BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, submitted questions for the record to Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., about rural health care access and lowering prescription drug costs, as well as Grassley’s oversight priorities on behalf of...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) celebrated the Senate’s unanimous passage of their bipartisan Comprehensive Health and Integrity in Licensing and Documentation (CHILD) Act to secure nationwide background checks for all individuals with unsupervised access to...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), along with U.S. Rep. Eric Sorensen (D-Ill.), are requesting answers from the Secretary of the Army regarding workforce assignments at Rock Island Arsenal that impact hundreds of jobs and families in the Quad Cities region.
In a letter to Army...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Maggie Hassan (D-N.H.) are calling on the Government Accountability Office (GAO) to investigate pharmaceutical companies use of “coupons” as a tactic used to steer patients away from lower-cost generics. The senators sent a letter requesting GAO investigate the ways pharmaceutical companies use...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) released new records exposing the existence of “Operation Rampart Twelve,” another Biden FBI investigation that targeted Republican Members of Congress. The FBI secretly obtained Members’ phone toll records as part of the investigation, despite text messages showing...
Q: How is the Working Families Tax Cuts Act helping families make ends meet?
A: The tax law delivered a welcome boost to family budgets this tax season. According to the IRS, the average tax refund is up 11% compared to last year. Estimates show the average tax cut for Iowans is more than $3,000, equating to an extra $250 a month. That’s a financial lift...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sens. Steve Daines (R-Mont.), Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.), John Boozman (R-Ark.) and Raphael Warnock (D-Ga.) in a bipartisan letter to U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) Jamieson Greer emphasizing their support for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USCMA) ahead of the agreement’s six-year joint review. The senators...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) questioned the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) Director Russ Vought at a Senate Budget Committee hearing today about the negative impact of high taxes and excess federal spending.
Grassley noted the federal government has brought in roughly the same amount of revenue regardless of the marginal tax rate....
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a senior member and former chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, questioned Internal Revenue Service (IRS) CEO Frank Bisignano about the Trump administration’s improved approach to collection and the importance of the IRS Whistleblower Program, which has brought in over $7 billion to the Treasury. The IRS is...
WASHINGTON – Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is backing a clean, 18-month extension of Section 702 of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) following the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) commitment to revise its congressional attendance procedures for Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) and Foreign Intelligence...
WASHINGTON – The Senate today confirmed John Thomas Shepherd to be U.S. District Judge for the Western District of Arkansas, by a vote of 53-46, marking the 100th federal district court judge confirmed under the leadership of Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa).
“Throughout my time leading the Senate Judiciary Committee, I’ve been committed...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: Iran, the Improving Safeguards for Users of Lifesaving Insulin Now (INSULIN) Act, the Homeland Security partial government shutdown and Social Security.
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BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) welcomed an announcement from the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) that Iowa will receive over $64 million in federal aid to help replace 67 bridges and culverts in poor condition across Iowa. The two awards will be administered through DOT’s Competitive Highway Bridge...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: Iran, former Army Chief of Staff General Randy George, former Attorney General Pam Bondi, funding for the Department of Homeland Security, Grassley’s oversight to address online child exploitation.
Q: How do government shutdowns fail the American people?
A: The insufferable pattern of government shutdowns stemming from a lapse in approved funding needs to stop once and for all. Since 1981, failure to enact the 12 annual appropriation bills by the end of the fiscal year has resulted in a handful of major government shutdowns. After a 21-day shutdown...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is opening a congressional inquiry into eight major tech companies for allegedly failing to sufficiently report online child sexual exploitation, frustrating law enforcement investigations into online child abuse. Additionally, Grassley is releasing new information from...
What every American needs to know about Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigationApril 3, 2026By Meaghan Mobbs, Opinion ContributorThe Hill
Recent disclosures about special counsel Jack Smith’s Arctic Frost investigation raise a deeply troubling question for the American people: Did federal law enforcement cross the line from pursuing justice into wielding...
Q: Does the INSULIN Act reduce drug prices for people with diabetes?
A: As a co-sponsor of this bipartisan legislation, I’m continuing my efforts in Congress to help lower the cost of insulin for the tens of millions of Americans who rely on this lifesaving medication to thrive and enjoy a high-quality of life. According to the U.S. Centers for Disease...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement regarding President Trump’s decision to nominate a new U.S. Attorney General:
“I want to thank Pam Bondi for her work leading the Justice Department. Over her tenure, Pam Bondi helped bring violent crime down to historic lows. Under her...
Audio from this morning’s call is available HERE.
Topics include: Cancer rates in Iowa, the SAVE America Act, Grassley’s 99 county meetings, Iran and congressional power.
