 2, 2020 at 3:00 p.m. CT. The local nonprofits are helping with key recovery challenges following the devastating derecho that...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and House Ways and Means Ranking Member Kevin Brady (R-Texas) today pressed Stephen Goss, the Chief Actuary of Social Security, over the use of his office for political purposes and pushed for public clarifications to recently published analysis that has allowed for partisan...
Q&A: U.S Postal ServiceWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: Does the United States Postal Service (USPS) need financial help?A: The U.S Postal Service touches every household and business in the nation. Benjamin Franklin served as the first postmaster general, leading the mission to build a trusted network of public infrastructure and connect...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional director based in Council Bluffs, Donna Barry, will hold traveling office hours in seven counties in Western Iowa over the next two weeks. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share concerns on matters of federal policy may stop by...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released a report on their investigation into the abuse of syndicated conservation-easement transactions, which may have allowed a number of taxpayers to profit from gaming the tax code and deprived the federal government of billions of...
WASHINGTON – Iowa’s two U.S. senators rebuked the partisan efforts of two senior congressional Democrats to upend the Trump administration’s apolitical work to reduce barriers for American ethanol exports to Brazil.
In a letter to U.S. Ambassador to Brazil Todd Chapman, Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) roundly rejected the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today praised the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) final rule on the implementation of payment limitations and definition of “actively engaged” in farming as part of the 2018 Farm Bill. While the first cousins, nieces, and nephews provision from the 2018 Farm Bill is included in the rule, those...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) led the Iowa delegation in sending a
letter to U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Secretary Sonny Perdue urging a prompt approval of Governor Kim Reynolds Secretarial Disaster Designation request for 57 Iowa counties that suffered losses as a result of the derecho that occurred on August 10,...
Q&A: Derecho Disaster Assistance and ResourcesWith U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley Q: What resources will the President’s Major Disaster Declaration open up for Iowans?A: On August 10, 2020, an unprecedented derecho ravaged communities in more than one-third of Iowa counties from the Missouri to Mississippi Rivers. Hurricane-force winds...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Joni Ernst (R-Iowa) and Rep. Abby Finkenauer (IA-1) today sent a
letter to President Donald Trump requesting he promptly grant the request made by the Meskwaki Nation for an expedited declaration of a major disaster in response to the severe wind event on August 10, 2020. The Tribe was significantly affected by the...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) commends President Donald Trump’s approval of Governor Kim Reynolds’ request for funding under the Federal Emergency Management Agency's (FEMA) Individual Assistance Program for Linn County. Disaster assessments for other requested counties are ongoing. “I...
Democrat Senators rely on foreign disinformation to falsely claim Republicans rely on the same
Washington
– U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, and Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, are rebuking a pair of their Senate colleagues for making...
Washington – U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter to Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Mark Warner (D-Va.), Acting Chairman and Vice Chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence (SSCI), to...
