Coronavirus outbreaks at meatpacking plants have created a backlog of animals ready for slaughter but with nowhere to go. Farmers are having to cull them.By Michael Corkery and David Yaffe-BellanyNew York TimesPublished on May 14, 2020 One Minnesota hog farmer sealed the cracks in his barn and piped carbon dioxide through the ventilation system. Another...
Americans for Tax Reform
Alex Hendrie
May, 14, 2020
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) is proposing a retroactive tax increase on struggling American businesses in her recently released “Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act.” If enacted into law, it will speed up job losses by denying businesses the liquidity...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today calculated the federal government so far has put tens of billions of dollars in the pipeline to help Iowans respond to the public health crisis and alleviate economic fall-out from the coronavirus pandemic. “For the first time in our nation’s history, government effectively shut down life...
Q&A: National Foster Care MonthWith U.S. Senator Chuck GrassleyQ: What’s your message for Iowans during Foster Care Month?A: The coronavirus pandemic has changed life as we know it across our state. Schools closed, forcing teachers, parents and students to adapt and adopt distance learning. Tens of thousands of Iowans lost their jobs when entire...
WASHINGTON – A bipartisan package of law enforcement bills championed by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) sailed through the Senate during National Police Week. In a Senate floor speech this week, Grassley also thanked America’s law enforcement officers for continuing to serve our communities in the face of the added risk posed by the ongoing...
WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate unanimously cleared legislation authored by Senators Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) to improve timely access to financial assistance for families of public safety officers lost to COVID-19. The
Safeguarding America’s First Responders Act (SAFR) clarifies certification requirements for survivor benefits under the...
Washington – Senate Finance Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) and Senator Kyrsten Sinema (D-Ariz.), alongside a bipartisan group of colleagues, today introduced the Improving Social Security’s Service to Victims of Identity Theft Act to provide more efficient help to Americans whose social security numbers have been misused following an...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) today supported legislation improving oversight and accountability mechanisms in the FBI’s surveillance authorities. The USA Freedom Reauthorization Act, which passed the Senate today, includes an amendment cosponsored by Grassley to better safeguard the civil liberties when the Foreign Intelligence...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) joined Sen. Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and 26 of their Republican colleagues in
urging Senate leadership to provide businesses with regulatory relief in the wake of the economic crisis caused by the global pandemic.
“In contrast to unsustainable increases in federal spending, the easing of regulatory burdens...
WASHINGTON – The Senate last night passed a bipartisan resolution supported by Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) commemorating National Police Week 2020. The resolution honors the selfless dedication and sacrifice made by law enforcement officers across the country to protect and serve American communities. “Being a police officer isn’t...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn the Trump Administration’s Regulatory Enforcement ReformThursday, May 14, 2020VIDEO An important part of my job is hearing the views of Iowans. But it’s not every day that the executive branch bureaucracy makes an effort to listen to the American people. Fortunately,...
Our way of life depends on affordable, 21st century curesBy Sens. Chuck Grassley of Iowa and Mike Braun of Indiana When it comes to treatments and lifesaving cures, the U.S. healthcare system is second to none. This is why, when a loved one receives a cancer diagnosis, or a parent is told her child has diabetes, we can bear such unsettling news with a...
WASHINGTON – In a new study released by Georgetown University’s Lugar Center, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) ranked among the most bipartisan senators in 2019. The Bipartisan Index ranked Grassley as number ten of all senators. For the last several years, Grassley has ranked among the top 10 bipartisan senators and he continued that...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaCelebrating Foster Care MonthWednesday, May 13, 2020VIDEO I rise today to recognize May as National Foster Care Month. In 1988, President Reagan first designated the month of May as a time to celebrate and remember all those in foster care, as well as foster parents, caseworkers and all...
WASHINGTON – Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) praised the Senate passage of S. 249, legislation he cosponsored that calls for the Secretary of State to develop a strategy for Taiwan to regain observer status in the World Health Organization (WHO). Sens. Jim Inhofe (R-Okla.) and Bob Menendez (D-N.J.) introduced this bipartisan bill as co-chairs of the...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators 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, released the recently declassified names of Obama-era officials who were behind the unmasking of Michael Flynn, following their
Tuesday request. The senators...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Iowa Prison Programs Producing PPEWednesday, May 13, 2020VIDEO People often just think of prisons as places to send criminals and forget about them. But as I’ve noted here before, most inmates will one day be released. Helping former criminals become productive citizens is an...
WASHINGTON – U.S. Senators 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 to Attorney General William Barr and Acting Director of National Intelligence Richard Grenell late Tuesday seeking the names of Obama-era officials...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn National Police WeekTuesday, May 12, 2020VIDEO Mr. President, I come to the floor today to salute and thank our nation’s law enforcement officers during this year’s “National Police Week.” It’s notable that this week dedicated to the brave men and women in...
Prepared Floor Remarks by U.S. Senator Chuck Grassley of IowaOn Transparency in the Cattle IndustryTuesday, May 12, 2020VIDEO Iowa is home to 88,000 family farms. These farms make up the economic foundation of our rural communities and farmers are the leaders that make up the city councils and school boards across our state. So when we see...
