Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCondemning Religious Persecution in NigeriaThursday, May 21, 2020VIDEO I am deeply concerned about the ongoing religious persecution happening in Nigeria. In the last six months, there have been multiple attacks. This includes the murder of 11 Christians by extremists...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaChairman, Senate Finance CommitteeWednesday, May 20, 2020VIDEO At the beginning of March, as we worked to get ahead of the COVID pandemic, an amazing thing happened. Congress came together quickly and developed a broad package of measures to provide relief to families, workers and businesses...
WASHINGTON – Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) are renewing their proposal to prioritize American workers and restore fairness in visa programs for skilled foreign workers. Their legislation reinstates Congress’ original intent in the H-1B and L-1 visa programs by increasing enforcement, modifying wage requirements and securing...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn COVID-19 and Political Prisoners in Foreign CountriesWednesday, May 20, 2020VIDEO As our country recovers from the COVID-19 pandemic, I would like to take this opportunity to address the plight of an extremely vulnerable population, political prisoners abroad. In Turkey, Syria, China...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaApplauding the Daily IowanWednesday, May 20, 2020VIDEO Journalists serve as watchdogs for accountability. They inform and investigate issues important to their readers, from human interest to the public interest, such as the COVID-19 pandemic. The University of Iowa’s independent...
WASHINGTON – Sens. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Amy Klobuchar (D-Minn.) introduced
legislation to support biofuel producers negatively affected by the pandemic. This legislation will require the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) to reimburse biofuel producers for their feedstock purchases from January 1, 2020 through March 31, 2020 through the Commodity...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Sens. Ron Johnson (R-Wis.), chairman of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, and Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), chairman of the Senate Finance Committee, sent a letter Tuesday to Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell to expand the scope of
their May 12 request related to the unmasking of Americans...
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Caroline L. Harris
Published on May 16, 2020
Recently
a story was published in Bloomberg (and repeated by Politico) about the use of net operating loss (NOL) tax relief in the recent CARES Act, criticizing these provisions as being a “stealth bailout for the oil and gas industry.”
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NOL relief was included in...
WASHINGTON – The Office of the Director of National Intelligence today completed a declassification review of an
email President Obama’s National Security Advisor sent herself during her last day in office. Susan Rice’s “note to file,” sent on January 20, 2017, described an Oval Office meeting from several weeks prior regarding the FBI’s investigations into...
Washington ExaminerShay HawkinsMay 18, 2020 As his committee began drafting the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, Senate Finance Committee Chairman Orrin Hatch had three central goals: to make the tax code fairer, simpler, and less burdensome at every level of income. …One of the strongest provisions of the act in terms of fairness was the $10,000...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the World Health Organization Aiding in China’s Coronavirus Cover-upTuesday, May 19, 2020VIDEO I’m deeply concerned about reports that China began hoarding medical supplies in early January while working to prevent the World Health Organization from sounding the alarm about the...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), Rep. Cheri Bustos (D-Ill.), Senator Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) and Rep. David McKinley (R-W.Va), and Senator Tammy Duckworth (D-Ill.), announced today that the Federal Bureau of Prisons (BOP), in coordination with the United States Marshall Service (USMS), will now test all inmates for COVID-19 prior to transferring...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Safeguarding America’s First Responders ActMonday, May 18, 2020VIDEO Since the COVID-19 pandemic began, over 100 first responders have lost their lives. Unlike the rest of us, these brave men and women couldn’t, by the very nature of their work, stay home or...
In response to Senators, DOJ IG to also consider expanded scope of issues
WASHINGTON – In a
letter to U.S. Senators Dick Durbin (D-IL) and Chuck Grassley (R-IA), the Department of Justice (DOJ) Inspector General (IG) said he will consider a broader set of concerns in his investigation into whether facilities housing Bureau of Prison (BOP) inmates...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan group of senators led by Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today introduced legislation to boost oversight of trillions in taxpayer funded pandemic relief by helping the special watchdog quickly onboard critical oversight staff.
The Special Inspector General for Pandemic Recovery Expedited Hiring Authority Act allows the office to bypass the...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCongratulations to all 2020 GraduatesMonday, May 18, 2020VIDEO This time of year is typically spent celebrating students of all ages as they graduate onto their next endeavor. Most graduations have a different look this year, due to the pandemic, but the occasion has not lost its...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), a longtime advocate for inspectors general and government oversight across political party and administration, today
renewed his call for a detailed written explanation for President Trump’s announced termination of inspectors general. The notice responds to Trump’s
recently announced removal of State Department...
BUTLER COUNTY, IOWA – U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today released the following statement regarding President Trump’s announced termination of State Department Inspector General Steve Linick: “Here again, inspectors general are crucial in correcting government failures and promoting the accountability that the American people...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined a bipartisan resolution, led by Sens. Susan Collins (R-Maine) and Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), supporting the designation of May 15, 2020 as “National Senior Fraud Awareness Day.” “This resolution recognizes that many seniors around the country now face especially difficult...
