WASHINGTON – Senate Democrats today voted to block consideration of a police reform bill, abandoning an opportunity to debate and amend the proposal offered by Sen. Tim Scott (R-S.C.). The JUSTICE Act, which is cosponsored by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), included bipartisan provisions to improve accountability and transparency in...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Judicial ConfirmationsWednesday, June 24, 2020VIDEO The Senate will soon cross the milestone of 200 judicial confirmations since President Trump’s inauguration in 2017. These have been nominees in the mold of Justice Scalia, just as the president promised nearly four years...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaIt’s Time to Proceed on the JUSTICE ActTuesday, June 23, 2020VIDEO We’re taking an important vote on the JUSTICE Act. I’m proud to cosponsor this police reform bill, and applaud Senator Tim Scott for his leadership to improve police accountability while preserving the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Revolutionary War PatriotsMonday, June 22, 2020VIDEO As Americans, our understanding of history has a tremendous impact on our sense of who we are and where we are headed. That is why it is so important for Americans to have a good understanding of our history – all of our...
WASHINGTON – Amid the COVID-19 public health pandemic, U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), authors of the bipartisan First Step Act, landmark criminal justice reform legislation, introduced new, bipartisan legislation to reform the Elderly Home Detention Pilot Program and compassionate release from federal...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn President Trump’s Policing Executive OrderMonday, June 22, 2020VIDEO President Trump recently signed an executive order requiring commonsense administrative steps to promote police accountability. Democrats immediately criticized it as weak and insufficient to combat racial...
Bipartisan Bill Would Ensure that Nonprofits Receive Federal Help for Unemployment Payments Up Front, Rather than Being Reimbursed Later Fix Would Free up Much-Needed Money to Keep Nonprofits Running, Serving Americans WASHINGTON – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today joined Sens. Sherrod Brown (D-Ohio), Tim Scott...
Q&A: Flexibility for PPP Loans Helps Small BusinessWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: What is the Paycheck Protection Program (PPP) Flexibility Act?A: As I often tell Iowans who send me an email, call my office or attend one of my county meetings, representative government is a two-way street. Having dialogue gives me important feedback I need to...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Ranking Member Ron Wyden (D-Ore.) today released the following statement on the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) negotiations regarding taxation of the digital economy. “We strongly encourage OECD member countries to...
Prepared Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance Committee Thursday, June 18, 2020VIDEO Just over a year ago, I announced the formation of a bipartisan Finance Committee working group, with Senator Wyden, to consider the issue of federal family leave policy. This is such an important issue, with so many American couples...
American Action ForumBy Douglas Holtz-EakinThursday, June 18, 2020 The COVID-19 pandemic generated an economy-wide cash-flow crisis and recession. It has put a premium on Congress finding ways to rapidly infuse cash into businesses so they can keep their doors open and employees’ paychecks flowing. Broadly speaking, the entire bipartisan...
Prepared Floor Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaThe New York Times Flunks First AmendmentThursday, June 18, 2020VIDEOIn three weeks, America will celebrate Independence Day.Our republic is a living, breathing experiment, uniquely founded on an exceptional ideal – that all people are created equal, endowed by their Creator with certain...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is highlighting Iowan, Sean Ulmer of Cedar Rapids, who was appointed to the U.S. Senate Curatorial Advisory board. As Senate president pro tempore, Grassley nominated Ulmer for this role. “Mr. Sean Ulmer’s public service is an asset to Iowa and our nation. Museums, art and cultural programs...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Important Role of Inspectors GeneralThursday, June 18, 2020VIDEO In recent months, a lot of attention has focused on the nation’s Inspectors General. It seems like a good idea to take a few minutes to remember what Inspectors General are, why Congress created them in the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaHighlighting Iowa’s Graduation RateThursday, June 18, 2020VIDEO As hectic as the COVID-19 crisis has been for America’s education system, it is important to highlight successes. The 2018-2019 school year saw the highest four-year graduation rate in Iowa’s history, at...
Statement of Senator Charles E. Grassley
Before the United States Senate
June 18, 2020
Mr. President, I previously notified the chamber of my objection to the nominations of Marshall Billingslea, of Virginia, to be Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security and Christopher C. Miller, of Virginia, to be Director of...
ICYMI: A History Lesson for Newly Minted Watchdog Warriors By Sen. Chuck Grassley of Iowa in the Washington Post In 2008, Congress unanimously approved the Inspector General Reform Act to promote political independence of agency watchdogs and discourage outside interference with their duty to combat fraud, waste, abuse and misconduct. This law...
Prepared Opening Remarks by Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeWednesday, June 17, 2020VIDEO I am pleased to welcome our witness, Ambassador Lighthizer. Mr. Ambassador, thank you for joining us. I’m eager to have you here because we face grave challenges. Americans are suffering. The pandemic and...
Request follows letter from Senate Democrats seeking targeted review of only Florida system Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) is today requesting an expanded review of problems in state unemployment systems from the Department of Labor Office of Inspector General (OIG), broadening a similar previous request...
