WASHINGTON – U.S. Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Sen. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today issued the following joint statement criticizing a Department of Homeland Security (DHS) decision to release additional H-2B temporary non-agricultural work visas:
“We’ve long expressed...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa)
joined Sens. John Cornyn (R-Texas) and Debbie Stabenow (D-Mich.) in urging the
Department of Health & Human Services (HHS) Administration for Children and
Families (ACF) to speed up their implementation timeline for new reporting
requirements that cover at-risk children in foster care. “Children in the foster care...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) have introduced legislation to
strengthen whistleblower protections at the U.S. Securities and Exchange
Commission (SEC). Their bipartisan proposal, the SEC
Whistleblower Reform Act of 2022, would ensure claims are processed in a timely manner, and it would
implement new measures to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member and former chair of the Senate Finance Committee, and Sens. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and Mike Braun (R-Ind.) have introduced new legislation to prohibit the Federal Reserve from issuing a central bank digital currency (CBDC) directly to individuals. Specifically, the legislation prohibits the Federal Reserve from...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) and Ben Ray Luján (D-N.M.) recently introduced a resolution
recognizing the month of March as Deep Vein Thrombosis (DVT) and Pulmonary
Embolism Awareness Month to raise public awareness. Last night, the resolution
passed the Senate with unanimous support. “Blood clots can cause deep vein
thrombosis and pulmonary...
WASHINGTON – Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) has maintained his commitment to passing the bipartisan and negotiated Prescription Drug Pricing Reduction Act (PDPRA), or Wyden-Grassley, named for the bill’s other sponsor, Sen. Ron Wyden (D-Ore.). This fact sheet describes how Wyden-Grassley and other Grassley priorities will help control the cost of insulin...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) today introduced the bipartisan China Trade Cheating Restitution Act. This proposal would ensure agricultural sectors most affected by China’s evasion on anti-dumping duties will receive approximately $38.5 million in accrued delinquency interest on duties wrongfully...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.), co-chairs of the Senate Baltic Freedom Caucus, have introduced the Baltic Defense and Deterrence Act. This bipartisan, bicameral legislation seeks to codify the Baltic Security Initiative effort and create a complementary initiative at the U.S. Department of State. Jointly, these two...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) was recognized for his consistent support for family values throughout the first session of the 117th Congress. Grassley received a perfect 100 percent score from Family Research Council’s legislative arm, FRC Action.
“Throughout my time representing Iowans, I’ve prioritized supporting strong families,...
WASHINGTON – As Putin’s unjust war on
Ukraine enters its second month and amid concerns that American military aid
has been slow to be delivered, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Joni
Ernst (R-Iowa) and a bipartisan group of their colleagues to request answers from President Biden’s National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan on the
speed, specifics and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and Sen. Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) today introduced bipartisan legislation that will establish and reauthorize critical programs to prevent human trafficking, promote justice for survivors, provide services to victims and increase federal coordination to enhance...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa), Deb Fischer (R-Neb.), Jon Tester (D-Mont.) and Ron Wyden (D-Ore.)
today released an updated version of their legislation, the Cattle Price Discovery and Transparency Act.
The senators first introduced the bill in November. “I frequently hear from Iowa’s
independent cattle producers about their struggle to get...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 03-28-22Topics include: the TORNADO Act, the bird flu, carbon pipelines, Supreme Court nomination hearing, fertilizer prices and the 2022 election.
WASHINGTON – A new report published by
the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) Office of Inspector General (OIG)
substantiated allegations that a senior official committed ethics and
conflicts-of-interest violations. The senior VA official, who served as the
executive director of the Veterans Benefits Administration’s (VBA) Education
Success, has resigned...
WASHINGTON – Today, Sen. Chuck Grassley
(R-Iowa) joined Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and several of his colleagues to
introduce legislation that would reauthorize the Global
Magnitsky Human Rights Accountability Act. This law, which went into effect
in 2016, provides the president with the authority to leverage economic
sanctions against any party responsible...
WASHINGTON –Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman and ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today requested information and an independent inspector general review following a newly publicized 2019 audit that revealed widespread violations of internal FBI policies governing investigations of...
WASHINGTON – This week, the Centers for
Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS) protected high-quality, affordable
health insurance for 65,000 Iowans by extending transitional health plans for
Calendar Year (CY) 2023. CMS took action by extending a non-enforcement bulletin issued under both Democrat and Republican administrations since 2013.
This action follows...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) fellow Senate Finance Committee Republicans to push back on a Senate Democrat proposal that would double down on skyrocketing spending during record-high inflation. That proposal would extend poorly targeted, badly designed Obamacare subsidies, including for Americans with sizable six-figure salaries.
Last year,...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee and co-chair of the Senate Caucus on International Narcotics Control, along with Dianne Feinstein (D-Calif.) and Brian Schatz, applauded the passage of their legislation to expand scientific and medical research on marijuana and its compounds, including cannabidiol...
Q&A: TORNADO Act
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why did you help introduce the TORNADO Act?
A: After deadly tornados swept across Iowa in early March, Iowans are grieving the tragic loss of life and rebuilding after three supercells produced more than a dozen tornados, including an EF-4 (166-200 mph) according to the National Weather Service....
