WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is pushing the Justice Department and FBI to detail efforts to detect and prevent travel by known terrorists or terrorist recruits to and from the United States following the Biden Administration’s disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.
“Congress...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined every Republican member of the Senate Finance and Banking Committees in urging Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) to abandon the Biden administration’s unprecedented proposal to expand the reporting of the private, confidential financial data of law-abiding Americans from financial...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 09-27-21Topics include: Gun rights, carbon capture pipelines, opioid crisis, unemployment, border crisis, immigration, abortion and the 2022 election.
Q&A: Debt Limit
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What is the debt limit?
A: The debt limit is the amount of money the U.S. Treasury is authorized to borrow to meet spending obligations. The Constitution grants Congress the power of the purse strings and under federal law, the legislative branch of the federal government must approve borrowing...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Jon Ossoff (D-Ga.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced bipartisan legislation to help rural communities combat opioid overdoses and fund community-based treatment programs.
The Rural Opioid Abuse Prevention Act would help ensure rural communities experiencing a high level of opioid overdoses have the resources they need to...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sens. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.), John Cornyn (R-Texas), Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) and Bill Cassidy (R-La.) in introducing legislation, the NFIP Extension Act of 2021, to reauthorize the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) through December 3, 2021.
“Unfortunately, Iowans are no stranger to...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 09-20-21Topics include: Vaccine mandates, Afghanistan and the border crisis.
Q&A: Afghan Drug Trade and Fentanyl
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: Why is it important to strengthen enforcement of synthetic fentanyl?
A: Deaths and illnesses from COVID-19 have caused immeasurable pain and suffering among American families for more than a year. The pandemic is distressing our economy, supply chains and schools, causing...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley’s (R-Iowa) regional directors based in Council Bluffs, Davenport and Cedar Rapids will hold traveling office hours in 21 counties around Iowa throughout September and October. Iowans seeking assistance regarding a personal issue with a federal agency or wishing to share views on matters of federal policy may stop...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is calling on Attorney General Merrick Garland to reexamine the Justice Department’s and FBI’s mishandling of its investigation into sexual abuse of young athletes by disgraced Olympic physician Larry Nassar. At a Judiciary Hearing this...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Roger Marshall (R-Kan.) sent a follow-up letter to the National Institutes of Health (NIH) demanding answers to questions that may shed light on data relating to the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic and NIH’s COVID-19 data retention policies.
This push for answers...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today questioned witnesses at the hearing titled Dereliction of Duty: Examining the Inspector General’s Report on the FBI’s Handling of the Larry Nassar Investigation. The first panel included four current and former Olympic or competitive gymnasts,...
WASHINGTON –Christina Zuiderveen of Granville, Iowa, today testified at a Senate Agriculture Committee hearing on milk pricing. Zuiderveen is a managing partner at Black Soil Dairy, LLC. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a member of the committee, introduced Zuiderveen at the hearing.Sen. Grassley Greets Christina Zuiderveen at Senate Agriculture...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 09-13-21Topics include: Vaccine mandate, 9/11 anniversary, Court packing, Filibuster, Prescription drug pricing, 2021 legislative goals and 99 county meetings.
BUTLER
COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) issued the following statement on
the twentieth anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks. “Two
decades have come and gone, but the scars of September 11 remain. Nearly three
thousand of our fellow Americans lost their lives during the horrific terror
attacks, and many thousands more have...
Q&A: 20th Anniversary of 9/11
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What goes through your mind two decades after 9/11?
A: As the world observes the 20th anniversary of 9/11, it’s notable that an entire generation of Americans was born after the horrific terror attacks. No matter if you watched it unfold on television in real time or read about...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, today applauded the Biden Administration’s reported plan to finally withdraw the nomination of David Chipman to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF).
“Mr. Chipman’s long record as a partisan,...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, issued the following statement regarding the steps announced by the Administration today to improve competition and bring more transparency to the meat processing industry.
“Family farmers in Iowa, especially our independent livestock and...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report, 09-07-21Topics include: Opioid epidemic, Afghanistan, 9/11 Anniversary, U.S.-China relations, Cannabis bill, Texas abortion bill, 99 county meetings, 2022 election.
