BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) received the 2021 Medical Care Champion Award from the Iowa Physician Assistant Society (IPAS). This award recognizes a lawmaker who acted as a champion for physician assistants and demonstrated outstanding support of affordable and accessible quality medical care.
“I’m honored to receive the...
Q&A: Afghanistan
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s the State Department telling Americans who are in Afghanistan?
A: Throughout the last week, Iowans have contacted my office about loved ones stuck in Afghanistan. The withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan has created a perilous situation for thousands of U.S. citizens and Afghans...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sen. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.), and 14 Senate colleagues in sending a letter to President Joe Biden urging him to evacuate all American citizens and Afghan partners without respect to arbitrary timelines dictated by the Taliban.
“We are extremely concerned that, despite our recommendations, your...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, made the following comments on the injunction issued today by a federal court in Texas against the Biden Administration’s policy severely restricting Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers’ ability to enforce the law through the arrest and...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the
Senate Judiciary Committee, joined Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.), Leader Mitch
McConnell (R-Ky.) and 41 of their Republican Senate colleagues in calling on
the Justice Department allow the special counsel review of the origins of the FBI’s
Russian interference investigation to continue...
Myth: The bill is only 10% - 30% real infrastructure.
Facts: This bill is 100% infrastructure-related spending. Unlike President Biden’s initial proposal or the Democrats’ current $4.2 trillion wish list, this bill is hard infrastructure and does not include social programs or non-traditional infrastructure. This package is $558 billion of new...
BUTLER COUNTY – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold town meetings in Keokuk County on Tuesday, August 24 and Lee County on Wednesday, August 25 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...
Senator Grassley's weekly Capitol Hill Report can be found here: Capitol Hill Report 08-17-21Topics include: Afghanistan, the Senate budget resolution, infrastructure, immigration and Sen. Grassley's 99 county meeting tour.
ICYMI: On the heels of a bipartisan victory, Democrats push partisan spending spree
By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa
Des Moines Register
Traveling to each of Iowa’s 99 counties every year, I hear from Iowans on matters ranging from health care, taxes, agriculture, immigration, child care and labor shortages, natural disasters and...
Q&A: Infrastructure Update
With U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley
Q: What’s in the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure package for Iowa?
A: For years, Iowans have urged elected leaders to work together in Washington to reach consensus on public works projects vital to economic growth, competitiveness and opportunity in our state. In August, the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Thom
Tillis (R-NCJ.) and others in questioning Department of Homeland Security (DHS)
Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas about DHS’ reckless decision to release tens of
thousands of illegal immigrants, including potentially dangerous criminals,
into the country without a proper and complete Notice to Appear...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), ranking member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, is seeking federal records that may corroborate whistleblower accounts that President Biden’s nominee to lead the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF) displayed racial bias while serving as a supervisor at the agency. The...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) this morning voted against the Democrats’ partisan budget proposal that amounts to a reckless multi-trillion dollar tax and spending spree.
“It’s a shame that right after completing work on our bipartisan infrastructure bill, Senate Democrats opted to revert back to a partisan agenda,...
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats blocked an amendment to last night’s partisan budget resolution by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) that would have prohibited illegal immigrants charged or convicted of crimes from receiving lawful permanent resident status in the United States.
“We shouldn’t allow criminals to enter our country and become...
WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats today reaffirmed their support for a new six-figure tax break for the wealthiest Americans, gutting an amendment by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) to prevent such tax breaks that leave middle class and disadvantaged families behind. Grassley’s amendment failed on vote of 48-51.
Democrats have long voiced support for...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today voted for the Senate’s bipartisan infrastructure package that will make significant investment in Iowa’s roads, bridges, waterways, energy and internet infrastructure. The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act combines a routine highway bill with various other bipartisan infrastructure...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today is offering an amendment to the Democrats’ partisan $4.2 trillion reckless spend and tax budget that would prevent the lifting of the State and Local Tax (SALT) Deduction cap as many Democrats have advocated, a move that would amount to a six-figure tax break for the wealthiest Americans mostly in...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) will hold a town meeting in Grundy Center on Monday, August 16 as part of his annual 99 county meetings.
“Representative government is a two-way street. I’m only one half of the equation and my constituents are the other half,” Grassley said. “I appreciate the opportunity to hold town...
Statement for the Record by Senator Chuck Grassley of Iowa
On Democrats’ Reckless Tax and Spending Spree
Tuesday, August 10, 2021
Yesterday, the Democrats unveiled their reckless tax and spend budget plan.
With our country experiencing the highest inflation it’s seen in decades and our national debt approaching an all-time high, common...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senator Mike Crapo (R-Idaho), Ranking Member of the Senate Finance Committee, and U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Ranking Member of the Judiciary Committee, asked Internal Revenue Service (IRS) Commissioner Charles Rettig for an update on the recent major potential data leak at the IRS, questioning whether the IRS has fulfilled...
